Dean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.
Playing police logic against the supernatural, Koontz ( The Bad Place ; Night Chills et al.) delivers fairy-tale horror in the form of a detective thriller. In southern California, police detective Harry Lyon and his partner, Connie Guliver, find themselves hounded by a golem who appears in the shape of a towering vagrant. Called Ticktock because he grants his victims only hours to live, the vagrant has tremendous physical power, a taste for gruesomely described violence and the ability to stop time and rearrange reality. Koontz romps playfully and skillfully through this grown-up enchantment, dealing out such motifs as a talking dog and taking potshots at recognizable pop culture: e.g., the book's epigram is a Garth Brooks lyric, and during a killing spree the murderer yells out titles of Elvis Presley songs. The prose may occasionally strike a false note, but Koontz's breakaway bestseller pace does not dally for the mot juste. As irresistible (and nutritionally valuable) as a stack of brownies. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections; Mystery Guild featured alternate. (Jan.)
"A razor-sharp, nonstop, suspenseful story."--The San Diego Union-Tribune
"A great story...the most ambitious of Dean Koontz's
books."--Columbus Dispatch "The take-a-deep-breath ending
alone is worth the price of the ticket."--People "A great
story, sympathetic characters, and enough suspense to keep the
pages flying."--Detroit News
More Praise for Dean Koontz "Dean Koontz is a prose stylist
whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. [He creates]
characters of unusual richness and depth."--The Seattle Times
"Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose....'Serious' writers...might do
well to examine his technique."--The New York Times Book Review
"Lyrical writing and compelling characters...Koontz stands
alone."--Associated Press "In every industry there exist 'artists'
that are not only unforgettable, but know their craft better than
the rest. Dean Koontz...is among these artisans."--Suspense
Magazine "[Koontz] has always had near-Dickensian powers of
description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next
that few novelists can match."--Los Angeles Times "Perhaps more
than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to
the mood of America...novels that acknowledge the reality and
tenacity of evil but also the power of good...[and that] entertain
vastly as they uplift."--Publishers Weekly
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