John Franklin Bardin Books in Order

Psychiatrist George Matthews becomes fascinated by a patient's bizarre claims and follows him into a strange New York underworld. His investigation brings intimidation and murder, drawing him into an unsettling struggle with memory, identity, and his own grasp of reality.

Philip Banter discovers a written account of events that have not yet happened, including intimate details of his troubled marriage. As its predictions begin coming true, he struggles to distinguish manipulation from madness and escape the document's apparent control.

Concert harpsichordist Ellen returns to her husband after a nervous breakdown and discovers that he loves someone else. Her attempt to resume ordinary life becomes a disturbing psychological struggle as her marriage and fragile sense of security deteriorate.

Over a single day on an island retreat, a poet and a geneticist confront the fractures in their marriage. Their separate searches for fulfillment collide with a child's disturbing campaign to expose the behavior of the adults around him.

A performer is abducted and held in an apartment by a man who insists she is his daughter. Her confinement turns into a disturbing contest over identity and control, exposing the obsessions beneath an apparently ordinary New York setting.