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The Face of Fear

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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Don’t look down.…

Because you’re trapped on the 40th floor of a deserted office building by a psychopath called "The Butcher".

Don’t look down.…

Because you’re an ex-mountain climber and a fall from Everest left you with a bad leg and a paralyzing fear of heights.

Don’t look down.…

Because The Butcher has slaughtered the guards and short-circuited the elevators - the stairways are blocked, and for you and the beautiful woman with you, there’s only one escape route.

Don’t look down.…

Because 600 feet of empty space are looking back at you.

©1977 Nkui (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Crime Fiction Horror Serial Killers Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary
Suspenseful Thriller • Interesting Plot Twists • Distinct Character Voices • Captivating Writing • Engaging Pace
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I have read pretty much all of Dean Koontzs books and love them. But this one not so much. First of all I dislike this narrator and didn’t notice who it was when I purchased the book. I know Koontz loves wordy descriptions but this went above and beyond. I had to finish it because I wanted to know the ending but it was a struggle.

Not his best work

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Great book to listen to on long rides. keeps you wanted more. no dullness here

Great Book, love the narrator

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The story of this book kept my interest. I really like the main characters portraying old time characters. I would love more stories involving these two and there playacting

This had a new twist.

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I think this is one of the nest books he has written in quite a while..Patrick Lawlor did his usual excellent job as narrator. If there is anything negative to say at all is the way it ends. It's like there are two endings/ Other than that it exceeptionsl. A real page turner!

Excellent as usual

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This book was a good listen and a peak at the struggles one faces after an accident and a look at a killers mindset

Riveting

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I read this book many years ago, and read it again a couple of decades later. A suspense/thriller, and not his best by far, but I find that the mediocre works by Koontz are often above the best efforts of other authors in the same genre. In this book, an ex-mountain climber has to refresh his skills quickly to get away from a psychopathic killer. Whether it's the early works or the later works, Dean Koontz does a great job of getting you "right there" with his character.

Early Koontz Suspense

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Good, suspenseful early Koontz with no supernatural elements. But I swear it sounds like it was written as a screenplay for an episode of "Columbo", particularly as read by Mr. Lawlor.

Like watching "Columbo".

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great story as usual for Koontz. the narrator was so - so, at times the accents that he would do would make the characters sound like females when they were male. would rather the narrator read without the accents.

great book

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Dean Knootx is a wonderful writer. i love all of his books. they are great

i love this book, and all Dean Knootz's books

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I read this book when I was a teen and I always thought it was one of Dean Koontz best books. Since this book was written quite a long time ago you can tell the story is dated written in the late 1980's, where there are no computer or cell phones. Still good after all this time, even if a story like this has been done many times by now. I would say this is one of Dean Koontz tamer books, not too much paranormal or sci-fi in the story. I have always been a fan of the narrator.

A cat and mouse game.

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