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The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
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The Good Guy

by Dean Koontz

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Guy comes up to "Tim" in bar & hands him a manilla envelope for "a hit" on a woman. Then, leaves & a few minutes later the real "hit man" comes in. Tim finds the woman & tries to save her & find out why she's a target. Turns out she was just in the wrong place at wrong time. Was O.K., but not the best. ( )
Tweellow | Jul 9, 2009 |  
This is an extremely fast-paced thriller. Although it held my attention, a week later I will have forgotten most of what happened. Characters are not well developed and certain plot details didn't really develop. ( )
readerspeak | Apr 27, 2009 |  
Basic story of good guy who gets wrapped up in a govermental plot to kill a good girl. I found this story very light reading and sappy at times. I found myself, like when you watch horror movies, saying "just call the cops you dummies". Fairy tale happy ending. Not one of Koontz better books. ( )
curlysue | Apr 4, 2009 |  
I loved the beginning of this book! That's unusual for me. I typically like endings much more than beginnings. This one starts out with Tim sitting in the bar. Not only is Tim an intersting character that I couldn't wait to learn more about, but so are the people around him. The people that he calls friends. When the stranger sits next to him, the conversation is a bit odd, yet totally intriguing. Then, the next stranger, and again a conversation to remember. Then the roller-coaster ride hits high speed. Tim decides that he's going to save the woman who's been targeted by an unknown to be killed. But what Tim doesn't expect is how he will feel about that woman. As they run and hide from the killer, Tim realizes that he loves her. Although Linda doesn't really voice her feelings, it's pretty clear that they are attracted to each other. However, don't mistake this book for a romance. It certainly isn't. The killer is rutheless and his killings are brutal and detailed. The ending comes together and finally answers the questions that I had about other occurances in the book.
A quick note about the audio....I listened to the unabridged version of this book. The reader was great. He used different intonations and infliction in his voice, however, I didn't care for the way that he portrayed Linda's voice. He made her sound airy, or ditsy, yet that really wasn't the image that I had of her. I think that had I read the book, her voice in my head would have been much different. Overall, it doesn't affect the outcome of the book, I just kept thinking in my head that Linda shouldn't sound like that! ( )
kysmom02 | Mar 18, 2009 |  
This was not my favorite Koontz book, but it was decent. This would be a good book for newcomers because he has much better books out there for instance "The Husband". It did hold my attention which is no easy feat. ( )
lesmcpherson | Mar 11, 2009 |  
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I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.
--Albert Camus
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To Mike and Mary Lou Delaney, for you kindness, for your friendship, and for all the laughter--even if a lot of the time you don't know why we're laughing at you. With you. Laughing with you. We love you guys.
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Sometimes a mayfly skates across a pond, leaving a brief wake as thin as spider silk, and by staying low avoids those birds and bats that feed in flight.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0739332937, Audio CD)

Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend’s tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very different—and passes to him a manila envelope full of cash.

“Ten thousand now. You get the rest when she’s gone.

The stranger walks out, leaving a photo of the pretty woman marked for death, and her address. But things are about to get worse. In minutes another stranger sits next to Tim. This one is a cold-blooded killer who believes Tim is the man who has hired him.

Thinking fast, Tim says, “I’ve had a change of heart. You get ten thousand—for doing nothing. Call it a no-kill fee.” He keeps the photo and gives the money to the hired killer. And when Tim secretly follows the man out of the tavern, he gets a further shock: the hired killer is a cop.

Suddenly, Tim Carrier, an ordinary guy, is at the center of a mystery of extraordinary proportions, the one man who can save an innocent life and stop a killer far more powerful than any cop…and as relentless as evil incarnate. But first Tim must discover within himself the capacity for selflessness, endurance, and courage that can turn even an ordinary man into a hero, inner resources that will transform his idea of who he is and what it takes to be The Good Guy.


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