Dreaming of death

Sara Fontaine no longer dreams. She flees from a nightmare. For thirty years, almost every night, she has witnessed the same shocking scene: two men fighting to the death on a porch. A woman and a baby watch.
Sara consults a psychologist, who is able to place the nightmare: she sees the murder of the Ostend inspector Maurice Lens and his wife Margot. On 24 November 1979, they were found dead on the veranda of their house, their two-month-old baby screaming next to their bodies. When it turns out that Sara's parents were the Lens family's neighbours, the suspicion arises that Sara, as a two-year-old girl, witnessed the murder. A traumatic experience that she cannot consciously remember, but which keeps popping up in her dreams. As the only witness, inspector Sara Fontaine becomes the key figure in the search for the murderer of the Lens couple.

Together with their son Andreas, who survived the massacre as a baby, Sara reopens the investigation, looking for the perpetrator, looking for redemption. However, this is not greeted with cheers. Inspectors try to escape the brutal confrontation with the dark past, in a force that groans under corruption and intrigue. Will the scores finally be settled?
Dreams of Death is a clever book that not only revolves around unmasking the murderer but also meticulously describes how painful wounds from the past can determine a life. The emotions of Andreas and Sara are described with great precision. Piet Baete shows great empathy and a refined literary talent.