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The Bone Farm

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers, James Anderson Foster
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Summary

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?

©2018 Dean Koontz (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

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Jane Hawk book 0.5

I've been a Dean Koontz fan for years now and I'm really enjoying the Jane Hawk series so I was looking forward to reading The Bone Farm even though I don't often listen to audiobooks. As far as the audio goes I thought this story was read well and the narrators, Elisabeth Rogers & James Anderson Foster, did a good job with it but unfortunately I just didn't enjoy the actual story.

This is a prequel to the Jane Hawk series so it's back in the days before she was suspended from the FBI and Jane is working a missing persons case alongside her partner Gary. They know they're dealing with a serial killer but he keeps his victims alive for a long time before killing them so they're desperately trying to find him before he can murder the latest young woman he has abducted.

I think one of my biggest issues with the story was the amount of time we spend inside the killer's head, his thoughts were creepy and disturbing and I REALLY didn't want to hear so many of them. I also found that the story didn't have the amount of tension I'd expect from Dean Koontz because as a reader we know who the killer is from the beginning since much of the story is from his point of view. It's hard to build the suspense when you know who the bad guy is so yes we're watching Jane try to figure it out but she's always one step behind us which is a little frustrating.

To be honest I don't think this story really added anything worth knowing to the Jane Hawk series, it doesn't touch on anything that is happening in the full length books so it's only aboutone random case Jane worked before she was suspended. Since I didn't find it very enjoyable and I don't think it really had any impact on the rest of the series I'd have a hard time recommending it to people but as always these things are down to personal taste and you may end up loving it so it wouldn't hurt to at least listen to a free sample before making up your mind.

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Smooth, plausible and enjoyable story

This book engaged me fast, with interesting characters and a story that moves quickly and providing character history without becoming confusing or moving too slow.


i enjoyed this short story so much that it has motivated me to try the official first jane hawk book by dean koontz. fingers crossed

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Short story perfect for fans of Jane Hawk

Very dark and incredibly detailed story of the killers psyche. At points the narration felt like an automative service, but on the whole was engaging.

I look forward to the release of the next in the series of the Jane Hawk titles.

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short

should be informed how short it is before purchase. the actual content was ok but this is not a novel

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Terrible reading.

Feels as if the reading is done by Alexa or a SatNav voice. Very robotic

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Disappointing

Dreadful short story. Shame as Mr Koontz has written some really great stories in the past I’m surprised he wasted his time with this one.


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Boring

The reader is very dull , the story just dull one tone all the way through. Such a shame.

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Boring!

I stuck with this thinking it must get better. It didn’t! Idiotic story and definitely not up to Koontz standard.

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Gratuitous, misogynistic rubbish.

Thanks for the free book it was very helpful to me to avoid ever reading any more of this author's awful stories.

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not my cup of tea

this short storey is not really my cup of tea i really enjoy Dean Koonz and have read many of his books but this just left me cold. i think it might have been the narration but i lost interest after about 10 mins.

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