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I have been a long time fan of Dean Koontz, though I haven’t reviewed many of his books. I especially love his old time horror, but The Whispering Room is horror of a human kind and I am lovin’ the Jane Hawk series.
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MY REVIEW
The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz is Book II of the Jane Hawk series. The books need to be read in order, and when I started the series, I had no idea there are five books, looooong books, but I am lovin’ them.
The Whispering Room picks up where The Silent Room leaves off.
I must warn you about the characters. There are so many great ones introduced, but many will not survive, so be careful who you become enamored with. She has ‘friends’ that offer their help, some willingly, some not so willingly, but this is a solo operation and she works best alone.
“They’ll all know about you in The Whispering Room.”
I loved when Jane put her mission aside to render assistance to a family. It shows what kind of person she really is. This is a nice touch, because most of the story is spent with Jane traveling here to there in search for answers.
The high and mighty sociopaths are culling the population. Why? What makes the victims such a threat? How did they even come to think of such horror? And all the other twisted, perverted things they do?
Iron Furnace, Kentucky makes the Stepford Wives look like child’s play.
Utopia…one man’s vision is another man’s horror.
I know, with the digital world we live in, there is no such thing as privacy. Every time we step foot outside our homes, we are being watched. Anyone can be found anywhere. But there are even more threats out there and I wonder if something like this could happen in the future.
I loved that I made a quick appearance, or at least my name did, Sherry. That’s always fun to see.
The action ramps up in The Whispering Room. I was not able to quit reading, rapidly flipping the pages and I mourn for some of the characters that fall victim.
Are ‘they’ going to ‘win’? How can they not? But this is fiction, so I know (?) Jane has to come out victorious.
I checked out The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz from the library and have already downloaded the next book, The Crooked Staircase.
GOODREADS BLURB
Jane Hawk—fiction’s most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine—continues her battle against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting sequel to The Silent Corner.
“No time to delay. Do what you were born to do. Fame will be yours when you do this.”
These are the words that ring in the mind of mild-mannered, beloved schoolteacher Cora Gundersun—just before she takes her own life, and many others’, in a shocking act of carnage. When the disturbing contents of her secret journal are discovered, it seems certain that she must have been insane. But Jane Hawk knows better.
In the wake of her husband’s inexplicable suicide—and the equally mysterious deaths of scores of other exemplary individuals—Jane picks up the trail of a secret cabal of powerful players who think themselves above the law and beyond punishment. But these ruthless people bent on hijacking America’s future for their own monstrous ends never banked on a highly trained FBI agent willing to go rogue—and become the nation’s most wanted fugitive—in order to derail their insidious plans to gain absolute power with a terrifying technological breakthrough.
Driven by love for her lost husband and by fear for the five-year-old son she has sent into hiding, Jane Hawk has become an unstoppable predator. Those she is hunting will have nowhere to run when her shadow falls across them
ABOUT DEAN KOONTZ
Acknowledged as “America’s most popular suspense novelist” (Rolling
Stone) and as one of today’s most celebrated and successful writers,
Dean Ray Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around
the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character,
mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be
human.
Dean R. Koontz has also published under the names Leigh Nichols, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Owen West, Deanna Dwyer and Aaron Wolfe.
Dean,
the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern
California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the
enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.
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This sounds like a great series Sherry! I love when a book has me rapidly flipping pages. Worse than the Stepford Wives? You have me curious. I think it would not be easy not getting attached to characters though. Great Review!
thanks lindy. i devoured these books…except for the last one. i am on a loooooong waiting list and these are loooooong books, so who knows when i’ll find out how it all ends. 🙁
I like Koontz, too, but I haven’t read any of the Jane Hawk books. Thanks for sharing your review!
i am soooo loving them
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I have read alot of Koontz books but not any of these yet. Thanks for sharing them!
my pleasure
I have this! I so need to pick it up and read it especially now that I’ve seen you liked it so much.
i am still waiting…..for the last one
My mom loved Koontz and as a teen I would swipe her books and read them. Thanks for the heads up about this being book 2.
i hope i remember to tell everyone that you really want to start the series at the beginning and it is five books long…and they’re long. LOL
I haven’t read him in quite a while. This sounds good though. I used to love his books.
this isn’t like his old horror stuff, but i am lovin’ it
I had a good friend, who moved across the country, who was a HUGE Koontz fan. She was always offering to lend me his books, but I was in a SciFi frenzy back then. I should try one next year. 👍✨
i hope you get a chance
It certainly does sound a bit different to most of his books. Hopefully the series will continue to deliver for you in the future!
yes, it is different and i was a bit leery because i read the city and didn’t like it at all. this didn’t let me down
I’m glad you liked this one! I’ve never read this author but he’s so popular!!
he has a lot of books that i love and i’m so glad i decided to join the library challenge otherwise i probably would have waited…and maybe never read them