When Laura's husband, Dylan, kidnapped their daughter Melanie, Laura never thought she would see her again. So when Melanie is found, six years later, wandering the streets naked it seems like a dream come true for her mother. When the police then reveal that they have also found the dismembered remains of her husband in his home laboratory she realises that Melanie may be the only person who knows the truth about what happened. But she cannot tell them – ever since she was found Melanie has been virtually catatonic, retreating inside herself making it impossible to communicate.

As the police continue to investigate the murder other bodies start to appear. In each case the victim seems to have been killed in a very extreme way – far beyond the abilities of any normal person. At first the victims don't seem to have anything in common but as the investigation continues they start to discover that all of the dead were somehow linked to a series of bizarre psychological experiments being carried out by Dylan. To make matters worse it becomes clear that Dylan had been using his daughter as the main subject of his experiments, isolating her for hours in a sensory deprivation tank encouraging her to discover the full potential of her psyche.

Will Laura manage to break through the barriers and discover the truth about her daughter's experiences before she becomes the latest one to be murdered?

The Door to December is another novel from the pen of one of the masters of horror/suspense: Dean Koontz. It is the story of a young girl who is experimented upon by her father until she isolates herself from reality. But as the novel progresses you begin to discover that all the tests carried out on Melanie has unleashed something terrifying that the child can only refer to as The Door to December.

This is quite a sad story. OK, most of the book revolves around discovering the identity of the killer but there are also various poignant moments as Laura tries to make contact with her daughter and break through the psychological brick wall she has erected around herself. As with other Koontz stories there is a wonderfully supportive policeman investigating the killings who finds himself becoming personally involved in his case and increasingly attracted to Laura and protective of Melanie.

This story is very enjoyable. OK, I don't consider it to be one of his best books but it is certainly better than some of the others. A very creepy, disturbing book that makes you wonder how a father could commit such atrocities against his own daughter – it is good thing this is fiction!

Christine Scavello has a son, Joey. An ordinary boy, just 6 years old. Mother and son visit a Supermarket and are accosted by an old eccentric woman who appears to have an unnatural interest in the boy. She insists that Joey "has got to die". This obviously terrifies the boy, but Christine assumes that the incident is just that of an old, mad woman.

But then there are other frightening incidents, and although the Police are called, they do not believe all that Christine has to say. So she goes to Charlie Harrison, who runs a detective agency. He agrees to investigate and become embroiled in a plot, which is almost impossible to believe.

The old lady is the leader of a "church" group, and with other members, set out to kill the young boy.

Ah, well, yet another superlative story. It is very obvious that Dean Koontz is my favourite author, but nevertheless can only praise this book again. Super characters touches of humour among the horror and classically good writing. He does not insult the readers' intelligence, but puts together a complex plot with consummate ease. All his books have a perfectly logical beginning, middle and end and are always hard to put down.