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      The Rules of Dreaming

      by Bruce Hartman
      Published
      May 2013
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
      Pages
      298
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      Awarded the Kirkus Star for Books of Exceptional Merit

      Nicole P. is an Irish graduate student pursuing a doctorate inliterary theory in New York.  She checks herself in to the PalmerInstitute (a posh upstate mental hospital), seeking help with anxiety anddisorientation triggered by a recent breakup and her quest for a dissertationtopic.  But by the time she's discharged two weeks later, her life hasbecome dangerously entangled with those of her psychiatrist, who has fallen inlove with her, and two schizophrenic patients, Hunter and Antonia Morgan,21-year-old twins whose mother, Maria Morgan, committed suicide seven yearsearlier. Maria Morgan's suicide has cast a spell over the Institute, enmeshing everyonethere in a world of deception, delusion, and death. Prompted by a blackmailernamed Dubin, Nicole realizes that she must untangle the mystery of that suicideand its consequences in order to keep from losing her mind.

      "A mind-bending marriage of ambitious literary theoryand classic murder mystery... An exciting, original take on the literarymystery genre."  -  Kirkus Reviews

      "A great read and highlyrecommended." - Jack Magnus, Readers' Favorite Book Reviews.

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