FEAR DREAMS by J.A. SchneiderMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Fear Dreams is a intreguing mystery that hooks the reader in from the first sentence until the very differant surprising ending.
Liddy Barron a talented artist has recently been released from hospital after a hit and run accident in which she sustained damaged ribs,a broken leg and memory loss due to concussion.She is in a cafe with her best friend Beth when Liddy draws a sketch of a young girl that she insists has just walked past the cafe.When she shows the sketch to Beth her friend is sure that she recognizes the girl.It turns out that the sketch bears a striking resemblance to Sasha Perry a coed who has been missing since the time of Liddys accident.After Liddy starts having visions and the nightmares that she has been having worsen she decides to ignore her husband Paul who insists that she is being paranoid and needs to see her psychiatrist more often and begins an obsessive quest to find out what happened to Sasha.
Detective Kerri Blisco is also obsessed with finding out what has happened to Sasha.The case has just been closed because there has been no new leads recently and Sasha has been labelled as a run away but Kerri is determined that no matter how exhausted she feels she is going to solve the mystery.
I really liked Kerri,she was very understanding and willing to listen to Liddy and not just dismiss her claims are nonsense or just plain crazy.She and her team worked well together and she was treated with respect by other colleagues.
As someone who suffers from paranoia and major anxiety issues myself I must say that J A Schneider is spot on with her descriptions of how dehabilitating these conditions can be.The up and down mood swings,total lack of trust in everyone and feelings of being totally lost and disconnected from reality can be very frightening and upsetting and I fully understood and sympathized with how Liddy was feeling throughout the story.
It's a well written gripping mystery,no parts felt like they were added to pad out the story and I really enjoyed reading it.It looks like this may be the first in a series of Kerri Blisco thrillers and I look forward to reading more of her adventures in the future.
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