The Bad Place - Softcover

Koontz, Dean R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425195481 ISBN 13: 9780425195482

Verlag: Berkley Pub Group, 2004

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After repeatedly waking up in strange places and not knowing how he arrived there, Frank Pollard enlists the help of Nick and Julie Dakota, a husband-and-wife detective team, to watch where he goes in his sleep. Reissue.

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Dean Koontz was born in Everett, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Bedford. He won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition when he was twenty and has been writing ever since. Mr. Koontz's books are published in 38 languages. Worldwide sales total more than 175 million copies, a figure that currently increases at a rate of more than 350 million copies a year. Dean and his wife, Gerda, live in southern California.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

 

“THIS IS WHITE-KNUCKLE, HAIR-CURLING-ON-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NECK READING—as close to actual physical terror as the printed word can deliver.”

—Los Angeles Times

 

Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning he awakes, he discovers something strange—like blood on his hands—a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person—a young man with Down’s syndrome—can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns ...

 

THE BAD PLACE

 

“Koontz’s skill at edge-of the-seat writing has improved with each book. HE CAN SCARE OUR SOCKS OFF.”

—Boston Herald

Praise for The Bad Place

“Psychologically complex characters... fast-paced... a masterly and satisfying denouement.”

—The New York Times

 

“The intricate plot races along. Koontz also creates characters of unusual richness and depth ... a level of perception and sensitivity that is not merely convincing; it’s astonishing.”

—The Seattle Times

 

“At times lyrical without ever being naive or romantic. This is a grotesque world, much like that of Flannery O’Connor or Walker Percy... Scary, worthwhile reading.”

—The Times-Picayune

 

“A taut suspenseful novel that transcends genres. Total entertainment.”

—The Macon Telegraph & News

 

“Thoroughly absorbing and wonderfully entertaining, a real leave-the-light-on effort.”

—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

“Koontz puts his readers through the emotional wringer. There are scenes... that stick in the mind long after the thriller has been laid aside.”

—The Associated Press

 

“Fascinating. Even his minor characters seem to live. A roller-coaster ride.”

—The Boston Globe

 

“Strange. Weird. Eerie. Macabre. Terrifying.”

—New York Daily News

 

“A compelling plot... excellent characters.”

—The Baltimore Sun

 

“Koontz soars... shriek-worthy suspense.”

—Publishers Weekly

 

“A roller-coaster ride.”

—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

 

“The pace accelerates like an avalanche. By the time the reader reaches the denouement, he’s emotionally exhausted, shaken.”—

The Baton Rouge Advocate

 

“A celebration of the imagination—and every bit as creepy as you hope it will be!”

—Chattanooga News-Free Press

 

“Just when you think you’ve got everything figured out, Koontz tosses in yet another surprise. He masterfully weaves [many] elements into a plot that is totally involving.”

—Hartford Courant

 

“Completely satisfying. His prose is rich and evocative. His characters are among the warmest—also the most despicable—in fiction.”

—Ottawa Citizen

 

“Highly entertaining.”

—The Indianapolis Star

 

“By the time you reach the end, you’ll feel as if you’ve just stepped off a roller coaster.”

—Fort Worth Star-Telegram

 

“A stylishly terrifying adventure... characters the reader can care for, and a mystery that is truly mysterious.”

—South Bend Tribune

 

“You can’t stop reading. It takes you on a chilly roller-coaster ride of stomach-gripping suspense that throws you breathlessly against a brick wall at the end.”

—UPI

 

“Hard to put down, absorbing... Each character comes alive.”

—The Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

“Koontz is a master.”

—Calgary Herald

 

“Dean Koontz is on a roll. Each new novel... has brought more respect and more popularity. He creates sympathetic characters who are very human, and [the story races] from page to page.”

—Rockdale Citizen

 

“This may be Koontz’s best book yet. He deftly juggles several subplots while keeping the suspense turned on high. A rousing conclusion.”

—Tulsa World

 

“Driving, character-rich, panoramic... a marvelously boisterous, scare-and-suspense-packed entertainment.”

—Kirkus Reviews

 

“Fast and furious... surprise piled upon surprise...highly entertaining.”

—Orange County Register

 

“Memorable characters. Koontz has written another page-turner.”

—Gannett News Service

 

“Complex and fascinating characters. The character of Thomas is a tour de force of stylistics that more than anything suggests Koontz’s remarkable skill.”

—Mystery Scene

 

“Give me more of this man’s fiction anytime. The Bad Place [is] unrelenting in its purpose to thrill, challenge, and charm. It is one of the new breed of mystery thrillers... with such explosive panache that you don’t need explosive sex or violence to keep a reader’s interest.”

—Fear

Berkley titles by Dean Koontz

THE EYES OF DARKNESS
THE KEY TO MIDNIGHT
MR. MURDER
THE FUNHOUSE
DRAGON TEARS
SHADOWFIRES
HIDEAWAY
COLD FIRE
THE HOUSE OF THUNDER
THE VOICE OF THE NIGHT
THE BAD PLACE
THE SERVANTS OF TWILIGHT
MIDNIGHT
LIGHTNING
THE MASK
WATCHERS
TWILIGHT EYES
STRANGERS
DEMON SEED
PHANTOMS
WHISPERS
NIGHT CHILLS
DARKFALL
SHATTERED
THE VISION
THE FACE OF FEAR

 

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously,...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Berkley Pub Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0425195481
• ISBN 13: 9780425195482
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 427
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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