L'Étrange Odd Thomas
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Pico Mundo, Californie. Le jeune Odd Thomas, cuisinier de son état, possède un don particulier: il communique avec les morts. Pourra-t-il sauver la petite ville du mal qui rôde ?




Pico Mundo, Californie. Le jeune Odd Thomas, cuisinier de son état, possède un don particulier: il communique avec les morts. Pourra-t-il sauver la petite ville du mal qui rôde ?
A gifted clairvoyant. A shocking vision. A deadly killer. Dean Koontz writes a spine-chilling novel in The Face of Fear - a gripping tale of predator and prey. Perfect for fans of Richard Laymon and Harlan Coben.'Real suspense... tension upon tension!' - The New York TimesGraham Harris is a gifted clairvoyant, and during a television interview, he 'sees' a murder being committed. He knows that the killer is the man the police have named the Butcher - the slayer of nine young women.Learning of the psychic identification, the Butcher begins to stalk this 'witness' to his crime, and traps Harris and his girlfriend at night in a vast forty-two-storey business building, hunting them relentlessly from floor to floor... What readers are saying about The Face of Fear: 'Your breathing will not return to normal once Koontz brings you immediately into the fold and hold of this book''Wonderfully told story about undisguised, revelled-in evil''This book combines the crime and thriller genres masterfully with a good dose of occult'
The international bestseller Dean Koontz delivers a masterclass of storytelling suspense in this thriller. What would you do if a serial killer forced you to choose who he murders next? On the windscreen of his SUV, Billy finds the first note. It gives him a choice. If he takes the note to the police, an elderly woman will be killed. If he doesn't approach the police, a schoolteacher will die. He thinks it's a hoax. The schoolteacher is killed. Further notes taunt Billy's conscience, forcing him to decide who lives and who dies. He must think the unthinkable, fast, in an accelerating nightmare. More communications from the killer follow with ever tighter deadlines. Each is more personal, more confrontational than the last until he is isolated, with no one to rely on but himself. Finally, he must risk everything to save the helpless, clueless victims...
Un lungo, estenuante inseguimento sul filo della suspense, attraverso suggestivi paesaggi di incantevole bellezza: un uomo e una donna - lui, un enigma per se stesso, lei, l'immagine stessa del mistero - fuggono da un folle criminale a capo di un'organizzazione politica parafascista che minaccia di sconvolgere il paese. Spencer Grant, ex poliziotto con una cicatrice profonda, incontra casualmente Valerie in un bar di Santa Monica. Lei, strana e sfuggente, scompare quando lui cerca di rivederla, e in seguito subisce un attentato. Separati e poi insieme, i due si rendono conto di essere intrappolati in una spirale di odio e violenza, nel mirino di un'associazione guidata da un pazzo che penetra nei sistemi di sorveglianza del governo americano. Valerie possiede informazioni preziose e inquietanti, mentre Spencer diventa suo complice, trasformandoli in prede fragili di un uomo feroce e potente. In una lotta impari e spietata, corrono verso la salvezza, accompagnati solo da un cane sensibile alle loro paure. Abituati a una vita randagia e solitaria, affrontano trappole e minacce familiari come la luce del sole. Una miscela esplosiva di sentimento e fantapolitica: prima Spencer insegue la ragazza, poi entrambi fuggono, armati solo di amore ed esperienza, dalla morte.