{"id":396,"date":"2015-10-13T11:33:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T16:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2015-10-13T11:34:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T16:34:59","slug":"recently-received-galley-ashley-bell-dean-koontz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/396\/recently-received-galley-ashley-bell-dean-koontz\/","title":{"rendered":"Recently Received Galley: Ashley Bell (Dean Koontz)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently received a galley (ARC) for Dean Koontz’s latest novel, Ashley Bell<\/em><\/a>. (Two of my favorite Koontz titles are Strangers<\/em> and Odd Thomas<\/em>.) Looking forward to reading Ashley Bell<\/em> (Pub Date: December 8, 2015) as soon as I finish Ready Player One<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Ashley<\/a>Description<\/h3>\n

From #1 bestselling author Dean Koontz\u2014the must-read thriller of the year, for readers of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The girl who said no to death.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young woman\u2014whose doctor says she has one year to live.<\/p>\n

She replies, \u201cWe’ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her sudden recovery astonishes medical science.<\/p>\n

An enigmatic woman convinces Bibi that she escaped death so that she can save someone else. Someone named Ashley Bell.<\/p>\n

But save her from what, from whom? And who is Ashley Bell? Where is she?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Here is an eloquent, riveting, brilliantly paced story with an exhilarating heroine and a twisting, ingenious plot filled with staggering surprises. Ashley Bell<\/em> is a new milestone in literary suspense from the long-acclaimed master.<\/p>\n

Pre-Order Ashley Bell.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently received a galley (ARC) for Dean Koontz’s latest novel, Ashley Bell. (Two of my favorite Koontz titles are Strangers and Odd Thomas.) Looking forward to reading Ashley Bell (Pub Date: December 8, 2015) as soon as I finish … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[118,132,133,135,134,49],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galleys","tag-adventure","tag-ashley-bell","tag-dean-koontz","tag-mystery","tag-psychological-suspense","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}