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. ( )

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. ( )

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. ( )

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! ( )

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. ( )