- Fiction, Suspense, Murder for hire, Mistaken identity
Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend's tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very different--and passes to him a manila envelope full of cash."Ten thousand now.
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Dean Koontz
- First published
- May 29, 2007
- Pages
- 401
- Publisher
- Record, Harpercollins Specials, Harper
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- English, heb
- ISBN
- 9780007930128
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**Dean Ray Koontz** is an American author best known for his novels which could be described broadly as suspense thrillers. He also frequently incorporates elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, and satire. A number of his books have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with ten hardcovers and fourteen paperbacks reaching the number one slot. Early in his career, Koontz wrote under an array of pen names.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Koontz
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