Velocity by Dean Koontz

‘If you don’t take this note to the police, I will KILL a lovely blonde school teacher somewhere in Napa County.

If you do take this not to the police, I will instead KILL an elderly woman.

You have SIX hours to decide. The choice is yours.’

PLOT

Billy finds this note on the windscreen of his SUV, he thinks it is a hoax- then a blonde school teacher is reported dead. Over the next 24 hours Billy is presented with another note- this time the situation reversed.

‘If you don’t go to the police and get them involved, I will kill an unmarried man who won’t much be missed by the world. If you do go to the police, I will kill a young mother of two. You have five hours to decide.’ As Billy’s deadlines become shorter he must decide the inevitable. By not going to the police he soon realises he has become the prime suspect and the killer begins to hide evidence in his house.

It is not until an ‘acquaintance’ of the killer comes to visit when Billy realises he must do what he can to stop the killers spree…

Rating 5*- This read is thoroughly engaging; from the very first note (on the front cover) this book had me hooked! Dean Koontz was recommended to me by a friend and his style never failed to entertain me!

Koontz’s writing style is a lot like Stephen King. His novels have the same sense of terror and haunting as King’s! ‘Velocity’ questions what is ultimately the humane thing to do- with the suspense and uncertainty of what happens next, Koontz presents an extraordinary read.

However, ‘the choice is yours…’