Tell Me Your Dreams: by Sidney Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon has used his all time hit formula of fast paced story telling.
The story is packed with suspense. It is based on a very realistic concept.
In the opening of the book we meet our heroine who is a shy and a confused
character. She thinks that someone is following her to kill her. She is always
haunted by her parents' memories of fighting. Her father is a heart surgeon
with whom she is not comfortable talking. She suspects her father to be a murderer
of her boyfriend in the high school, but does not have any proof to prove it.
Then we meet Toni Prescott and Alette Peters. They both work with Ashley at
Global Computer Graphics. Toni is of British origin and she loves to sing. Whereas
Alette prefers quiet weekends and is a good painter.
Ashley is invited by a guy who works in hardware to his apartment. Next thing
we know is Ashley is some strange place naked. But this guy too is murdered
and castrated the same way as her high school boyfriend. She does not files
a complain thinking that her father had done it too.
When Ashley reaches home she finds a threatening message which she takes seriously
and calls police. She asks the cop to stay with her. But she gets the shock
of her life when the next morning she finds the policeman murdered and castrated.
The investigation begins of all the murders and found out that Ashley is the
one who is responsible for all of them. Ashley is diagnosed with Multiple Personality
disorder. Ashley, Toni and Alette are the same person. Story does not rest here.
Her father finds a lawyer to take up the case. She is found suffering of Multiple
Personality disorder and sent to sanitarium.
We are taken to the sanitarium where Ashley is under observation of doctors.
After about a year it is found out that Ashley was sexually abused by her father
in her childhood which developed other personalities. The details of the murders
are discovered and eventually Ashley is cured.
The book is full of twists and nightmares. The ending of the book is amazing
and very interesting. It is a book which has a gripping plot. It is a recommended
book for those who want to get introduced to Sidney's world.