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y separately published work icon Worst Nightmares single work   novel   crime   thriller   horror  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Worst Nightmares
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Dermot Nolan is an award-winning bestselling author who seems to have it all—a successful career, fame, fortune, and a beautiful wife. Between the royalties coming in from his most recent book and the revenue he has received from the film company that bought the rights, Dermot seems every bit the literary darling.And yet, for the last year, he has suffered from a bout of writer’s block, and in the process has grossly overspent his income. So when Dermot comes across an unsolicited manuscript stuffed into his mailbox, he cannot help but feel intrigued. It tells the story of the homicidal “Dream Healer,” who snares his victims via his website, worstnightmares.net, seduces them into revealing their innermost fears, and then kills them by revisiting their very own nightmares upon them.

Dermot, with the help of his wife, begins to rework the novel, while simultaneously researching the individual dream stories. In his search, he very slowly begins to realize that the novel may not be entirely fictional, that these poor characters may have perished at the hands of a twisted torturer. Could the Dreamhealer be real? Could these innocent cyber-surfers have fallen victim to a raving maniac? Just how far is fact from fiction? And could Dermot be writing his own ticket to death...his very own worst nightmare?

Source: Publisher's Blurb

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Vanguard Press ,
      2009 .
      image of person or book cover 4166749719765572908.jpg
      Source: Goodreads.com
      Extent: 344p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 12th 2009
      ISBN: 9781593155148, 159315514X
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Vanguard Press ,
      2010 .
      image of person or book cover 6770386385996454790.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: viii, 420p.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 30th 2010
      ISBN: 9781593155766
Transliterated title: Traummörder
Language: German
    • Berlin,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Aufbau ,
      2010 .
      image of person or book cover 3057275714273525456.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 405p.p.
      ISBN: 9783746626529
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