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Advantages: Great action
Disadvantages: Could make you paranoid

I first read this novel about four years ago and remembered that I could not put it down, so when I was clearing out books to sell on Ebay I thought I’d read it again as I could not remember the exact ending. *THE STORYLINE* The novel is centred on the main character, Spencer Grant, and his adorable dog, Rocky. Grant is a loner and from the first chapter there are clues to his obvious torment of things in his past. A chance encounter with a waitress ...
...hope of a new life, but all is shattered when on his return visit to her, he finds she has fled. Curiosity leads him deep into her world, with false names and a life on the run, although who she is running from is unclear to him. He endeavours to find this mysterious woman. Eventually, he learns she is being chased by an unknown agency for the information she possesses, Grant knows he must help her, as the same people are now chasing him. *MY OPINION* ... Read review

Advantages: Will have you hiding you head under the covers!
Disadvantages: Ends a little abruptly!

The Eyes of Darkeness is the type of book which will keep you in suspense till the bitter end. It's about love, loyalty and betrayal and is a truely fabulous read. Tina is a single working mother who's life falls apart when her son, Danny, is involved in a tragic accident. A year later and Tina still hasn't come to terms with the loss of her beloved son. She begins to have some terrifying nightmares When the words "Not Dead" appear in her sons ... Read review

Advantages: It's by Dean Koontz, easy to read, quite lively
Disadvantages: Not entirely typical Koontz, neither as well known or as good as many of his other novels, quite hard to find for sale online in the UK

...She drinks to give herself the courage to deal with the thing. Her husband calls it Victor, but Ellen can’t bring herself to use it’s name, she can’t bare to look at it, let alone touch it, or call it by a name as if it were human. It’s evil, it has to die. May 1980. Amy Harper is pregnant, dumped by her uncaring boyfriend, she feels totally alone. She desperately wants an abortion, but has no way of paying for it. She has ...
...her mother is religious to the extreme, a practising Catholic, surely it would be the biggest sin of all? Strangely Amy’s mother agrees, in fact not only does she agree, but positively insists that it is the only course of action to be taken. Amy must get rid of the evil inside her, and as quickly as possible. The abortion takes place, and Amy’s mother wants little to do with her after it. No curfew, no restrictions, Amy can finally ... Read review