Liquid Fear

Liquid Fear isn't a perfect book. The characters are a little shallow, and the first few chapters left me confused. However, overall, this is a good  read. What freaked me out is the take on mind altering drugs.

How far is too  far?

When Roland Doyle wakes up with a dead woman in his motel room, the only clue is a mysterious vial of pills bearing the label, Take one every 4 hrs or else.

Ten years before, six people were involved in a secret pharmaceutical trial that left one of them murdered, and five unable to remember what happened. Now, the experiment is continuing. Dr. Sebastian Briggs wants to finish his research into fear response and post-traumatic stress disorder. He's backed by a major drug company, and an ambitious U.S. Senator, but he also  has a personal stake in the outcome.

Only by taking the mysterious pills, can the survivors stave off the creeping phobias, and madness that threaten to consume them. But, the pills have an unexpected side effect--the survivors start remembering the terrible acts they perpetrated a decade ago. They are lured back to the Monkey House, the remote facility where the original trials took place, and Briggs has prepared it for their return.

Now they are trapped, they each have only one pill left, and cracks are forming in their civilized veneer. After the pills are gone, there's only one option.

Or else.

I'm almost done with the second book in the series, and I have to say, the next novel is better than the first. I'll post it next week. One last comment, these two books have kept my mind occupied during, what my husband and I call, a bad patch. So a special thank you to Scott, for giving me a few hours of pleasure. 

Happy reading!