
Wendy S. (
wss4) wrote on 8/15/2007...
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This was another book in a string of books by Koontz that tends to follow the same path. Reminiscent of 'The Husband' this book is about a man, who is unknowingly dragged into a circumstance that he would rahter have no part of but handles brilliantly. Tim Carrier is just another guy having a drink in a friend’s bar when he is approached by a man and mistakenly identified as a hit-man. Then a few moments later as he is trying to digest what is has just happened to him, he is mistakenly identified by the real hit-man as the person who has contacted him about a job. This sets Tim on a path of intrigue and danger that a normal mason would be ill equipped to handle. But then Tim is so much more than he appears to be at first glance.
I like how Koontz introduced us to the main characters with very little information about them, and throughout the book adds a few more details at a time, until finally we see who Tim and Linda really are. I enjoyed the book and really liked the way that everything was tied together in the end.
An enjoyable read, by one of my favorite authors, even if he does seem to have mellowed a bit with age. I enjoyed his earlier books that had elements of supernatural, but these books recently, that are basically thrillers, are okay.

Marquaita O. (
Quaita) wrote on 7/10/2007...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Once again I am amazed at this man's ability to write yet another pageturner and still not be listed as one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" LOL....I loved this book and unlike a box of chocolate was devoured guilt free.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I'm a Dean Koontz fan, have read most of his books, and believe this is one of his best. The pace is fast, and it's a scary story.

Sarah H. (
S3) wrote on 6/12/2007...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
A good friend of mine gave me this book. It was an great read. I think if you liked his last book The Husband. I think you'd like this book.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I am not a huge Dean Koontz fan (meaning that I have read only a handful of his books in recent years) but I did enjoy this one. The dialog is snappy and written in a style very similar to the Odd series. The plot unfolds at a pace that will keep you reading. My only complaint about this book is that most of the character development takes place in the final few chapters - until the characters' secrets are revealed I did not feel that I really knew them. Had the characters been better fleshed out during the earlier stages of the story I would have enjoyed it more. However, overall the book was an enjoyable beach read.

Taryn C. (
TarynC) wrote on 8/2/2007...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a fast moving book with a different twist than most of Dean Koontz's books. I liked it.

BARBARA D. (
TINKER) wrote on 7/6/2007...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
great book,couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

Peggy B. (
PeggyDE) wrote on 6/30/2007...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a great read-I enjoyed the flow of words & expression..one of his best.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very suspensful and entertaining. Interesting characters. I'm liking Dean Koontz's novels more of late...this is a good read.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was an enjoyable fast-paced novel about a psychotic hit man, a man mistaken for the psychotic hit man, and a woman marked for death, another thrilling and suspenseful page-turner with much the same feel as the last book by Dean Koontz, 'The Husband,' although I did enjoy this one a smidgen more. The characters were much more interesting! Koontz seems to have switched genres. I prefer his older works of horror over his latest mystery and thriller types, but I am still a big fan!