Tell Me Your Dreams LP [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Sidney Sheldon (Author), Sidney Sheldon Family Limited Partnershi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 16, 1998

Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The police make an arrest that leads to one of the most bizarre murder trials of the century. Based on actual events, Sheldon's novel races from London to Rome, from Quebec to San Francisco, with a climax that will leave readers stunned.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Meet Ashley Patterson, the brainy, babelicious "computer whiz" and confused heroine of Tell Me Your Dreams. Although she has a cushy job at Global Computer Graphics, a fast-growing start-up in Silicon Valley, her life falls short of fulfilling. She's lonely, shy, and absolutely convinced she's being stalked. What's worse, the only sympathetic ear around is her father, Dr. Patterson, the heartless heart surgeon, who has the charm of an electric eel and the compassion of a tarantula. Given her options, Ashley looks to the heavens for support and offers up an ultimatum to the Almighty: "I'll make a deal with you, God. If it doesn't rain, it means that everything is all right, that I've been imagining everything." Of course, it starts raining buckets just paragraphs later, setting off a car alarm of an omen about our computer cutie's fate.

Enter Toni Prescott and Alette Peters. They both work with Ashley at Global Computer Graphics, but the similarities end there. Toni is a saucy, British vixen with a penchant for Internet dating and discotheques. La bella Italiana Alette, on the other hand, is a wannabe artist who prefers quiet, dreamy weekends with beefcake painters. Reminiscent of junior high school, Toni and Alette do their best to keep Ashley out of their cool clique, but find it difficult when a string of murders irrevocably binds them together. Based on a true story and laden with realistic details--not to mention a whopper of an ending--Tell Me Your Dreams is vintage Sheldon. However, there is one necessary caveat: avoid moviegoer types who insist on telling you the entire plot before you have a chance to see it. You should be doing this anyway, but take extra care with this book. Once the surprise ending is blown, so is the fun in reading it. --Rebekah Warren

From Publishers Weekly

Perennial bestseller Sheldon (The Best Laid Plans) doesn't get under the reader's skin here as he does at his best, even though he weaves together many of his time-tested elements?childhood horror and its consequences; lust and murder as bedfellows; a pretty, hapless heroine; good men in the legal and medical professions trying to undo the wrongs done by others. Despite gory crime scene depictions, the old master, uncharacteristically, has left out the suspense and the layers of feeling. We finger the serial murderer all too quickly, just as we know before we know that Ashley's creepy physician father, Steven, abused her as a child. We never doubt that goodhearted lawyer David Singer will convince hostile judge Tessa Williams that, yes, multiple personality disorder happens, and that, morally and legally, it separates the doer from the deed. Nor is it any surprise that psychiatrist Gilbert Keller, spurred on by personal as well as professional longings, takes Allison apart and puts her back together the right way?or does he? A prefatory sentence says the novel is based on real cases. Maybe so, but one wishes that the authentic details had been told with genuine passion. Literary Guild main selection.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow; Large Print edition (September 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688166911
• ISBN-13: 978-0688166915
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (231 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,950,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Best known today for his exciting blockbuster novels, Sidney Sheldon is the author of The Best Laid Plans, Nothing Lasts Forever, The Stars Shine Down, The Doomsday Conspiracy, Memories of Midnight, The Sands of Time, Windmills of the Gods, If Tomorrow Comes, Master of the Game, Rage of Angels, Bloodline, A Stranger in the Mirror, and The Other Side of Midnight. Almost all have been number-one international bestsellers. His first book, The Naked Face, was acclaimed by the New York Times as "the best first mystery of the year" and received an Edgar Award. Most of his novels have become major feature films or TV miniseries, and there are more than 275 million copies of his books in print throughout the world.

Before he became a novelist, Sidney Sheldon had already won a Tony Award for Broadway's Redhead and an Academy Award for The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. He has written the screenplays for twenty-three motion pictures, including Easter Parade (with Judy Garland) and Annie Get Your Gun. In addition, he penned six other Broadway hits and created three long-running television series, including Hart to Hart and I Dream of Jeannie, which he also produced. A writer who has delighted millions with his award-winning plays, movies, novels, and television shows, Sidney Sheldon reigns as one of the most popular storytellers of all time.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sidney Sheldon is back after a long hiatus, August 29, 1998

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This review is from: Tell Me Your Dreams (Hardcover)

For years, Sidney Sheldon has entertained us with his masterful story-telling. From "The Other Side of Midnight," to "A Stranger in the Mirror," "Bloodline," "Rage of Angels," "Master of the Game," "If Tomorrow Comes," and "Memories of Midnight." However, then Mr. Sheldon's novel began to faulter. His stories were weak, often sketchy and his characters lacked any substantial depth - all of which culminated in last years novel, "The Best Laid Plans" which appeared to show Mr. Sheldon as a writer that only cared about selling books because of his name as that novel showed no character development and interjected surprise elements purely for shock value which had nothing to do with the story. It is with great enthusiasm that I can say Mr. Sheldon is back with, "Tell Me Your Dreams." This novel tells the story of 3 women - Ashley, Toni and Alette - all of whom are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. As their stories are told, the truths begin to unfold resulting in a suspensful, engrossing read. The pages rapidly turn while the heat beats quickly. This is vintage Mr. Sheldon as he shows us he can create well-developed characters and surprising plot developments. Once again I am looking forward to the next Sidney Sheldon novel and I am glad to be able to say he is "the master of the game."

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "All around the mulberry bush...", November 12, 2005

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This review is from: Tell Me Your Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)

As a big fan of Sidney Sheldon, I was disappointed in "Tell Me Your Dreams," which is quite different in style from his early best sellers. The typical Sheldon novel is about a strong, beautiful, and independent young woman who overcomes countless crises on the way to true love. The heroine of this story, Ashley Patterson, is weak, nervous, and overwhelmed by her fears. Five men have been murdered and mutilated, and Ashley is the chief suspect. A brassy English woman and a meek Italian artist are somehow involved.

After some confusing early chapters, and a myriad of characters that never developed, the plot twist was obvious. I kept waiting for the page-turning excitement, so typical of Sheldon, to start, but it never did. The middle of the book bogs down in an incredibly slow-moving trial and many events are just unrealistic. The author tries to write a scientific-based story about a medical condition, but it comes off as shallow and pointless. A very disappointing novel from a great writer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This will be a movie, May 6, 2006

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This review is from: Tell Me Your Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)

Not one of Mr. Sheldon's best, but still a very fast read. And has everything you need for a Mystery of the Week thriller that is rated R in the movies.

The book's main character is Ashley Patterson who works at a Silicon Valley Computer Firm. She is being stalked by a vicious murder and is too insecure to tell anyone about it until its almost too late. Her father is a world famous heart surgeon who appears over protective of his daughter. To say much more would give away the reason for reading the book.

The book is a murder mystery and medical courtroom drama all in one. Pick it up to read. It isn't perfect, but then again he based it on a real life story.