Gerry Anderson is an author who had a bad little incident. While recovering, he keeps encountering his "Dream Girl", the girl that he wrote about in his famous novel. Is Gerry going mad or does this Dream Girl actually exist?Dream Girl definitely had some of my signature trademarks: it had imperfect characters who were trying their best, the storytelling was rather advanced (clearly a very talented author), and it even had a bit of steam. The book has very good character development where the MC...

A wild ride, a runaway train that spun around in every direction until .... THUDThe suspense and satire along the way kept me riveted. Gerry's thoughts and actions were truly riotous.Gerry is a famous novelist laid up in bed while he recovers from a fall. He is asleep more than he's awake. He is often not quite asleep and not quite awake. His nurse, Aileen (enter Drama!) looms over him serving pills with his dinner. She is a "cheerful Lady Macbeth, humming as she works." He wonders if he

"Dream Girl" by Laura Lippman is definitely Psychological-Thriller not Horror! Author Gerry Anderson's book 'Dream Girl' is his best-seller that still provides him with substantial royalties. Aubrey, the novel's main character, remains a topic of interest. Why does everyone want to know who Gerry designed this character after? She's just a character!Poor Gerry. He's had a terrible, debilitating accident and is confined to a hospital bed in his 25th floor luxury apartment. Thank goodness he has h...

EXCERPT: When the phone rings in the middle of the night, that very night, and Aileen, who tends to doze, does not answer it within three rings, Gerry fumbles for the landline next to his bed, a midcentury Swedish design with a button on the bottom. His head feels cloudy, yet he is alert enough to assume the call will be from Margot, full of recriminations for being booked in business class, which means she has to fetch her own cheese plate from the snack bar. 'Hello?''Gerry? I'm coming to see y...

Now available!A slow moving thriller with an intriguing plotGerry, a famous author is injured and confined to his bed, only seeing his assistant and his night nurse. As he hovers between consciousness and unconsciousness, woozy from the drugs, he begin to get visits from an ex girlfriend, and most disturbingly, letters and phone calls from Aubrey; the main character from his bestselling book 'Dream Girl.' Is he having hallucinations, is someone playing a trick, or is there something more siniste...

Gerry Andersen is a successful writer with Dream Girl being his magnus opus. Following an unfortunate accident he is bedridden in his Baltimore apartment until his recovery and he has hired Victoria to oversee his affairs during the day and Aileen as a night nurse. Is Gerry being haunted by a character in his book, is he suffering the beginning of dementia, is it his pain medication causing hallucinatory dreams or is someone messing with his head? I really enjoy the conundrum of trying to work o...

What sly wicked fun this was!Novelist Gerry Anderson has a double tear in his quadricep and is bound to his bed in his beautiful new apartment in Baltimore. Having recently moved from NYC to be near his mother, who has since passed away from Alzheimer’s, he knows no one and must depend on his recently hired assistant and night nurse for everything.Gerry begins to receive vaguely threatening telephone calls from a woman claiming to be Aubrey, the name of the character in his bestselling novel, Dr...

Bad news my friends! It seems like semi- unpopular reviewer stuck in the book traffic! There are so many good things I can tell for this book and there are also a few things I didn’t quite enjoy. When I sum up my pros and cons, they seem like equal. I can give this book 3.25 stars but it is still a little under my expectations when I compare the other books of the author with this! I absolutely like the idea of the author to be bold enough to try different genre, choosing to write horror. But ac...

“Anyone could be a novelist.”Dream Girl is a slow-burn psychological thriller about a famous author who believes that a character from his fictional novel is out for revenge. Is he losing his mind, or is there something more sinister at play?Meet Gerry-acclaimed novelist, divorcee, and all-around asshole. Gerry recently moved from New York City to his hometown of Baltimore to be near his dying mother. Living alone in a million-dollar condo, Gerry begins reminiscing on his life: his novels, th...

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! Gerry Andersen is a novelist whose best-selling novel, Dream Girl, continues to provide him with funds. He’s written other books since then, but they haven’t quite achieved the same level of acclaim. After a freak accident, Gerry finds himself confined to a hospital bed in his beautiful 25th floor apartment.While trying to heal and write a new novel in between visits from his assistant and night nurse, Gerry starts receiving disturbing phone calls from “Aubrey”, the main c...

Gerry Andersen is a successful novelist and all around good guy. He came from a philandering father and vowed never to be like him. This is why he always treats his woman with the upmost respect. Just ask his first wife, or his second wife, or his third wife. They would all tell you what a swell guy he is. A shame he fell down the stairs of his new condo leaving him helpless and bedridden. His assistant Victoria spends her days with him and he hires a night nurse, Aileen, to assist him through t...

I’m a big Laura Lippman fan. And Dream Girl immediately drew me in. Gerry Andersen is bed bound, the result of a fall down his stairs. So, when he starts getting letters, tweets and calls from a character in his wildly popular novel, he initially puts it down to his pain meds. Now as a Baltimore girl, who knows exactly what it means to go to Gilman, who knows Grauls, Locust Point, even Windy Valley and the ponies, reading Lippman always feels like a trip home. I even got a chuckle that Lippman h...

Laura Lippman, you’ve done it again! I loved this biting satirical mystery about an aging writer with a warped sense of self-perception and entitlement, especially where women are concerned.Many agree that Laura Lippman is one of the best writers working in the mystery genre today, and her prose really shone here. “Dream Girl” is the name of the book, and is also the name of the novel our irascible and unlikable protagonist (?) Gerry wrote back in 2001. Dream Girl was Gerry’s one shining success...

I've read a few Laura Lippman books and this one is not quite the Laura Lippman I remember. The premise is good and a bit of an ode to, Misery.Gerry Andersen is a popular writer and his best selling novel was called, "Dream Girl." Now Gerry is lying in a hospital bed on his 25th floor apartment after an accident. He is on pain medication and during the day his assistant, Victoria helps care for him. At night he has hired a nurse named Aileen to stay with him. One evening Gerry receives a strange...

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This.Who Am I to Disagree? *After shamelessly stumping for an advanced copy and being rejected on all accounts, I purchased a hardback knowing I’d love this. And such a beautiful cover too - it’ll look great in my book display.Laura Lippman has been a favorite author since reading To the Power of Three and I’ve been enamored with each book I’ve read by her.Not so much with this one.As per her usual, Ms. Lippman’s wording and composition are so far superior that I would p...

Gerry Anderson is a well-known novelist who is doing quite well for himself but has never quite managed to recapture the spark of his first big hit, Dream Girl. The literary world has long speculated that the titular character Aubrey must have been based on a real woman. Men struggle to write women so well and so nuanced they say, and certainly Gerry never had before, and never did again. Gerry however insists she is complete fiction, which makes it all the more alarming when he begins to get ph...

3.5 starsDefinitely a well-written book, but fell just a little short for me overall.Gerry Anderson is a novelist who has made a pretty decent name for himself. His most popular book was called Dream Girl , which he has long stated is pure fiction, not based on any one particular woman from his past. He is injured in a fall and is bed bound, cared for by his assistant and a night nurse. He spends the time thinking back on his past relationships (three marriages and quite a number of other entang...

In Dream Girl author Gerry Andersen experiences an unusual accident, confining him to a hospital bed in his new Baltimore home. He barely sees anyone besides his assistant, Victoria, and his night nurse, Aileen. While recovering, Gerry begins receiving calls from Aubrey, the title character in his successful novel, Dream Girl. Gerry has always been adamant her creation was purely imaginative so who is this, and why doesn’t anyone believe him? With nothing but time, Gerry begins to question himse...

As an aging man, there’s few things that can scare me more than the idea of falling down the stairs. So this one was keeping me up nights in a cold sweat.Gerry Anderson is a writer whose biggest success, a novel called Dream Girl, is the source of endless speculation about if the lead character was inspired by a real person despite Gerry’s absolute insistence that it wasn’t based on anybody. Gerry has moved back to his hometown of Baltimore to care for his ailing mother, but she dies soon after

3⭐️Let me start with the good as I’m a relatively optimistic person and I like to sandwich my criticisms with positives!👏🏼 Lippman is fantastic at storytelling and has quite the unique way with words.👏🏼 The premise of this story was enticing. It shared elements of different stories, but was individualistic in delivery. 👏🏼 Flashbacks were easy to follow. A couple things missed it for me, but please note that there are many people who enjoyed this book so I may be an outlier and I am completely op...