The romance took place in college and the couple aborted two unwanted pregnancies. Years before, Waters had a long romance with Mallory Candler, a beautiful woman who turned out to be a couple of tacos short of a combo platter. Their marriage looks great, but it's been on a shaky ground since Lily had a miscarriage several years before and they haven't exactly been connecting in a physical way. He's married to Lily and they have a precocious daughter together. With his long-time friend Cole, Waters is part of an oil-drilling business that's had some solid success. Set in Iles fictional town of Natchez, Mississippi, "Sleep No More" tells the story of John Waters. So, combine the fact that I already like Iles with a front cover blurb by King and I find myself wondering why I hadn't read "Sleep No More" before now. I keep wanting to go and do other necessary things, but I can't because I just have to read "one more chapter" to find out what happens next. Most Iles books are those that I'd classify as "books that own me" while reading them. I picked up his novel "Turning Angel" and was hooked immediately. It's because of King that I discovered one of my favorite authors, Laura Lippman. It may not always pay off when it comes to movies, but when it comes to good books, King has rarely steered me wrong. I'm kind of a sucker for any novel or movie that Stephen King recommends.
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