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Dean Koontz’s unique talent for writing terrifying thrillers with a heart and soul is nowhere more evident than in this latest suspense masterpiece that pits one man against the ultimate deadline. If there were speed limits for the sheer pulse-racing excitement allowed in one novel, Velocity would break them all. Get ready for the ride of your life.…
VELOCITY
Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. If you don’t take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours.
It seems like a sick joke, and Bill’s friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it’s Bill’s fault: he didn’t convince the police
to get involved. Now he’s got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum…and two new lives hanging in the balance.
Suddenly Bill’s average, seemingly innocuous life takes on the dimensions and speed of an accelerating nightmare. Because the notes are coming faster, the deadlines growing tighter, and the killer becoming bolder and crueler with every communication–until Bill is isolated with the terrifying knowledge that he alone has the power of life and death over a psychopath’s innocent victims. Until the struggle between good and evil is intensely personal. Until the most chilling words of all are: The choice is yours.
VELOCITY
Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. If you don’t take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours.
It seems like a sick joke, and Bill’s friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it’s Bill’s fault: he didn’t convince the police
to get involved. Now he’s got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum…and two new lives hanging in the balance.
Suddenly Bill’s average, seemingly innocuous life takes on the dimensions and speed of an accelerating nightmare. Because the notes are coming faster, the deadlines growing tighter, and the killer becoming bolder and crueler with every communication–until Bill is isolated with the terrifying knowledge that he alone has the power of life and death over a psychopath’s innocent victims. Until the struggle between good and evil is intensely personal. Until the most chilling words of all are: The choice is yours.
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Leigh P. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Engaging story and fast-paced enough to hold my interest throughout the novel. For Koontz fans, you won't be disappointed. For those unfamiliar with Koontz, this is an excellent example of the type of complex plot and general mayhem you can expect from him.
VERONICA P. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
THE BOOK WAS QUITE INTERESTING, LOVED IT !
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
another great thriller from Dean Koontz, this one had me up all night b/c I couldn't put it down. Which decisions would you make if you had this happen to you??? It really makes you think!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Oh my - this was good! One of his more intense reads - very suspenseful and scary!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Clever, eerie and full of twists. As its name implies, this book moves fast with plenty of action. The premise is much deeper than the impression you might get from the book summary.
4 stars out of 5
Cherie (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was another one of Koontz's fast-paced, roller coaster rides. I loved how the chapters were short, some only 3 pages in length, which somehow that added to the whole speed/action thing. And based on the title, this is what he'd set out to accomplish and he did so with applomb.
Throughout the story, you're left wondering right up until the very end, who's responsible for all the murders going on around Billy, and the notes they're leaving him that bring him into the fold. (I won't go into a synopsis here as I included it in this book's journal entry.) And just when you think you've got it figured out, like Billy, you're thrown a curve ball, just like on a roller coaster. hehe
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Dean Koontz is one of my favorite authors and he didn't dispappoint me with Velocity. Fast paced and exciting!
Josephine L. (Great book! Got my attention from the very beginning and was a great psycho-mystery thriller. Some parts of little gruesome, but I am told that is typical for this author's books. (This is the first I have read of Dean Koontz).
Amber H. (This was my first ever Koontz book many years ago and I have been hooked on him since. They actually made a movie based on this book which I thought was cool. If you love a good page turner that keeps you up all night this is a winner.
It's Been years since I have read Dean Koontz. This was first one in a long time. Wow, great story. Ended pretty abruptly, but all ends closed. Kept me reading until the end. Keeps you wondering who it is until the end. Great book.
Denise C. ("If you don't take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schooltacher somewhere in Napa County.
If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work.
YOU have 6 hours to decide. The choice is yours."
Another spell-binding book from Dean Kootz, I have never been dissapointed in this author.
Joyce C. (Noone can match Koontz for scarey. This book will keep you flipping pages long after lighs out...
I'm generally not much of a fan of the "horror" genre, but the short synopsis on the back cover caught my interest enough to get me to give it a shot. I found the story to be compelling enough that it kept my interest enough to keep the pages turning. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a suspenseful, quick read. I didn't much care for the ending - it seemed rushed and awkward. But overall it was a good story.
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