Where Memories Sleep

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>Music plays in the mind's ear of a writer Adam Mallino who in the process of researching his novel recalls a traumatic night that changes his life.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>Adam can dismiss a happening or catch the ordinary off guard with music that plays in his head but can't release himself from a bizarre dream that continues to haunt him. Desperate to finish his book deceived by his lover and pressured to complete his novel Adam accepts his literary agent's offer to use his Cape Cod beach house where he meets an alluring young woman - and begins a journey of self-discovery.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>In the shifting settings of the story - <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags /><st1:City><st1:place>Boston</st1:place></st1:City> <st1:place><st1:City>Cape Cod</st1:City> <st1:State>New York</st1:State></st1:place> City and <st1:City><st1:place>Hollywood</st1:place></st1:City> - Adam is drawn back to an alley in a small town. An alley that was a playground to the boys who called themselves The Alley Kids - and a passageway that holds a tormenting secret.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><I style=mso-bidi-font-style: normal>Where Memories Sleep</I> is a novel with a virtual soundtrack scored against the high pitch of ambition the disruptive rhythm of change and the ceaseless voice of memory that invites the reader to put the story to his or her own kind of music.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>Enter into a world of characters in discord. A young woman finds love alone isn't the remedy for the uncertainty that beleaguers a writer's psyche. Adam's mentor who shared the cauldron of the alley with him has enduring scars of his own. The seething jealously of a woman scorned draws her rival into a malicious current of lies. A husband seeks reunion with his troubled wife and reconciliation with a vindictive father who refuses to give up custody of his grandson and reunite with his estranged son and daughter-in-law. A <st1:place>Hollywood</st1:place> studio executive is eager to facilitate Adam's career but knows what she wants and will not settle for less. An unforgiving father threatens to destroy a family and becomes the victim of a cruel vengeance.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>Enigmatic images in Adam's dream compel him to face the truth that he has suppressed since his boyhood. But is it too late? Life-altering events have dramatically transformed the landscape - and changed everyone.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>The climax of this original and often funny novel spins twists and entices and finally like a breeze through a wind chime releases an unexpected song.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>Listen to the mind music of love and hate obsession and revenge. You'll remember the characters.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt> </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><I style=mso-bidi-font-style: normal>Where Memories Sleep</I> may awaken memories of your own.</P>