One of Us

Michael Marshall Smith

HarperCollins, 1999 - Fiction - 307 pages

Hal Thompson - ex-cop, ex-hood and ex-husband - has finally found something that he can do better than anyone else. Hal is a REM temp, someone who experiences other people's dreams. Hal's new job soon puts him in very dangerous waters.

About the author

Michael Marshall Smith was born and raised - itinerantly - in the USA and the UK: his parents are academics. He has had two radio comedy series and a pilot TV series, and is currently working on screenplays for two feature films and the BBC adaptation of Clive Barker's Weaveworld. Only Forward was his first novel, Spares his second. He is distressingly young.

Bibliographic information

• Title: One of Us
• Author: Michael Marshall Smith
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 1999
• ISBN: 000649997X, 9780006499978
• Length: 307 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Fiction / Psychological; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Thrillers / Legal; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense; Fiction / Urban & Street Lit