Ashley Bell

Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz, 560 pages

“The girl who said no to death. Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young woman--whose doctor says she has one year to live. She replies, "We'll see." Her sudden recovery astonishes medical science. An enigmatic woman convinces Bibi that she escaped death so that she can save someone else. Someone named Ashley Bell. But save her from what, from whom? And who is Ashley Bell? Where is she? Bibi's obsession with finding Ashley sends her on the run from threats both mystical and worldly, including a rich and charismatic cult leader with terrifying ambitions. Here is an eloquent, riveting, brilliantly paced story with an exhilarating heroine and a twisting, ingenious plot filled with staggering surprises. Ashley Bell is a new milestone in literary suspense from the long-acclaimed master.” I totally did not expect the direction this book was going to go.  I probably should have, given the type of book Koontz normally writes and with the clues in the text but I was still taken by surprise.  I really liked the book and would definitely recommend it to people who like thrillers, especially those with a supernatural bent.