Fast-paced thriller that could be lifted from today or tomorrow’s headlines

The Whispering Room: A Jane Hawk Novel

By: Dean Koontz

Rating: 5 of 5

This is only the second Dean Koontz book that I have read and nothing about “Ashley Bell” could have prepared me for this hard-driving thriller. In “The Whispering Room”, Jane Hawk has already discovered much of the plans of an elite group who are intent on pressing their vision of the future (and the rewrite of history) to their view.

Jane is a one-woman wreaking crew who is sworn to try to stop this from happening. By the end of the book, I have to say that if anyone could stop a huge conspiracy, it would be this woman.

The author has given her a personality that feels strong and yet still womanly. She loves children and she hates those who would hurt them and destroy their futures. Pretty simple, right?

The book is almost poetic in concept, with sentences a few words short or a paragraph long. The words and the thoughts in them roll onto each other and create a dynamic path to where the writer is intending you head. I found myself holding my breath as I read a sentence/paragraph a page long and realized I would have to pace myself or pass out.

My only regret is that I did not read the first in this series before reading the second book. It is not necessary to do so as I caught up quickly and involved almost immediately. I simply wish I had and I will rectify that before the third book in the series makes its appearance next year.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.