Engaging story and fast-paced enough to hold my interest throughout the novel. For Koontz fans, you won't be disappointed. For those unfamiliar with Koontz, this is an excellent example of the type of complex plot and general mayhem you can expect from him.

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Ooooh--This one should not be read in the dark!
A creepy, mysterious game is being played with Billy Wiles....can he figure it out before more people die?
Koontz hits another home run with this one!

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Another great tale by Kean Koontz. Billy finds a note in his car it reads, "If you don't take this note to the police...I will kill a lovely blond school teacher...If you do...I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have six hours to decide. The choice is yours."
What a way to start your day eh?

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This was my first book by Koontz, and I must say I have placed orders for three more of his books. I didn't think I'd enjoy this at first, as my genre taste usually differs very greatly from the thriller/crime/horror type. Even though I had the whole thing figured out in the beginning (thanks to years of criminal investigation shows...), I enjoyed every chapter and even stayed up well into the night reading it (absolutely a page-turner). I feel Koontz has a very decent style of writing, with just the perfect amount of "shockers" and cliff-hangers. I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes Koontz, is looking for a good thriller, or likes this genre (even those who don't!).

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OMG!! What a great book! Non-stop intrigue from the beginning!!! Koontz is hit & miss for me, this is a HIT!!

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Oh, how I've missed Dean Koontz! It has been a while since I've read one of his books and this was a great reminder of what an exciting storyteller he is. Fast-paced and nerve-racking, Velocity begins in a bar where our protagonist, Billy, a congenial bartender, is involved in a conversation with a couple of customers. At the end of his shift, he finds a note on his car directing him to decide the fate of two strangers. Either way he chooses - even if he doesn't choose - someone will die. And so it begins...

Even as Billy struggles with deciding what to do, the killer is in motion - setting things up so that Billy, no matter what he does, will be the number one suspect. There seems to be no escaping the inevitable, but wait! Koontz has a wild ride in store!

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I've liked every Koontz book I've ever read--this one was no exception. I was guessing until the very end. Suspenseful and intriguing, I read the book in one sitting.

What kind of secrets is Billy keeping? Who is his tormentor? Will he ever get ahead instead of being one step behind? Can he save Barbara, and what does "saving" Barbara mean?

Find out...read it.

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This book definitely had me on the edge of my seat.
Details are very vivid; I have to admit I had to skip reading about the injuries a person sustained at one point because I couldn't bear to read it.
Not a book to read in the middle of the night when you can't sleep! lol

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Billy Wiles is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. "If you don't take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have six hours to decide. The choice is yours." It seems like a sick joke, and Billy's friend on the police force, Lanny Olsen, thinks so too. His advice to Billy is to go home and forget about it. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it's Billy's fault; he didn't convince the police to get involved. Now he's got another note, another deadline, another ultimaatum...and two new lives hanging in the balance. Suddenly Billy's average, seemingly innocuous life takes on the dimensions and speed of an accelerating nightmare. Because the notes are coming faster, the deadlines growing tighter, and the kiler becoming bolder and crueler with every communication-until Billy is isolated with the terrifying knowledge that he alone has the power of life and death over a psychopath's innocent victims.. Until the struggle between good and evil is intensely personal. Until the most chilling words of all are: The Choice is Yours........

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Suspenseful and gripping, I finished it in two sittings, just couldn't put it down. Many of Koontz's books are a bit too horrifying for me, but this one was just right. A bit of horror, a lot of thrills, and a satisfying ending. It's everything I ask for in the perfect murder mystery/psychological thriller genres. I hope there'll be more like this in his writing future.

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My housework didn't get done at all for two days while I was busy reading this. Couldn't put it down! Very faced paced and intriguing.

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Great read!

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I've had VELOCITY in my TBR pile for a few years now so was glad to finally get to it before it spent yet another year in waiting.

I couldn't really get into the book much because it read too much like a Saw movie rip-off. A man gets an ominous note telling him a killer will kill this or that person if the man does this or doesn't do that, the choice is yours.

Anyone who's seen the wildly popular Saw movies knows this is a knock-off from that.

I was yawning after 50 pages so just skimmed through to the end, and yep...nothing new here.

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Dean Koontz is one of my favorite authors and he didn't dispappoint me with Velocity. Fast paced and exciting!

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Pure trill from begining to end.

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psychological thriller, a killer gives a choice to a man "if u don't take this note to the police i will kill a blonde schoolteacher, but if u do take it to the police i will kill a elderly women active in charity work! what to do what to do.

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Fast moving murder mystery

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