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By: Bookgasm » Blog Archive » The Good Guy

Bookgasm » Blog Archive » The Good Guy — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:58:41 +0000

[...] Great American Novel. The proof is in THE GOOD GUY. It completes an unofficial trilogy started by VELOCITY and THE HUSBAND of righteous men thrust into wrong situations, all of which are terrific reads. And [...]

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Saint » Bookgasm — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:09:44 +0000

[...] From there, SAINT is off and running on a narrative sprint worthy of recent Dean Koontz thrillers like VELOCITY and THE HUSBAND, and with just as many surprises. Almost just as soon as you’ve begun reading and Carl sets out to complete his spur-of-the-moment hit, we learn much of what we’ve been told is utter B.S., and that Carl is actually a highly specialized and trained assassin – code name: Saint – working for a shadowy organization called The X Group. [...]

By: The Husband » Bookgasm

The Husband » Bookgasm — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:18:04 +0000

[...] In accordance with the zero-to-60 style of Koontz’s recent VELOCITY, it begins with a jolt as a happily married, mild-mannered Everyman named Mitch Rafferty receives a call on his cell phone informing him that: a) his wife has been kidnapped, and b) he has 60 hours to pay a $2 million ransom in cold, hard cash. The demand seems excessive, given Rafferty is just a self-employed landscaper of a two-man operation with $11 grand in the bank, but to show they’re serious, a man walking his dog across the street is then assassinated by a sniper’s bullet. Those flowers can wait, Mitch. [...]

By: BOOK WHORE >> 5.30.06 » Bookgasm

BOOK WHORE >> 5.30.06 » Bookgasm — Tue, 30 May 2006 12:41:28 +0000

[...] “You bet,” she says. “Koontz has THE HUSBAND, which sounds every bit as fast-paced as last year’s VELOCITY. This one’s about a kidnapping. Deaver has THE COLD MOON, another entry in his quadraplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme series, and Preston and Child return to tie up the loose ends from last summer’s DANCE OF DEATH with THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.” [...]

By: Bookgasm » BOOK WHORE >> 5.2.06

Bookgasm » BOOK WHORE >> 5.2.06 — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:40:55 +0000

[...] “Oh, yeah, VELOCITY,” you say. “Those guys over at BOOKGASM really liked that one. I hear they’ll be reviewing THIEVES OF HEAVEN soon, too.” But she appears not to care. [...]

By: Bookgasm » BOOK WHORE >> 3.7.06

Bookgasm » BOOK WHORE >> 3.7.06 — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:54:22 +0000

[...] • Somehow I failed to mention Stephen White’s KILL ME last week. So sue me. This thriller boasts a terrific, Koontz-worthy high concept: A man told he has mere months to live hires assassins to kill him off, then has a change of heart and has to scramble to stay alive from those he hired to do away with him. D’oh! [...]

By: Bookgasm » Have you met Dean Koontz’s HUSBAND?

Bookgasm » Have you met Dean Koontz’s HUSBAND? — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:28:33 +0000

[...] On May 30, 2006, Dean Koontz will release THE HUSBAND. Judging from this early cover (which has the unfortunate resemblance to something Danielle Steel might put her name on), it’s a fast-paced crime thriller in the style of the recent (and highly recommended) VELOCITY. [...]