![]() ![]() Eluding Krait, Tim and Linda get into one scrape after the other eventually, the two lonely outsiders fall in love. So our honorable protagonist heads to Linda’s home in Laguna Beach, where he finds an attractive, enigmatic pulp novelist who has no idea why anyone would want her dead. ![]() ![]() The bricklayer at first considers going to the police, but quickly recognizes that this dapper, resolute bad guy has high connections and may even be a cop himself. Professional gunman Krait soon learns of the mix-up, however, and comes after Tim. Handed $10,000 as down payment before he can say no, Tim tries to fend off the real killer (who turns up a few minutes later) by handing him the money but calling off the hit. Relaxing after work in his favorite bar, L.A.’s Lamplighter Tavern, 30-year-old bricklayer Tim Carrier is mistaken for a hit man hired to kill someone named Linda Paquette. Another likable thriller by Koontz ( Brother Odd, 2006) pits a decent guy against the arbitrary forces of evil. ![]()
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