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The Good Guy

Author: Dean R. Koontz
Publisher: Bantam
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

13 reviews
Sales Rank: 61884

Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.3

ISBN: 0553589113
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553589115
ASIN: 0553589113

Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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5 out of 5 stars

To Portland and back seated between a mason and a psycho killer August 18, 2008
When I infrequently turn to a Dean Koontz thriller for entertainment, I usually discover some psycho that's evolved from a bad childhood. It makes one wonder what crowd the author ran with as a kid.

Here, stonemason Tim Carrier, minding his own business on a barstool, finds himself mistaken for a hit man by one who abruptly gives him an envelope of money and the note: "Half of its there. Ten thousand. The rest when she's gone." The "she" is author Linda Paquette.

Then, when hired killer Krait shows up at the same barstool, Tim endeavors to pass himself off as the one ordering the hit, but with a change of mind. He gives Krait the 10K to not carry out the pre-arranged contract. Krait is unmoved.

On flights from Burbank to Oakland to Portland to Las Vegas to Burbank, THE GOOD GUY was a book I couldn't put down. I barely noticed the packaged peanuts or, on the leg to Vegas, the young woman with the showgirl body and plunging neckline in the seat across the aisle. The read is that good.

As Carrier takes it upon himself to single-handedly save Linda's life, the hook of the plot is obviously to discover if he succeeds or if they both end up as corpses. Krait is one twisted and relentless dude in his pursuit of the fleeing pair. Then, there are the anticipated answers to the questions that the reader asks. What was Carrier before he started laying brick that enables him to keep himself and Paquette out of harm's way? You or I would be dead in a heartbeat, so don't try this at home. And why has Linda been targeted? Even she hasn't a clue.

Except for its diversionary potential, THE GOOD GUY has no redeeming value whatsoever; it's pure trash. But, for a plane ride from Burbank to Oakland to Portland to Las Vegas to Burbank, it was absolutely perfect. Even if I did pass on the opportunity to ogle the showgirl.

4 out of 5 stars

4 Star Review July 10, 2008
I am relatively new to Dean Koontz fiction and have so far read approx 5 of his novels. Each is highly exciting and also unbelievable but totally addictive. That said I couldn't help thinking I'd been through the same twists and turns in a couple of his other books but he keeps the story alive with excellent character interaction. If you haven't read 'Life Expectancy' I would recommend it instead as the chase 'sequences' are similar...rather....similarly unbelievable but Life Expectancy his highly humourous. This was a good novel and well written. Agreed, it is fairly rushed at the end. It's fairly abrupt but well worth reading.

4 out of 5 stars

would have been 5 stars, but for the ending! June 23, 2008
This is my second koontz book (the first, the funhouse ) and very much like that book, there is a taut build up, only to be let down by a very rushed ending.I read this book in 3 days, it's very hard to put down. I am going to keep reading koontz books, as he has a very good reputation, hopefully the endings will get better.

4 out of 5 stars

A twisted thriller March 4, 2008
The Good Guy is short, snappy, easy to read and delivers a thoroughly intriguing tale of one man's fight to uphold justice. When Tim accidentally wise-cracks his way in to the path of a psycho-for-hire, a story unfolds in which we follow the pair as the etch out a brutal cat and mouse tale. Tim is a character full of good intention, with a background, which teases it's way in the to story as the drama unfolds. The killer, however, is the real treat to follow. He is brilliantly crafted as a cold contract killer, yet there are glimpses in to his psyche which flesh out his thought process, ultimately creating a persona which will send a shiver down your spine. It's a little derivative, with an easy option finale, but overall The Good Guy is a great read. There is plenty of what makes Koontz fun to read and is certainly recommended for old Koontz fans and newcomers alike.

3 out of 5 stars

Flatulence! January 31, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I totally agree with previous reviewers that this is a fairly good thriller (thin but fairly exciting) up until about page 400 and it is as if the author's publisher has called him up and said " I need the book finished by tomorrow" so the last 30 pages are just rushed to a conclusion and you are left with a tremendous feeling of anti-climax. Just like "The husband" really and also like "the husband" there are endless mentions of the wind and variations of it, eg "gentle breeze" and "blowing a gale", indeed there is a section about half way through where there are 18 (I counted) pages where the wind gets at least one mention per page.

And by the way, there is the statutory first chapter of his next book at the end. And you can guess can't you, but YES on the third line there is a mention of the "breeze". Pass me my anemometer - if that's how you spell it.