The Dream of the Broken Horses by William Bayer

When an acclaimed crime novelist, David Weiss, is drawn into a haunting murder case, his life begins to echo the dark fiction he writes. A brilliant psychiatrist has been found dead, and the only witness is her troubled teenage patient, whose cryptic memories may hold the key to the truth. As David digs deeper, he uncovers a web of obsession, eroticism, and deception that blurs the line between imagination and reality. His search for answers leads him into his own past, where buried desires and hidden guilt resurface. The Dream of the Broken Horses is a haunting psychological mystery—a meditation on art, madness, and the destructive power of secrets.