The Good Guy
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What begins as an ordinary evening at a bar spirals into a deadly game of cat and mouse when Timothy Carrier, a quiet mason, is mistaken for a hired killer — and chooses not to correct the error. In Dean Koontz's The Good Guy, a stranger slides an envelope of cash across the bar and whispers a woman's name and address, believing Tim to be the assassin he hired; in a split-second moral decision, Tim pockets the money and the target's details, determined to warn the woman, Linda Paquette, before the real killer finds her first. Koontz constructs a relentless, pulse-pounding chase narrative that strips its characters down to their essential humanity under pressure, arguing that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary courage when confronted with evil. His prose is lean and kinetic, driving the story forward with cinematic precision while weaving in his trademark philosophical undercurrents about the nature of good and evil. With a pursuer who is as intelligent as he is remorseless, The Good Guy leaves readers asking one urgent question: can a good man truly stand between a killer and his mark?
Author: Dean Koontz
Format: Paperback
Published: 2007, Doubleday books
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
What begins as an ordinary evening at a bar spirals into a deadly game of cat and mouse when Timothy Carrier, a quiet mason, is mistaken for a hired killer — and chooses not to correct the error. In Dean Koontz's The Good Guy, a stranger slides an envelope of cash across the bar and whispers a woman's name and address, believing Tim to be the assassin he hired; in a split-second moral decision, Tim pockets the money and the target's details, determined to warn the woman, Linda Paquette, before the real killer finds her first. Koontz constructs a relentless, pulse-pounding chase narrative that strips its characters down to their essential humanity under pressure, arguing that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary courage when confronted with evil. His prose is lean and kinetic, driving the story forward with cinematic precision while weaving in his trademark philosophical undercurrents about the nature of good and evil. With a pursuer who is as intelligent as he is remorseless, The Good Guy leaves readers asking one urgent question: can a good man truly stand between a killer and his mark?