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The Good Guy

By Dean R. Koontz

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| Hardcover | 9780553804812

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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.

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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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  • Typical Koontz

    Typical Dean Koontz really. Starts off superbly with great character build up, action scenes that leave you breathless etc etc. About 400 pages in, it seemed as though Koontz just gave up and decided to write any old rubbish as an ending. Ending seemed to be a bit easy, not to mention ridiculous.

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    Typical Dean Koontz really. Starts off superbly with great character build up, action scenes that leave you breathless etc etc. About 400 pages in, it seemed as though Koontz just gave up and decided to write any old rubbish as an ending. Ending seemed to be a bit easy, not to mention ridiculous.

    A lot like The Taking and The Bad Place, in the sense that it started off with so much promise and ended on a really low note.

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    SUFC_Rick said on Feb 15, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • Is any author more hit and miss than Koontz?

    File this under miss. Life's way too short.

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    Dignan said on Jul 21, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • Another good read from Koontz (this guy is like a machine). Reminiscent of "The Husband", it was fast paced and a quick, fun read.

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    Kevin Kuphal said on Jul 20, 2007 | Add your feedback

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