Sam is having a tough time. Her career is going well but her husband isn't as nice as he should be and she keeps having dreams or nightmares than seem to foretell the future. This is in part an exploration of what dreams mean, in part thoughts on where you would find help with this sort of problem and in part a family story. Sam tries a self-help book, then a psychiatrist, who is mostly dismissive. She next tries a clairvoyant who has an extreme reaction to Sam. She then travels to Hull to meet an academic who is studying dreams. Her night in their sleep lab ends badly as does her meeting with the academic. There are mysterious characters that seem to play a part and I never really got to grips with Sam's workmate Claire and what her role in the whole story was. This all makes a gripping enough tale that kept me reading. ( )