Authors: John Saul
About the Author
Perfect Nightmare
is J
OHN
S
AUL'S
thirty-second novel. His first novel,
Suffer the Children,
published in 1977, was an immediate million-copy seller. His other bestselling suspense novels include
Black Creek Crossing, Midnight Voices, The Manhattan Hunt Club, Nightshade, The Right Hand of Evil, The Presence, Black Lightning, Guardian,
and
The Homing.
He is also the author of the
New York Times
bestselling serial thriller
The Blackstone Chronicles,
initially published in six installments but now available in one complete volume. Saul divides his time between Seattle, Washington, and Hawaii. Join John Saul’s fan club at
www.johnsaul.com
.
Also by John Saul
Suffer the Children
Punish the Sinners
Cry for the Strangers
Comes the Blind Fury
When the Wind Blows
The God Project
Nathaniel
Brainchild
Hellfire
The Unwanted
The Unloved
Creature
Second Child
Sleepwalk
Darkness
Shadows
Guardian
The Homing
Black Lightning
T
HE
B
LACKSTONE
C
HRONICLES
PART ONE
: An Eye for an Eye: The Doll
PART TWO
: Twist of Fate: The Locket
PART THREE
: Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon’s Flame
PART FOUR
: In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief
PART FIVE
: Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope
PART SIX
: Asylum
The Presence
The Right Hand of Evil
Nightshade
The Manhattan Hunt Club
Midnight Voices
Black Creek Crossing
Perfect Nightmare
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2005 by John Saul
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
B
ALLANTINE
and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Saul, John.
Perfect nightmare: a novel / John Saul.
p. cm.
1. Girls—Crimes against—Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters—Fiction.3. Long Island (N.Y.)—Fiction. 4. Loss (Psychology)—Fiction. 5. Missing children—Fiction. 6. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 7. Kidnapping—Fiction .I. Title.
PS3569.A787P47 2005
813′.54—dc22 2005047426
eISBN: 978-0-345-48604-2
v3.0