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 enlarge | Author: Dean Koontz
Creator: Richard Ferrone
Publisher: Random House Audio
Category: Book
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Rating:  185 reviews
Sales Rank: 613724
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 4 x 2.7
ISBN: 0739332929
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739332924
ASIN: 0739332929
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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Condition: Includes cassette tape.
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 THIS IS A GREAT BOOK October 6, 2008
dlt (PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have not read any Koontz for a while. This one caught my eye so I decided to order it. I have the hard copy.
I couldn't put this book down. I loved the characters, the plot, the story and most of all the hero. From cover to cover i could not put this book down. By far one one of the best books in my collection!
The Plot Thickens October 5, 2008
William m Coles (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is really hard to imagine a better plot developer that Koontz. I recently started reading his novels and I must say he is a master attention getter or curiousity arouser. For that reason once you pick up one of his works you are automatically turn into a page turner. This title begins with the why? to the how? and with the twist and turns at the end you have a complete story with a moral lesson at the end. That is what intrigues me the most.
Good chase thriller October 4, 2008
F. J. Harvey (Birmingham England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Koontz is a popular horror novelist but there is nothing of a supernatural or ghoulish nature in The Good Guy ,which like many other recent Koontz novels such as The Husband,is a thriller-and a good one .The title character is Jim ,a landscape gardener with his own business.He is seated at the bar of his favourite watering hole ,drinking a post work beer when a total stranger hands him $10,000 saying the rest will follow "when she's gone" He has been mistaken for a hired killer and when the real killer turns up Jim finds himself the target of his wrath .Along with the intended victim ,Linda Paquelle ,he goes on the run seeking to evade the killer and hopefully turn the tables on him .It is cleasr that Krait ,the killer ,is being employed by a well resourced organisation and that he is also a stone killing machine .
What follows is a triple pursuit story-Jim/Linda in pursuit of the assassin ,the assassin pursuing them and behind it all and the organisataion keeping an eye on the situation to ensure all goes as smoothly as possible
There are hints of political paranoia ,with a key role being played by a shadowy ,ultra secret Federal organisation but essentially this is good ,old fashioned chasetthriller with shades of Hitchcock's classic movie North by Northwest
The dialogue is sharp and brittle with strong doses of mordaunt wit and humour.While there are some formulaic elements repeated from other recent Koontz novels -the blue collar hero with a past that is not exactly unblemished ,running from a sociopath-the book has pace and power to spare and is a good ,compelling read for lovers of the genre
quite the page turner! September 27, 2008
T. A Molina (san antonio, texas United States)
this one kept me up late into the night!
i just had to get to the end! highly recommended!
get this, this was my first koontz book!
looking forward to reading more of his works!
The Good Guy September 19, 2008
N. Milenkovic (usa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book. I liked it from the start, it was interesting and suspenseful. It had Koontz' good humor in it as well. Throughout most of the book, you are reading from either Tim or the hired killers perspectives. I liked this, because this way you get to see what both are thinking during the story.
I also liked Linda and Tim's romance, it's not forced and gradually shows up.
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