Odd Hours - Dean Koontz

Odd Hours by Dean Koontz is the fourth book in the Odd Thomas series, previously we had Odd Thomas, Forever Odd and Brother Odd which relayed the experiences of Odd Thomas who can see the dead, sense impending disaster and tries to help. Alot of my friends who read Dean Koontz aren't keen on the Odd Thomas books as they don't feel it's usual Dean Koontz style but I find the fry cook from Pico Mundo thoroughly endearing. In Odd Hours Odd has been compelled to go to a small town called Magic Beach on the California coast, he doesn't know why except something bad is going to happen. He finds a job as a cook for a retired movie star with OCD and waits ...  Read the complete review

ODD HOURS is the third sequel to the highly successful ODD THOMAS written and devised by master storyteller, DEAN KOONTZ. Koontz has claimed that the series will number six novels in total and, as well as the four books we have seen up until now, there has also been a MANGA style graphic novel that acts as a prequel. ODD HOURS sees something of a return to form for Odd after his misadventures set in a monastry in the last installment of the series. A month after hitting the road again in search of the Destiny that will lead him back into the arms of his lost love, Odd finds himself drawn to the seaside resort of Magic Beach for reasons he doesn't yet fully ...  Read the complete review

Odd Hours. ======== Author Dean Koontz. This is the 4th novel in the Odd series and to be honest I loved it, So much so I am definitely going to read the previous three. We follow the adventure of Odd Thomas who sees ghosts. That is he sees the spirits of those people who have failed to cross over or who still have unresolved issues here on this plain of existence and simply won't leave until they have gotten Odd to put things right. He is accompanied by 'Boo' his ghost dog. Yes I said Boooooo!!!! This see through pooch pops in and out of Odds life mostly when Odd is in need of a little help. In ...  Read the complete review

Odd Hours Dean Koontz I have read a few of Koontz's books before and found they generally have a quite good structure, decent enough plot and a twist or two. He is not the best author in his genre, which is thriller come horror come fantasy, but he certainly is not the worst; so I was quite looking forward to reading this.......4 weeks ago. Yep, this book, all 404 pages has taken me 4 weeks to read. Now that not might seem a lot, but I have been known to read a book in a day....why so long? I'll get to that, but first, a little of a taster. ~~~The Plot~~~ Odd Thomas (yep, that is the name the author has given our main ...  Read the complete review