The Good Guy - Dean Koontz Reviews

I've had this book for a couple of years now and I think I've read it three times. Some of Dean Koontz's books are well worth keeping and reading again when you've forgotten lots of the plot and this is one of them in my opinion. Tim Carrier is a stone mason who lives a quiet life, he does his job and has a couple of beers in the pub ...  Read the complete review

The thing that strikes me the most about the author Dean Koontz is that I never seem to be able to spend a long time reading his books. The Good Guy is one of those books, I could not put it down. My favourite aspect of this novel is that most of the story line is hinted - there are many many unanswered questions - but this is in no way ...  Read the complete review

When I was much younger, I loved all things horror. Films, books, anything else that might scare me - I loved the lot. Somewhere towards the end of that phase, I came across Dean Koontz. Horror to thriller, I guess, is a natural transition. Now, after many years of fluffy 'chick lit' I came across Dean Koontz in a discount ...  Read the complete review

This book caught my eye in the library a few months ago; I have read books by the same author previously and the synopsis of the plot was certainly intriguing. I borrowed it and read it as soon as I had some spare time. The Author Dean Koontz is a prolific American author who has written many No.1 New York Times ...  Read the complete review

i bought this book as dean koontz is one of my favourite writers and i wasnt disappointed with this. it tells of a stone mason named tim, who is quite a loner and his only real friends are the bar manager whose bar he goes to and his wife. one night he is sitting at the end of the bar and a man approaches him and gives him an envelope with money ...  Read the complete review

Tim Carrier lives a peaceful life. By day he is a stone mason and a good one at that, by night he sits quietly on the end bar stool in his friend's tavern, having a couple of beers and remaining anonymous. He likes it this way. He tells himself he is not lonely and does not need anyone else in his life. The fact that he is a huge, monster of a ...  Read the complete review

Dean Koontz is one of those writers who has been around for ages; absolute yonks and yonks in fact!! He has written everything from spy thrillers (ICEBOUND and DRAGONFLY- both written under a pseudonym and only the former of which is currently available) to strict sci-fi (STRANGERS, DEMONSEED and WINTER MOON) through to cat-and-mouse ...  Read the complete review