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The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz
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The Key to Midnight (original 1979; edition 1995)

by Dean Koontz

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Fiction. Suspense. HTML:A haunting nightmare is the key to one woman's mysterious past in this spine-tingling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Almost twelve years ago, American Joanna Rand arrived in Japan to become a singer in a nightclub. In all that time, she has never been able to escape the strange dream that haunts her night after night. Each time she awakens, she feels violated, usedâ??and terrified.
Alex Hunter knows that Joanna is not who she thinks she is, because he has seen her beforeâ??in photographs of a senator's daughter who disappeared twelve years ago. And there is only one way to unlock the dark secret of her s
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Title:The Key to Midnight
Authors:Dean Koontz
Info:Berkley (1995), Paperback, 432 pages
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The Key To Midnight by Dean Koontz (1979)

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this is one that gets you thinking and i liked it. very different then the other koontz book i read as there is not much crazy super natural in here.

this one has a pretty interesting plot that i really liked and i thought the idea of having your whole identity erased is a creepy idea. i also liked the Japanese setting it mostly took place in and even later on when they traveled to Europe.

the climax towards the end was really thrilling and fun. i also thought the plot twists it had were pretty decent. my only complaint with this book is that the romance stuff was not really my thing it was well written but i got a little bored during those parts but thankfully they dont take too long to get through. overall i enjoyed it and found it got really good as it went along. the begging part did not bother me but i can see why it might be slow for some. ( )
  XanaduCastle | Aug 7, 2023 |
In my opinion this book was on the wrong end of believable. They both have trust issues and relationship issues yet they fall in love with each other immediately and somehow seem to feel the need to tell each other's life stories the day after they meet. Alex hears her story at immediately gueses what is going on and somehow guesses everything correctly. And the ending was somewhat flat. The saving grace is that it did have an interesting plot and a couple I interesting twists and turns.
  gsteinbacher | Dec 30, 2021 |
3.5 stars

Alex is a private detective and recognizes Joanna when he walks into her club in Kyoto. He recognizes her as Lisa, who went missing 12 years ago and disappeared without a trace. Joanna insists she is not Lisa, but as they look further into it, they are convinced she is, but she really doesn’t remember being Lisa. She has memories of her life (as Joanna) before Kyoto and before 12 years ago. What happened?

I thought this was pretty good. At first, I thought Alex was not a good person, but that turned out to be wrong (it wasn’t long before we figured this out, so it’s not a spoiler). The nightmares that Joanna had were creepy. This was originally written under a pseudonym, as it was a different genre than Koontz usually writes. He rewrote parts of it to update it in 1995 (from the original 1979), though a lot of the subject matter still felt a bit 70s. Overall, though, it was good. ( )
  LibraryCin | May 24, 2019 |
A re-read for me after many years. The opening mystery drew me in as much this time around as it did before. Though I want to love this book, the sexual violence seems to be a product of its time — I couldn't help feeling the book could have easily been as threatening without it. Still the reveal is big enough and logical and there are enough twists to make this an excellent thriller. I was pleased to discover an early kick-arse heroine, although she has flaws, and, in places, a naivete that's questionable (can't say more without spoilers). ( )
1 vote SharonMariaBidwell | Feb 20, 2019 |
I didn't know Dean Koontz wrote under a pen name, interesting. Now there are more books for me to look for.
This was pretty good, not what I consider one of his best but I enjoyed it. Once I was through the first few chapters and the pace picked up I really liked it.

I recommend as long as you don't mind a slow start. It's worth it in the end. ( )
  ReneeMiller | Feb 25, 2016 |
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A sound of something; The scarecrow Has fallen down of itself. - BONCHO, 1670-1714
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This better version is for Gerda. I can go back and improve the earlier pen-name books - but I'm afraid I don't have enough energy to make all the desperately needed improvements in myself!
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In the dark, Joanna Rand went to the window.
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Fiction. Suspense. HTML:A haunting nightmare is the key to one woman's mysterious past in this spine-tingling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Almost twelve years ago, American Joanna Rand arrived in Japan to become a singer in a nightclub. In all that time, she has never been able to escape the strange dream that haunts her night after night. Each time she awakens, she feels violated, usedâ??and terrified.
Alex Hunter knows that Joanna is not who she thinks she is, because he has seen her beforeâ??in photographs of a senator's daughter who disappeared twelve years ago. And there is only one way to unlock the dark secret of her s

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