The Whispering Room (Jane Hawk Thriller, #2) (Jane Hawk, #2)

by Dean Koontz

It’s either fight, or die…

The second gripping thriller in an exciting series featuring rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk, from the master of suspense and New York Times No.1 bestselling author.

‘Do what you were born to do’

These are the words that ring in the mind of a beloved teacher as she drives a car full of burning gasoline into a hotel. The police believe she was insane, but rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk knows the truth.

In the wake of many similar inexplicable suicides, including that of her husband, Jane picks up the trail of a secret cabal of formidable players who are bent on obtaining world power.

Now Jane has become an unstoppable predator. Those she is hunting will have nowhere to run when her shadow falls across them.

• ISBN13: 9780007520176
• Publish Date: 28 December 2017 (first published 21 November 2017)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 528
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[chymerra]

Review coming November 21, 2017

[Beth C.]

I have been a long-term Dean Koontz fan. In fact, it was well-read copies of DK novels that enticed my husband into reading. However, while I have enjoyed some of his more current books, I haven't read one in quite a while that really just left me hungry for more - a series that would have me buying the newest without even reading the blurb. The Jane Hawk series has changed all that.

Plausible (even probable?) technology, wealthy people high up playing God, and a lone FBI agent who uncovered it at the cost of her husband. The action is relentless - but the characters are excellent as well. This is Dean Koontz at his best - at least for this reader.

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
Whatever else happens, Dean Koontz can always be relied on to provide a great reading experience. Rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk is back in the sequel to The Silent Corner. The Whispering Room takes up where the first book left off, and Jane is determined to get the whole story out to the public and save the world and herself (and maybe get a little justice for her murdered/programmed suicide husband).

This book managed to trap me within a very few pages and really hold my interest until I'd read it completely. There are not many books which have actually made me miss my bus stop, but this one did. Narrative tension is hard and Koontz makes it look easy. He's a masterful writer and writes well crafted exciting books. This is a solid brick of a book, 528 pages, and I didn't find that it lagged anywhere. Jane encounters a whole host of secondary characters (I 3 Bernie!!!!) but they're described well and mostly introduced serially, so there's no problem with keeping track of who is who.

For fans of thriller/conspiracy/black ops type books (Clive Cussler, Lee Child, Robert Crais & co., I'm lookin' at you!), Jane is pure entertainment. I'm looking forward to seeing how she manages in book #3.

If Amazon were Disneyland, Dean Koontz would be an 'E' ticket ride.

Published 21st November, 2017 by Bantam
Format: Kindle, Hardback, Paperback, audio (Audible)

Four stars

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.