The Plastic Nightmare / While Love Lay Sleeping
The Plastic Nightmare / While Love Lay Sleeping by Richard Neely, published by Stark House Press on February 22, 2021, is a dual narrative that intertwines mystery and detective elements. This edition spans 274 pages and is presented in English. The first story follows Dan Marriott, who awakens from a coma after a serious accident, only to find that he has lost all memory of his life, including his marriage and career. As he grapples with his disfigurement and the unsettling realization that his seemingly perfect life may be a facade, he uncovers dark truths that suggest he may have been set up.
In the second story, While Love Lay Sleeping, Paul Sevrance confronts the haunting memories of his wife Cathie’s suicide two decades earlier. As he sifts through her belongings, he discovers a letter she wrote on the day of her death, which raises questions about the circumstances surrounding her tragic end. The narrative delves into themes of love, betrayal, and the search for truth, as Paul grapples with the possibility that Cathie’s death may not have been a suicide at all. This edition invites readers to explore the complexities of memory and the shadows of the past, making it a thought-provoking read for fans of mystery fiction.
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THE PLASTIC NIGHTMARE
When he comes out of the coma, they tell him he’s been in a very serious accident. His car flew off the side of the road, throwing his wife clear, but badly disfiguring him in the smashup. They’ve performed plastic surgery on him, but the problem is, he doesn’t remember any of it. He doesn’t even remember who he is. Dan Marriott only knows that he has a sexy wife named Judith, partnership in a successful stockbroker firm, and a beautiful home in the Marin hills. But none of it seems familiar to him. Then he begins to discover that his happy marriage hadn’t been so happy, that there had been another man, that possibly he had been set up to drive over that cliff. If only he could remember, before they try to kill him again…
WHILE LOVE LAY SLEEPING
Twenty years ago Paul Sevrance returned from World War II to find that his young wife Cathie had committed suicide in her apartment. The ghost of that past still haunts him. Now he is going through her trunk for the first time since the tragedy and discovers a letter she had written to him the same day she turned on the gas-but had never sent. He also finds her suicide note. But something just doesn’t make sense here. Part of the suicide note has been cut away. And nothing in Cathie’s letter indicates the thoughts of a woman contemplating killing herself. While Paul was away, could his wife have had an affair… and if so, could her suicide have been instead a case of murder?
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