Darkness Comes - Dean Koontz

It has always been my contention that a story involving ghosts and goblins will always be less scary than that concerned with the terrors and dangers of the real world. As one turns the pages of a book and reads of horrific demons, one might be frightened by a strange noise but will quickly remind oneself that these things don?t exist and the fear vanishes in the light of that knowledge. As one reads about the deranged actions of a psychotic killer, one lies awake in the dark listening to the small movements of the house at night, imagining a murder creeping up the stairs. The fear cannot be vanquished entirely because it is possible, just possible that it ...