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The Husband : A Novel by Koontz, Dean is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers WeeklyKoontz (\_Forever Odd\_) is likely to have himself another bestseller in this pulse-pounding thriller with echoes of Hitchcock and Cornell Woolrich. One morning, Southern California gardener Mitchell Rafferty gets a call on his cellphone from a stranger saying that Mitch's beloved wife, Holly, has been kidnapped and that he has less than three days to come up with $2 million in cash. Of course, he's warned not to involve the police. While Mitch is still on the phone, the kidnapper proves his seriousness by directing Mitch's attention to a man walking a dog across the street. A moment later the man is shot dead. Mitch must walk a fine line—cooperating with the police inquiry into this murder without revealing Holly's plight. Koontz ratchets up the tension in a manner sure to captivate most readers, though some may find the ending anticlimactic. (May 30) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistStarred Review It's another boring day in paradise for gardener Mitch Rafferty, planting impatiens on a rich client's lawn. Then his cell rings. It's Holly, his wife, and she doesn't sound good. Someone slap

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Koontz, Dean
Publisher
Bantam Books; Bantam
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9780553589092
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thrillers
Rating
3.8 / 5 (36,553 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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