Fear Dreams
Author: J.A. Schneider
Publisher: RGS Media
Pages: 218
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes
Synopsis:
A woman frantic she's seeing a ghost... Liddy Barron, an artist, was injured in a hit-and-run accident that left her with recurring nightmares, gaps in her memory, and an increasing obsession in the disappearance of a coed named Sasha Perry. Insecure and nervous, Liddy's turmoil grows as she begins seeing ghostly images. Her husband Paul tries to help but suspects it's just her imagination...while intuitive Detective Kerri Blasco, also obsessed with young Sasha's disappearance, senses that Liddy may have a key to solving the case, and tries to unravel the shocking truth of what really haunts her.
Review:
The main draw for me to this story was the ghost and nightmares imagery Liddy sees after a hit and run accident enables her to experience untold phenomena others would merely brush off as strange, without any meaning. Liddy wants to get better, and not just physically, mentally she needs to recall her memories or she is no good to anyone not being able to remember the past she had, the one she was happy with.
Her long suffering husband Paul helps her with her problems as she is trying to heal while her visions also plague her. Paul helps with most of what she is going through, he understands it, but not this as he's a scientific man who deals in realism, not the realm of the paranormal. He loves her, but he can't understand this part of what she has to deal with. Liddy thinks she can hear someone arguing in the room next door, but she is the only one who can, and many other happenings Paul considers as her hearing or seeing things that can't be explained by him, or he thinks, anyone else with a rational mind.
All this and her need to find out the reason for co-ed Sasha's disappearance is taking its toll on Paul and her, but they carry on regardless. I would have thought the endless unusual sightings and hauntings would have seen Paul off, but I was wrong. Piecing together the life of a missing person isn't easy, nor is it easy to trace them, but somehow Liddy wants to and she will stop at nothing to find her.
I thought it was good to hear the name Georgia O'Keefe as I'd not heard that artist since being at art college way back when. I could also understand a lot of how Liddy thinks in this story as I could find myself thinking, "She isn't mad, can't be!" under my breath. Paul is being supportive, more so than most men would in a novel of this type, but I couldn't help myself thinking he could have done more. The thriller and investigative part of this story was what kept me reading, the characters gave me a great insight into what each was thinking and left little room for disappointment at the end.
Summary:
The capacity for us as people to want to help others is amazing, and in this thriller, there is also the story of compassion and the need to find out the truth no matter what the cost.
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