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Book Description Audio Book (CD). Condition: new. Product DescriptionDean Koontzs unique talent for writing terrifying thrillers with a heart and soul is nowhere more evident than in this latest suspense masterpiece that pits one man against the ultimate deadline. If there were speed limits for the sheer pulse-racing excitement allowed in one novel, Velocity would break them all. Get ready for the ride of your life.Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. If you dont take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours.It seems like a sick joke, and Bills friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and its Bills fault: he didnt convince the policeto get involved. Now hes got another note, another deadline, another ultimatumand two new lives hanging in the balance.Suddenly Bills average, seemingly innocuous life takes on the dimensions and speed of an accelerating nightmare. Because the notes are coming faster, the deadlines growing tighter, and the killer becoming bolder and crueler with every communication-until Bill is isolated with the terrifying knowledge that he alone has the power of life and death over a psychopaths innocent victims. Until the struggle between good and evil is intensely personal. Until the most chilling words of all are: The choice is yours.From the Hardcover edition.Review"Graphic, fast-paced action, well-developed characters and relentless, nail-biting scenes show Koontz at the top of his game."-Publishers Weekly, starred review"Genuinely terrific."-BooklistJust in time for summer, Dean Koontz again delivers a top-notch thriller full of well-drawn characters and anxiety-spiked sequences.-Chicago TribuneKoontz keeps the focus of Velocity tight. Velocity will have readers turning the pages-and checking to make sure their doors are locked and bolted.-The Associated PressFrom the Hardcover edition.About the AuthorDean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives with his wife, Gerda, and the enduring spirit of their golden retriever, Trixie, in southern California.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Part 1The Choice is YoursChapter OneWith draft beer and a smile, Ned Pearsall raised a toast to his deceased neighbor, Henry Friddle, whose death greatly pleased him.Henry had been killed by a garden gnome. He had fallen off the roof of his two-story house, onto that cheerful-looking figure. The gnome was made of concrete. Henry wasnt.A broken neck, a cracked skull: Henry perished on impact.This death-by-gnome had occurred four years previously. Ned Pearsall still toasted Henrys passing at least once a week.Now, from a stool near the curve of the polished mahogany bar, an out-of-towner, the only other customer, expressed curiosity at the enduring nature of Neds animosity.How bad a neighbor could the poor guy have been that youre still so juiced about him?Ordinarily, Ned might have ignored the question. He had even less use for tourists than he did for pretzels.The tavern offered free bowls of pretzels because they were cheap. Ned preferred to sustain his thirst with well-salted peanuts. To keep Ned tipping, Billy Wiles, tending bar, occasionally gave him a bag of Planters.Most of the time Ned had to pay for his nuts. This rankled him either because he could not grasp the economic realities of tavern operation or because h. Seller Inventory # DADAX0739315560
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