This was the January 2012 pick in my online book club, The Reading Cove.
Ashley Patterson thinks she's being stalked. Lots of people are turning up dead, stabbed and castrated. Everything builds up to a shocking revelation, and a high-stakes trial.
I'm a dedicated Sidney Sheldon fan, but I was disappointed in TELL ME YOUR DREAMS. It's one of his later books (1990's) and just doesn't hold a candle to books like MASTER OF THE GAME, A STRANGER IN THE MIRROR, THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT, THE SANDS OF TIME, and others by Sidney.
It had its moments, but in the end, it didn't have the Sidney Sheldon magic I got used to. Maybe I'd have liked it more if I'd never read one of his books before. C+
Sheldon uses his proven storytelling skill to dramatize the tormented world of an emotionally disturbed character filled with murderous rage...the chilling ending will haunt even psychiatrists.
it is a searching, riveting, and finally, triumphant foray into the dark. wild depthsof the human heart
Ashley Patterson is a brainy and gorgeous "computer whiz" with a cushy job at a fast-growing start-up computer graphics company in Silicon Valley. She is lonely, shy, and lives a life that is unfulfilling to her. She is also absolutely convinced that someone is stalking her. Toni Prescott and Alette Peters are both co-workers of Ashley's, however the similarities end there.
Toni is a saucy, British vixen with a penchant for Internet dating and dancing at discotheques. 'La bella Italiana' Alette is an aspiring artist who prefers quiet, dreamy weekends spent in the arms of handsome painters. Reminiscent of high school, Toni and Alette do their best to keep Ashley out of their cool clique, but find it extremely difficult after a string of murders irrevocably binds their lives together. Toni, Alette and Ashley know virtually nothing about each other until all three women are inexplicably linked into a murder investigation that will lead to one of the most bizarre trials of the century.
This book is a work of fiction, but is based on several actual cases. I really enjoyed this book and found it to be an interesting read. I was definitely hooked by the plot and wanted to discover what happened next. The book was laden with such realistic details that I learned plenty of information about certain subjects that I never knew. I give this book an A+! and am eager to read more books by Sidney Sheldon in the future.
Not one of my favorite Sheldon books but a good thriller that will keep you turning the pages.
Ashley, elegant yet haunted... Toni, sultry as well as vivacious.. Alette, lovely and totally with out conceit...three beautiful young women suspected of committing a series of horrifying murders. One of the most bizarre murder trials of the century is about to begin-and reveal an astounding, startling piece of medical evidence almost impossible to believe. Sweeping from London to Rome, from Quebec to San Francisco, this latest tale from the world's reigning master storyteller is so much more than a mystery: It is a searching, riveting and finally, triumphant foray into the dark, wild depths of the human heart.
