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Book Review of Perfect Nightmare

Perfect Nightmare
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When Lindsay Marshall mysteriously vanishes from her bedroom during the night, her mother, Kara, fears the worst. Their neighbor Patrick Shields can easily relate to Karas griefhe is still dealing with the pain of losing his wife and two children in a devastating fire. But heartache isnt all that draws Patrick and Kara together. He, too, senses the hand of a malevolent strange in this tragedy. And as more people go missing, Patricks suspicion, like Karas, blooms into horrified certainty. Someone is trolling this peaceful communityundetected and undeterredharvesting victims for a purpose no sane mind can fathom. Kara and Patrick, alone and desperate, are determined to unmask the monster who even now is watching, plotting, keeping a demented diary of unspeakable deedand waiting until the time is ripe to make another fateful move.