Book review: Mr. Murder
The other night I finished reading Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz and I can definitely recommend it. Even though at about page 100, I was unsure if I wanted to continue reading the book. Not because it was bad. No, it was because my heart was racing so much and my blood pressure was so high that I wasn’t sure I was going to live through the rest of the book. To call this novel suspenseful is a grave understatement. If you enjoy Dean Koontz as an author or just like good suspense stories with a little supernatural or science fiction thrown into the mix, then you may enjoy this book.
I didn’t realize that the book was a reprint of a much older story when I started. The copy I have is from 2006, but the original was published in the early 90’s. Some references make this very obvious, but for the most part Koontz keeps the details and pacing at a level where nothing really feels dated or so jarring that it doesn’t work today. It’s well written and the end is a bit of a stretch but it all works well.
I’m not saying anything about the story because I don’t want to give anything away.
Next up is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Not sure if I’ll make it through that monster classic but I figure I owe it to myself to try.
I picked up that book just today and was thinking about checking it out but ended up with another Koontz … don’t remember which one though.