THE BONE FARM Book Review

The Bone Farm (prequel to the Jane Hawk series) by Dean Koontz, audiobook, 2h 1m

Synopsis from Audible: An audio original novella featuring bestselling author Dean Koontz’s compelling new heroine, Jane Hawk. From the case files of the former FBI agent before she became the nation’s most wanted fugitive - The Bone Farm details a desperate man-hunt for a serial killer before he murders again.

Katherine Haskell, a young college co-ed is on her way back to school, but she never makes it there. Instead, she becomes the latest prey of the rapist and murderer dubbed by the tabloids the “Mother Hater.” He is a twisted soul who kidnaps young girls for pleasure then discards them. Katherine is missing, but she’s not yet dead. FBI agents Jane Hawk and her partner Gary Burkett must descend into the hell of this killer’s mind to solve the case before it is too late. The question is - will they both get out alive?

BOOK REVIEW: This is a novella so it is short, sweet and too the point but maybe a little too fast. It switches back and forth between the killer and the agents but was confusing at first because it would be in the past and then the present and I actually wasn't sure if we ever caught up from the past to the present in the story lines...if that makes sense.

My rating is for the audiobook only. I give this book a 3.5 out of 5. Mostly because, as I said, it went back and forth between past and present. It's a novella but it felt way too rushed. It was good enough to lead me to download the first book in the series!

3.5/5 Stars