The Whispering Room

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

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 the 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.

©2017 Dean Koontz (P)2017 Recorded Books

Can’t wait for the next one

Excellence! This one even better than the first one. I am totally absorbed with the characters. I was riveted to my seat the whole way through the book. Rooted for them. Cried for them. Was in terror for their lives. I love this series.

actually believable

I've read Dean Koontz for years. This book is the most frightening, because it's possible.

The Whispering Room

Looking to get your teeth into an absorbing series? Well...

Plot. The Jane Hawk Series consists of five books based on a diabolical cabal of crazies whose objective it is to own the minds of mankind. They created an algorithm to identify those among us who are leaders that may become a threat to the objective. To get the best and brightest out of the way, they are injected with controlling nanotechnology that forces them to commit suicide. Jane Hawk is an FBI agent and her husband is an early victim. Jane has an obsessive drive to determine the truth and stop the nightmare. She soon becomes the most-wanted fugitive in the country, on the run with her five-year-old little boy. Thus is the thrust of this series.

To avoid plot confusion, start with Book 1, The Silent Corner, and read the stories in sequence. Book 2 - The Whispering Room, Book 3 - The Crooked Staircase, Book 4 - Forbidden Door, Book 5 - The Night Window. All are in the area of fifteen hours of listening, give or take, and released from 2017 - 2019, narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers.

Liked. There is that "what-if" element to ponder. What if this was possible? Yikes! There are some wonderful characters that Jane meets in her journey to the truth.  Some hair-raising events that you're certain will be the end of Jane, but she keeps moving.  Page turning in sections. Squeaky clean reads, no sex, no objectionable language - just good mysteries.

Not so hot. Nothing worth mentioning.

Narration by Elisabeth Rodgers is great, male voices included. She "is" the voice of Jane Hawk!

There is one more story that includes the character of Jane Hawk, The Bone Farm. This is a short, two hours of listening. Although it is more reveal of the character of Jane Hawk, it is not relevant to enjoying the series. It's okay, a nice story written mid-series but the events take place in an earlier timeline, early in Jane's FBI career.

Recommended. Enjoy!

Dean Koontz always delivers.

I love the concept of the story and the detail of the characters. On to the next one.

loving the series so far

Loving the series so far. Dean Koontz fan from way back. Can't wait for the next one.

Great Addition to the Series

Dean Koontz has done it again with another great story in the Jane Hawk series. I’m looking forward to the next book!

Better than the original

Great second book for this amazing main character. She is an mesmerizing badass all day

Book 2 as good as book one

narrator was awesome, still feels like many things not closed yet, if James Micheal is not the lead who is it? hopefully story has Luthor continuing in next book.

Love Jane Hawk!

I love the narrator. Her characters tend to sound very similar but her voice is easy to listen to. The Jane Hawk series has kept me enthralled. I can’t wait for the next one! Great Koontz novel if you’re a fan. It did not disappoint.

perfect

Most excellent. I am looking forward to next in the series. Always liked Dean Koontz as an author.