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Velocity

A Novel

A Novel

By Dean Koontz

By Dean Koontz

By Dean Koontz

By Dean Koontz

By Dean Koontz
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By Dean Koontz
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Jun 26, 2012 | ISBN 9780345533463

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Jun 29, 2007 | ISBN 9780307414304

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May 24, 2005 | 558 Minutes

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    About Velocity

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
     
    If you don’t take this note to the police . . . I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. . . . If you do . . . I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have six hours to decide. The choice is yours.
     
    The typewritten note under his windshield seems like just a sick joke. But in less than twenty-four hours, Billy Wiles, an ordinary, hardworking guy, is about to see his life take on the speed of a nightmare. Because a young blond schoolteacher is murdered—and now Billy has another note. And another deadline. This time he knows it’s no joke. He’s racing a killer faster than evil itself. And Billy must accept his terrifying challenge: The choice is yours.
     
    Think fast. Fear never slows down. . . .

    About Velocity

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This ebook edition contains a special preview of Dean Koontz’s The Silent Corner.

    If you don’t take this note to the police . . . I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. . . . If you do . . . I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have six hours to decide. The choice is yours.

    The typewritten note under his windshield seems like just a sick joke. But in less than twenty-four hours, Billy Wiles, an ordinary, hardworking guy, is about to see his life take on the speed of a nightmare. Because a young blond schoolteacher is murdered—and now Billy has another note. And another deadline. This time he knows it’s no joke. He’s racing a killer faster than evil itself. And Billy must accept his terrifying challenge: The choice is yours.

    Think fast. Fear never slows down. . . .

    About Velocity

    Dean Koontz’s 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 don’t 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 Bill’s 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 it’s Bill’s fault: he didn’t convince the police
    to get involved. Now he’s got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum…and two new lives hanging in the balance.

    Suddenly Bill’s 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 psychopath’s innocent victims. Until the struggle between good and evil is intensely personal. Until the most chilling words of all are: The choice is yours.

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    The Forbidden Door
    The Crooked Staircase
    The Whispering Room
    The Silent Corner
    See all books by Dean Koontz

    Also by Dean Koontz

    The Night Window
    The Forbidden Door
    The Crooked Staircase
    The Whispering Room
    The Silent Corner
    See all books by Dean Koontz

    About Dean Koontz

    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 spirits of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.

    About Dean Koontz

    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 spirits of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.

    About Dean Koontz

    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 spirits of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Gothic & Horror

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Bantam
    Jun 26, 2012 | 480 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780345533463

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Gothic & Horror

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Bantam
    Jun 29, 2007 | 480 Pages | ISBN 9780307414304

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Gothic & Horror | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.48
    Published by Random House Audio
    May 24, 2005 | 558 Minutes | ISBN 9780739315576

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    Praise

    “A good, old-fashioned, barn-burning, beat-the-clock thriller.”—The Denver Post
     
    “Terrifying . . . Velocity will have readers turning the pages—and checking to make sure their doors are locked and bolted.”—Associated Press
     
    “An outstanding roller-coaster ride . . . an edge-of-your-seat thriller . . . with multi-dimensional characters, agonizing suspense and a plot filled with . . . twists [from] America’s finest storyteller.”—The Washington Examiner
     
    “A top-notch thriller full of well-drawn characters and anxiety-spiked sequences.”—Chicago Tribune

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