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1	''Sweet Dreams'' is a 2008 thriller novel from Aaron Patterson.
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3	Protagonist Mark Appleton is living the idyllic life; he has a decent job, a caring wife and a beautiful daughter. However, Mark [[CynicismCatalyst loses everything to an "accident"]], killing his wife and child. Eventually Mark decides to find out what happens, and discovers that it was no accident...
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5	The second subplot is about Kirk Weston, a cynical cop with little respect for authority; he is part of a team investigating a massacre at a prison. However, Kirk is soon faced with far more trouble than that...
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7	Not to be confused with the 1983 album/song by Music/{{Eurythmics}}, or the 1985 biopic film about Patsy Cline.
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9	!! ''SweetDreams'' contains examples of:
10	* ActionGirl: Isis.
11	* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Actually played STRAIGHT. It turns out that the vast majority of Mark's story was all a dream and that his wife and child are perfectly fine. It's as insulting as it sounds.]]
12	* AntiHero: Kirk, and the WJA as a whole. They have killed many terrorists and murderers, yet are extremely self-righteous and are willing to keep innocent people in inhumane conditions.
13	* ContrivedCoincidence: Geoff just so happens to be in the right place at the right time to help Kirk. When it's revealed that [[spoiler: he's actually Tripp Maddock, and that he's a hitman]], it becomes even more contrived and unlikely. How did he know where Kirk would be?
14	* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards transporting Kirk come up with the plan of cutting his hand restraints before moving him. What did they even expect that would do?
15	* IdiotBall: [[spoiler: Geoff]] and Karjanski, to the point where they start acting ''against'' their goals. They threaten to kill Jenkins if he doesn't destroy files that would incriminate the WJA, despite the fact they ''want'' to incriminate the WJA and it's the cornerstone of their plan. The overall plan of [[spoiler: Geoff]] is totally nonsensical; Karjanski tasks him with killing Kirk (why exactly they would kill the one person who it actively trying to stop the WJA is another mystery), so he follows Kirk around, aiding him, and then decides to capture him. He could have simply shot him when he first met him in the UAE.
16	* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Geoff]] takes Mark's wife and child hostage. Oddly, he doesn't tell this to Mark or make any demands, making it kinda pointless.
17	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kirk Weston is arrogant, rude, entitled and just generally a dick, but he does do his best to save K and Sam.
18	* LukeIAmYourFather: Subverted; Solomon says this word for word, but he's only Mark's adoptive father.
19	* RedHerring: Kirk and Geoff believe that Captain Jacobson may have something to do with the prison poisoning cover up. [[spoiler: He doesn't.]]
20	* SequelHook: Karjanski escapes at the end.

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