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Before I Wake
She is a child again. Walking in the woods behind her parents’ country estate. It’s night. A large, dark object looms in front of her, making her shudder with fear…
Dr. Amy St. Clair awakes from her terrifying dream. Why is she having this same nightmare over and over? And why is it so unreasonably frightening? It’s almost as if someone had been there, in her bedroom, drugging her, forcing her to recall what she cannot, must not remember. Then she notices her door is closed. She never closes her door, in case her daughters wake and need her. The stair creaks. The front door snaps closed…
Amy, a widow with two young girls, has had a troublesome month. Her career as head of emergency services is being threatened by budget cuts at Hudson General. An old lover mysteriously reappears just as Amy has settled into a comfortable affair with a colleague. And most upsetting, her dear father’s life may be in danger.
Is it any wonder her nights are stressful? No, Amy is sure there is more to it—something—someone—tugging at her, reaching up through the fog of sleep, pulling her and her loved ones into a frightening circle of horror and death.
In Before I Wake, Steven Spruill, a master of psychological suspense and medical terror, has created his most tantalizing tale of suspense yet.
Dr. Amy St. Clair awakes from her terrifying dream. Why is she having this same nightmare over and over? And why is it so unreasonably frightening? It’s almost as if someone had been there, in her bedroom, drugging her, forcing her to recall what she cannot, must not remember. Then she notices her door is closed. She never closes her door, in case her daughters wake and need her. The stair creaks. The front door snaps closed…
Amy, a widow with two young girls, has had a troublesome month. Her career as head of emergency services is being threatened by budget cuts at Hudson General. An old lover mysteriously reappears just as Amy has settled into a comfortable affair with a colleague. And most upsetting, her dear father’s life may be in danger.
Is it any wonder her nights are stressful? No, Amy is sure there is more to it—something—someone—tugging at her, reaching up through the fog of sleep, pulling her and her loved ones into a frightening circle of horror and death.
In Before I Wake, Steven Spruill, a master of psychological suspense and medical terror, has created his most tantalizing tale of suspense yet.
294 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1992
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December 26, 2023
This was such a fun read! It had me second guessing who the bad guy was until almost the end! It wrapped up with a nice little plot twist! Highly recommend if you like a good page turner!
December 31, 2014
Suspense. Everything that happens ties to the ending.
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