The Dead Don’t Dream: An Unpredictable Psychological Crime Thriller (Mind Games #1)

Meghan O'Flynn

Jan 2023 · Mind Games Book 1 · Pygmalion Publishing

About this ebook

A psychologist must decide whether her sleepwalking patient is a victim or a brutal serial killer in this unpredictable psychological thriller. For fans of K. L. Slater, Lucinda Berry, and Freida McFadden.

A night to remember… if you make it out alive. 

Psychologist Maggie Connolly didn’t just stumble into trouble—she was born into it. Her humanitarian but slightly shady parents had no problem breaking the law when it served the greater good. Helping domestic violence victims escape their abusers by vanishing them over state lines might not be exactly aboveboard, but Maggie knows right and wrong don’t always fall within the confines of the law. 

So she doesn’t immediately panic when her newest client presents with a suspicious set of symptoms. Tristan Simms claims to be a sleepwalker who has no idea what he does in the nighttime hours, though the wounds on his hands and grime beneath his fingernails indicate he’s doing anything but resting. He also believes that the police are stalking him and asserts that he made his money peddling the secrets of others. He might be a delusional whack job—it’s a clinical term.

But her assessment shifts when a series of bodies are discovered. Stranger, the timeline for the murders matches that of her patient’s sleepwalking episodes. 

With the body count rising, and threats mounting from all sides, Maggie is running out of choices—and time. It seems that Maggie’s next on the kill list. And only one thing connects the victims: her patient, with his head full of secrets, his fingernails dark with blood. 

Intense, addictive, and full of complex and darkly hilarious characters you’ll never get enough of, Mind Games is a fast-paced psychological crime series for fans of Bones, Lie to Me, and The Blacklist.

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Ratings and reviews

A wonderful twisted start to a new series. Interesting characters, a touch of dark humour, and a writing style that draws you in, make this a page turner that will keep you guessing. And that ending was just wow!

This is a wonderful start to another dark and riveting mystery/suspense storyline. The MCs are developed, have their own boundaries, and lead you through a suspenseful adventure with twists. The reader will not be able to set this entertaining and engaging book aside. I'm anxious about the next book in the Mind Games Series. I voluntarily read an ARC and this is my honest review.

What a ride! Join Maggie Connelly, psychologist to some of humanity's worst as she gets a mysterious - or menacing? new patient. A veteran psychologist, battling demons of her own, fights to maintain her boundaries and her sanity as danger creeps closer and closer to home. Not sure who is telling the truth in this tangled web, Maggie knows one thing for sure: she has to rely on her instincts or she might not make it out alive!

About the author

With books deemed “visceral, haunting, and fully immersive” (New York Times bestseller, Andra Watkins), Meghan O’Flynn has made her mark on the thriller genre. Meghan is a clinical therapist who draws her character inspiration from her knowledge of the human psyche. She is the bestselling author of gritty crime novels and serial killer thrillers, all of which take readers on the dark, gripping, and unputdownable journey for which Meghan is notorious. Learn more at https://meghanoflynn.com! While you’re there, join Meghan’s reader group, and get exclusive reader bonuses just for signing up.