Tell Me Your Dreams
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| Author | Sidney Sheldon |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller novel |
| Publication date | 1998 |
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1998 |
| ISBN | 0-446-60720-7 |
Tell Me Your Dreams is a 1998 novel by the American writer Sidney Sheldon.
[edit] Plot summary
The central character of the book is Ashley Patterson, an an introverted workaholic, and her co-workers, Toni Prescott, an outgoing singer and dancer, and shy artist Alette Peters.
The three women do not get along well because of their dissimilar natures. Toni and Alette generally maintain a friendship, with Alette a calming influence, but Toni dislikes Ashley and criticizes her harshly. All three women have issues with their mothers having told them they'd never amount to anything.
Ashley fears that somebody is following her. She's found her house lights turned on when she comes home from work, her personal effects in disarray, and someone has written "You will die" on her mirror with a lipstick. She thinks someone's broken into her house. She requests a police escort, but the next morning, the police officer assigned to this duty is found dead in her apartment. Two other murders have already taken place, with an identical M.O. and evidence pointing to the same woman being involved in all three cases. When a gift from one of the murdered men to Toni is found in Ashley's things, she is identified as the killer and arrested. At this point, it is revealed that the three women are three selves in a multiple personality group.
Ashley’s father persuades an attorney friend to represent Ashley. The second half of the novel deals with the trial, complete with endless squabbling between opposing psychiatrists as to whether or not MPD is real. Ashley is committed to an insane asylum and in the course of therapy is introduced to her two "alters" and relives the horrific events that shattered her mind.
| Preceded by The Best Laid Plans |
Sidney Sheldon Novels 1998 |
Succeeded by The Sky is Falling |
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