The Face of Fear
by:
K.R. Dwyer (author)
Dean Koontz (author)
A brutal killer known as The Butcher” is stalking women in New York City. When the police enlist the help of clairvoyant Graham Harris, the horrifying images of the Butcher’s crimes replay in Harris’s mindsometimes even at the moment they are happening. Then he sees the most terrifying vision...
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A brutal killer known as The Butcher” is stalking women in New York City. When the police enlist the help of clairvoyant Graham Harris, the horrifying images of the Butcher’s crimes replay in Harris’s mindsometimes even at the moment they are happening. Then he sees the most terrifying vision of allthat of his own murder. Harris and his girlfriend soon find themselves trapped on the fortieth floor of a deserted office building. The guards have been murdered, the elevators shut down, and the stairways blocked. The only way out is to climb down the sheer face of the building. But there is a blizzard outside with fifty-mile-an-hour windsand a dangerous fall from Mount Everest has left Harris paralyzed with fear. He must risk the climbor become the Butcher’s next victim. With a new afterword by the author
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425250754 (042525075X)
Publish date: August 6th 2013
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Novels,
Romance,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Horror,
Suspense
Dean Koontz originally released The Face of Fear in the 70s under the pen name Brian Coffey. This was during his struggle to find a genre and persona that would lead him to fat stacks and his own personal library of Chester the Cheetah porn. He was Aaron Wolfe and David Axton and Leigh Nichols. He e...
I loved this book..it was creepy and sucked me in from page one. It was something that you could see happening in real life which made it even more "entertaining" for me.
Five stars for very likeable protagonists, who find a creative way of escaping from their situation. The villain is another one of those crazy sickos with a knife. Not my favorite kind of horror. But, with the fantastic action/adventure, I have to give this one a high rating.
Knocked this out in a day. Very fast paced and exciting. Maybe a little too sappy an ending but it was a good read anyway!