FALSE MEMORY by Dean Koontz
Bantam Books - 1999
ISBN: 053310666X
Horror xplicit content

Reviewed by Nancy Mehl, MyShelf.com
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Martie Rhodes is concerned about her friend, Susan. Susan lives alone, her marriage destroyed by a strange phobia that has made her a prisoner in her own apartment. This once vibrant woman is only a sad shadow of the person she once was, and Martie is the only one who can coax her out of her self-made imprisonment long enough to visit the office of a therapist who may hold the key to her confused existence. After a trip to the doctor, Susan tells her that she knows someone has been coming into her apartment at night - but she can't remember who it is or what they do to her during their nocturnal visits. Is this just another delusion, or is there someone out there who is invading Susan's life? Before Martie can help Susan try to put the pieces of her shattered life together, she begins to experience problems of her own. She is having strange panic attacks. Bizarre thoughts assault her without warning - urging her to kill. After Susan commits suicide, Martie must face her own mounting sense of terror. Visions of murdering her husband, Dusty, paralyze her - and Dusty must find a way to rescue not only his wife, but also his brother, who seems to be suffering from his own growing psychotic episodes. As his sense of danger increases, Dusty seeks to understand what is happening - before it's too late.

Dean Koontz presents us with a disturbing but intriguing tale of madness and deception. This is a book you will have a hard time putting down - well written and taut with suspense. Frightening, fascinating - Koontz at his very best.

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