5 Stars
Action/Adventure/Suspense
Adult
In my opinion, this is one of Dean Koontz’s best. I wish I’d discovered his work sooner.
The heroine is Jane Hawk. She is an FBI agent who goes rogue. Her husband committed suicide under questionable circumstances. When she digs into the case, she is warned off, and she and her son are threatened. She goes on leave, hides her son somewhere safe, and continues her investigation underground. What she finds is chilling. The bad guys are truly evil. As usual, I will not give away the story. This is the beginning of a series, so while the ending is satisfying, there are things left unresolved for the next saga in the series. I’m truly tempted to devour the whole rest of the series before I read anything else, but that will work at cross purposes to why I’m reading these books in the first place.
The writing is, of course, excellent. It will keep you on the edge of your seat. I was not tempted to flip ahead in the book because I didn’t want to miss anything. I also didn’t want to put it down. At the beginning of the book, you will spend most of your time in Jane’s head. There is what felt like a head hop at one point, but I didn’t find it very confusing. I also felt that one of the helper characters didn’t acquit himself quite as well as I expected from the buildup. These are minor quibbles that didn’t really bother my enjoyment of the book at all.
Great read. Highly recommended.
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