This book is one of Dean Koontz's best novels. It follows a man who tries to save a woman after he accidentally recieves a note that says to kill this woman. They go on this wild adventure that resembles a mouse hunt to get away from the man trying to kill her. I reccommended this book to my mom and she read it and liked it too.

The villain was genuinely creepy and the suspense surrounding the secret was good, but I noticed the set-up was a little formulaic when compared to the Odd Thomas books. Both series have heroes with generally superhuman capabilities who work at a remedial jobs. Both also have an author as another important character.
In addition, the ending was kind of rushed. I mean a huge government conspiracy is dealt with in like 10 pages?!?!
Also sadly this book wasn't nearly as funny as the Odd Thomas books.

This is my first Koontz book and I liked it. I was kind of hoping for more suspense and there were times that I did feel anxious but not to the degree I was hoping for.

It was pretty clean for an adult novel. It gives me hope that when I'm an adult I can actually read novels that aren't too provocative. This is compared to some of the other adult books I've read. There are very slight innuendos and the bad guy pees on stuff he doesn't like which I thought was weird.

Maybe it’s because I'm not an adult but I don't think people actually talk like the characters in this book do. There are one too many metaphors. I mean Koontz seems like a great writer but he is a bit too wordy for me.

I like the plot and how everything turns out. The characters are likeable. I just didn't get as into the book as I was hoping for.

The starting point of this thriller by Dean Koontz is quite clever - due to a case of mistaken identity in a bar, the "good guy" Tim Carrier comes between a contract killer and his intended victim, Linda Paquette.

Tim gets the name and picture of Linda Paquette, and he goes off to warn her that someone is paying $20,000 to have her killed. But soon the killer is out to get not only Linda, but Tim as well, and the chase begins.

Tim and Linda have to run away from the killer, Krait, while simultaneously trying to figure out why anybody wants Linda dead - she doesn't know herself. The action starts immediately, and doesn't let up until the very end. Of course, being thrown together by chance (and this being a book), Tim and Linda start to warm up to each other during the pursuit.

One of the best parts of the book, apart from the action, is the dialogue between Tim and Linda as they get to know each other. Their banter is both witty and in places laugh-out-aloud funny, while at the same time feeling completely authentic. No small feat.

In Krait, the contract killer, Dean Koontz has created a really creepy assassin. A real psychopath, who can be extremely charming and affable when he wants to, and who is obsessed with cleanliness. Also, he is very good at what he does, which is killing people. We get to know quite a bit about Krait and how he sees the world, and that makes him even scarier.

So, there is great action, great dialogue and a great (if that's the word) killer. The only disappointment of the book is the ending, or rather the reason why Krait is trying to kill Linda. Given how good everything else is in the book, I expected some clever reason as well. But in my mind the reason given is pretty weak and far-fetched, not on a par with the quality of the rest of the book. It is a minor complaint though, and I still rate it at five stars.

This is, believe it or not, the first novel by Dean Koontz that I have read, but it won't be the last. I was really impressed by his writing style and rich language, and the suspense was top notch. I highly recommend this book, and I'm looking forward to reading more by Dean Koontz.

3.5 stars. Dean Koontz writes books that both my husband and I can enjoy, and this one was good for another road trip. While the ending was a bit unbelievable, we still enjoyed the characters, plot, and pacing.

I loved the tension Koontz created and couldn’t put it down. It has all the classics you come to expect with Koontz. A great cat and mouse read.