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Mr. Murder

by Dean R. Koontz
Jay O. Sanders
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THE SPELLBINGING TALE FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DRAGON TEARS

Mr. Murder

"You stole my life, my wife, and my children. I want them back."

When a stranger breaks into Martin Stillwater's house and makes this outrageous claim, Marty's happy marriage, his life with two adorable daughters and a successful career are shattered. The madman wages a relentless campaign to eliminate Marty and recapture the family and life he believes to be his.

Unable to rely on the protection of the authorities and unaware of why they are being pursued, the Stillwaters go on the run. But no matter where they go, no matter where they try to disappear, their enemy finds them.

A blisteringly paced tale of one family's struggle to stay together in the face of the most terrifying psychotic killer to haunt a novel in some time.

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  • Release date

    August 1, 2004

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780743595131
      • File size: 423507 KB
      • Duration: 14:42:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      I need . . . I need . . . I need. The chilling need in this exciting thriller is the seething compulsion of a psychopath to assume the identity of a popular mystery writer, even if that mission leads to the bloody deaths of the writer, his family and countless other innocent victims. After listening to this relentless story, one imagines that danger lurks everywhere, so remarkable is Jay O. Sanders's outstanding pacing and phrasing. While a lesser narrator would have gone over the edge with dramatic tension, Sanders's voice flows naturally, magnificently weaving every voice and detail into a spellbinding web. E.E.L. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 4, 1993
      The formula Koontz ( The Bad Place ) uses here is a familiar one: an overpowering evil stalks an innocent family that remains unaware of the menace until isolated from all help and forced to run for their lives. But enhanced by Koontz's lean prose and rich characterization, this fearsome tale summons up new frissons of horror. Marty Stillwater's second horror novel is bestseller-bound; he's the subject of a People magazine feature article; and his wife, Paige, and their two young daughters complete the perfect family. Then he begins having blackouts and paralyzing panic attacks that lead him to hide guns around the house. The weapons prove handy when an armed stranger--Marty's Doppelganger --breaks into the house to kill him and reclaim the life, family and destiny that he swears Marty stole. A fierce battle leaves the stranger dead but when Paige and the police arrive, the body is gone. Unable to trust the cops, the family runs for the hills to try to evade the seemingly indestructible ``Other.'' Meanwhile, sinister agents are desperately tracking The Other for their own less-than-ethical ends. Playing on every emotion and keeping the story racing along, Koontz masterfully escalates the tension. He closes the narrative with the most ingenious twist ending of his career. Literary Guild & Doubleday Book Club main selection; Mystery Guild alternate selection.

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