By: Dean Koontz Publisher: Bantam Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Bantam Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 448 Publication Date: May 01, 2007 Release Date: May 01, 2007
Product Description: With each and every new novel, Dean Koontz raises the stakes—and the pulse rate—higher than any other author. Now, in what may be his most suspenseful and heartfelt novel ever, he brings us the story of an ordinary man whose extraordinary commitment to his wife will take him on a harrowing journey of adventure, sacrifice, and redemption to the mystery of love itself—and to a showdown with the darkness that would destroy it forever.
What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill?
We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. Landscaper Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in the middle of planting impatiens in the yard of one of his clients when his cell phone rang. Now he’s standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare.
Whoever is on the other end of the line is dead serious. He has Mitch’s wife and he’s named the price for her safe return. The caller doesn’t care that Mitch runs a small two-man landscaping operation and has no way of raising such a vast sum. He’s confident that Mitch will find a way.
If he loves his wife enough. . . Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself. He’s got seventy-two hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he’ll pay a lot more. He’ll pay anything.
From its tense opening to its shattering climax, The Husband is a thriller that will hold you in its relentless grip for every twist, every shock, every revelation…until it lets you go, unmistakably changed. This is a Dean Koontz novel, after all. And there’s no other experience quite like it.
Just read the first half, then take a nap. I absolutely loved the first half of this book. It keeps you guessing, everything is up in the air, and you can cut the tension with a knife.
The second half muddles along like a drunk turtle. The entire plot is uncovered by the halfway point and then it's a slow parade of yawns to the final, predictable conclusion.
It was like Dean Koontz had a dream one night for a book that was fantastic, the only problem was that he woke up only remembering the first half and tried to just "wing it" during the second half.
I love his books. I love him enough to tell the truth, and the truth is tha this one is easily forgotten. It's right in the vein of Velocity and Nice Guy.
Take my advice, read the first half and then take a nap and dream up your own conclusion. I'm sure it'll be just as satisfying as this effort from Mr. Koontz.
If I hear a description of another plant, I'll be sick! What a dissapointment this book was! The storyline had so much potential and this could have been a great book. However, Koontz spends far too much time describing every flower and blade of grass (which add nothing but filler) than he does developing the characters. Out of a group of co-workers who share audio books, I was the only one who actually listened to it till the end. The endless descriptions of flora just turned everyone else off. But I thought the plot was good, so I held out for the ending, trying to ignore the fact that Koontz seemed to be trying to prove he could use a thesaurus and knows how to use adjectives. Then comes the ending-UNBELIEVABLY RUSHED and incomplete-faster than a NASCAR race and you feel robbed as he leaves too many unanswered questions. I have never felt before like a book was a waste of my time, but this one--oh yeah! It was like he got tired of writing the book and just rushed the ending to get it over with, dropping the characters and leaving too many loose ends.
Great Koontz novel I don't know how old this book is but it should be a movie. It's not one of his horror stories or some weird twilight zone kinda thing, it's just a good story and Koontz is a wonderful storyteller. Mitch is just a regular guy with a regular life until his wife is kidnapped and held for a 2 million dollar ransom. The twist and turns and chases in this book are great. I haven't read a lot of Koontz yet only like 4 or 5 books but this is right up there with Lightning. As usual with Koontz expect the unexpected, and even then you'll be surprised. Great story with great suspense, and as always he is the master of metaphors, you'll feel like your right there standing next to Mitch as he tracks down kidnappers. I usually only get to read for about an hour a day and I got thru this in about 4 days, I made time for this book, I had to know what was going to happen next.
zzzzzz I can't get through it. This will be one of the rare times I do not finish reading a book that I started. I am ending this on page 121. I used to read ALL of Dean Koontz's books - has my taste changed, or his writing? Do we automatically pick up a book by an author who, at one time, we coudn't wait for his next book to be published? Since that could be the case, this is one of the rare times I will provide an opinion.
Excellent This was one of the best books I have ever read. Whether you like Koontz or not, you should LOVE this book. I hadn't read that many of his books (but have since) and I don't think I could recomend a better book. If you love to read exciting, heart-pounding books... then pick this one up. There is no boogey-man in this, its just a man trying to get his wife back from a kidnapper. But the twists and turns are unbelievable!
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