John Case — Trance State

Random House 2001 Paperback, 455pp. Don't let them inside your head. Don't let them play their mind games with you. Because they're merciless. And they'll kill to win The Swiss-based Institute of Global Studies seems like the kind of philanthropic body any idealistic young scientist would want to work for. But when Lew McBride gets involved with them, his life takes a horrific turn. Something terrible is happening in Adrienne Sullivan's life, too. Her sister has died in mysterious circumstances. The only clues about what might have happened are locked away in a psychiatrist's files. And when she investigates, she discovers that the psychiatrist, while no figment of her imagination, doesn't exist. What is it that connects Lew McBride, Adrienne Sullivan, the psychiatrist and the Institute together? What takes Adrienne and the psychiatrist on a terrifying chase across the USA and Europe? Why should the CIA get involved? And why does the body-count start to rise alarmingly? Pages tanned. (ISBN: 9780712670746). Good.