Like any great author out there, Dean Koontz has written GREAT books, some okay books and some really crappy ones. I forget the name of one of his more recent novels that I had the misfortune of listening to in 2017. It was really awful. Since then, I had not had the opportunity to listen to any Koontz novels.

This past month, I landed on “Strangers”, which qualifies as one of his better works IMO, now that I have fully listened to it. Through road trips, healing and nappy evenings, this book of his filled me with intrigue and had that ultimate quality of his books (shared with King) that makes the book basically un-put-downable. This also gels well with my theory that Koontz’s earlier works were some of his absolute best. This one comes to us from 1986, when I was a mere 7 years old!

When you don’t know what the mystery is about, you have the opportunity to thoroughly enjoy Dean Koontz’s trip into the human psyche. He uses his crafty language skills to really drive in the suspense with rich imagery, that makes the novel timeless, and blends you in with the story at more than one moment.

The second half of the book could have gone slightly better, but, it is definitely one of the Koontz books out there that you can read to, listen to, and otherwise cherish. Kudos to Dick Hill for the performance!