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The latest Odd Thomas thriller from the international bestselling author Dean Koontz. A mystery in Magic Beach, California has lured Odd to the small town by the ocean -- but is it the call of the deep or the cry of the desperate? Odd Thomas knows more about the mysteries of the universe than the rest of us. He can see the lingering dead. He has learned that there are no coincidences. Even in chaos, there is order, purpose, and strange meaning. Intuition has brought Odd Thomas to the quaint town of Magic Beach on the California coast. In his desert home, Odd once found an ocean filled with love, and lost it. Now, scarred and alone, the only magic he finds by the vast, indifferent Pacific is in the name of the town where he has come to rest. As he waits to learn why he has been drawn to Magic Beach, he has found work as cook and assistant to a once-famous film actor who, at eighty, has become an eccentric with as long a list of fears as he has stories about Hollywood's golden days. Odd is having dreams of a red tide, vague but worrisome. But nothing prepares him for the hard truth of what he will discover. For in Magic Beach, he will come face to face with a form of evil that will test him as never before. Odd Hours is a brilliantly observed chronicle of good and evil in our time, of illusion and everlasting truth. Pick up a Dean Koontz thriller and you can't put it down: try one Key title / With over 300m books sold worldwide, Dean Koontz is one of the most acclaimed authors of modern times / The last Odd novel, Brother Odd, reached No.6 and has sold over 100,000 copies to date / Simultaneous publication withThe Darkest Evening of the Year PB / Publishing schedule of two books a year engages reader expectations / Competition: Stephen King, Thomas Harris, Michael Crichton, James Patterson

About the Author

Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No.1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide, a figure that increases by more than 17 million copies per year, and his work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California.

Reviews

`On his day, Koontz can out-King Stephen King’ Daily Sport Praise for the Odd Thomas series: `A blend of humour, humanity and horror, the classic Koontz concoction’ The Times `Odd Thomas is a superb character’ Independent Praise for Dean Koontz: `Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler’ The Times `Psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying’ New York Times

`On his day, Koontz can out-King Stephen King' Daily Sport

Praise for the Odd Thomas series:

`A blend of humour, humanity and horror, the classic Koontz concoction' The Times

`Odd Thomas is a superb character' Independent

Praise for Dean Koontz:

`Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler' The Times

`Psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying' New York Times