Nine by Rachelle Dekker/Review by Liz Gatterer
Nine
Rachelle Dekker
Revell
$29.99
978-0800738693
Sept 1, 2020
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Zoe Johnson has mastered the art of hiding. She is alone in the world and is comfortable with that. But when Lucy, a wide-eyed, hungry teenager with no memory walks into the diner where Zoe works, Zoe sees in her the same lost girl she once was and decides to help. So, it begins – a wild race to Texas one step ahead of the shadowy government agents that are out to catch her. For somewhere in Lucy’s locked memory is a secret that many have died trying to keep.
Rachelle Dekker’s latest novel, Nine, is fast-paced – part thriller, part science fiction, and part self-help novel. The reader is propelled through the pages. The story is expertly laid out. The backstory is seamlessly woven into the action. The characters are well developed and feel genuine. The good guys aren’t always good, and the bad guys aren’t always bad. The ending is not quite what one would expect and yet it is wholly satisfying
In many ways, Dekker’s writing style reminds me of a great Dean Koontz novel. A top notch story that doesn’t need the explicit language or gratuitous sex scenes to keep a reader engaged. The only thing missing is a dog.