THE MUST-READ THRILLER OF THE YEAR: Featuring the most exhilarating heroine in memory and a sophisticated, endlessly ingenious, brilliantly paced narrative through dark territory and deep mystery, this is a new milestone in literary suspense and a major new breakout book from the long acclaimed master.
At twenty-two, Bibi Blair’s doctors tell her that she’s dying. Two days later, she’s impossibly cured. Fierce, funny, dauntless, she becomes obsessed with the idea that she was spared because she is meant to save someone else. Someone named Ashley Bell. This proves to be a dangerous idea. Searching for Ashley Bell, ricocheting through a southern California landscape that proves strange and malevolent in the extreme, Bibi is plunged into a world of crime and conspiracy, following a trail of mysteries that become more sinister and tangled with every twisting turn.
Unprecedented in scope, infinite in heart, Ashley Bell is a magnificent achievement that will capture lovers of dark psychological suspense, literary thrillers, and modern classics of mystery and adventure. Beautifully written, at once lyrical and as fast as a bullet, here is the most irresistible novel of the decade. - from Goodreads.com
Koontz, in my opinion, has always had a way with a psychological thrill-ride of a story, and this one was no exception. Fairly early on, I was a bit leery of reading to the end. I was on the verge of setting it aside when the mental ride hit the roller coaster hill, and dragged me along.
Though I expected this to be more like his Frankenstein series (in regards to the writing style) I found this format made the story easier to follow. Characters were pretty detailed, some seem to be like personal people the author would know.
Overall, was a good read, and one I would recommend to others.
