The Darkest Evening of the Year – Dean Koontz

After you have read more then a couple of Dean Koontz’s books you figure out that he manages  to incorporate a dog into each novel, sometimes even if it is only at the very end. I always liked that about his books.  You also figure out quickly he is a fan of the Golden Retriever.  This latest book features Golden Retrievers into his formula of good vs evil and the supernatural. 

This is not the edge-of-the-seat thriller that some of his books are.  As always there is some very disturbing evil all at the hands of human.  This time the supernatural forces are on the side of the good, and in the form of the dog. 

I was a bit confused about the character Theresa, a young autistic girl.  Koontz seemed to be building her up for a larger part in the story, but rather, the last we hear of her is a maybe or maybe not sighting through a window.

An entertaining book, although a tad sugary— but then Golden Retrievers are very sweet, so what did I expect?