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Book SynopsisIn ELSEWHERE, master storyteller Dean Koontz, has created a brilliant and terrifying speculative thriller with hat-tips to George Orwell, Ray Bradbury and HG Wells.In the little South Californian town of Suavidad Beach, Jeff Coltrane is raising his daughter Amity on his own, ever since his wife Michelle went missing seven years ago. He's doing a pretty good job of it, and though Amity misses her mom she pours her excess love into her pet mouse Snowball: she's on a promise for her own puppy if she proves she can take good care of the mouse.Then one day their itinerant friend Ed known locally as Mr Spooky' hands into Jeff's care a small box containing the key to everything', with the warning that it's worth around $76 billion, and that he has a demonic posse on his tail searching for it, and that because it''s both so powerful and so valuable, they'll never give up their quest to get their hands on it. He'll come back for it in a year: but on no account during that time is Jeff to open
Trade ReviewPraise for Dean Koontz:
An incredible saga … terrific.’ Washington Post
‘Part sci-fi, part mystery, all thriller… one to anticipate’ The Courier-Mail
Praise for The Crooked Staircase:
‘A gripping read … a page-turner to dive into this summer’ Washington Post
‘Koontz’s leanest, meanest thriller … introduces a smart, appealing heroine who can outthink as well as outshoot the baddest of bad dudes’ Kirkus Reviews
‘Humour, humanity and horror, the classic Koontz concoction’ The Times
‘Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler’ The Times
‘A terrific pursuit story … clever, up-to-the-minute, and riveting’ Guardian
‘There’s surprise after surprise, including a killer finale … a read-in-one-go novel’ Independent on Sunday
‘Psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying’ The New York Times
‘A master at the peak of his powers’ Matt Haig, author of How to Stop Time
‘A mind-bender filled with satisfying surprises’ People
