Midnight

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: J. Charles

Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

In picturesque Moonlight Cove, California, inexplicable deaths occur, and spine-tingling terror descends to this "edge of paradise". Growing numbers of residents harbor a secret so dark it is sure to cost even more lives.

Tessa Lockland comes to town to probe her sister's seemingly unprompted suicide. Independent and clever, she meets up with Sam Booker, an undercover FBI agent sent to Moonlight Cove to discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths.

They meet Harry Talbot, a wheelchair-bound veteran, who has seen things from his window that he was not meant to see. Together they begin to understand the depth of evil in Moonlight Cove. Chrissie Foster, a resourceful 11-year-old, running from parents who have suddenly changed and in whom darkness dwells, joins them. Together they make a stand against darkness and terror.

©2004 Dean Koontz (P)2004 Brilliance Audio

Just a bit much for me

The story moved along at a good pace and, over-all, did keep me interested. However the gist of the story just seemed a bit far fetched and difficult to take seriously. The narrator sounded so cheerful it occurred to me he might be better suited to more up-beat stories. No glaring mis-pronunciations. Even though I normally love D. Koontz stories, this book is a good reminder to me to pay closer attention to the description and reviews.

Delightfully creepy.

Midnight was among the first Dean Koontz books I ever read. To this day it remains among my favorites.
As the story opens, Janice Capshaw, a 35-year-old night owl and fitness enthusiast, is going for a nighttime run along the beach in the peaceful California town of Moonlight Cove when she finds herself pursued and ultimately brought down and brutally murdered by unknown assailants. Some weeks later Samuel Booker, an undercover FBI agent jaded by life and his strained relationship with his teenage son, rides into Moonlight Cove to investigate Janice's murder as well as a series of other bizarre killings in and around the town which the local authorities seem bent on covering up. Soon he meets Tessa Lockland, TJ to her mother, the younger sister of Janice Capshaw. Tessa came to Moonlight Cove to investigate Janice's murder, refusing to believe the story of suicide presented by the local authorities. Tessa was frightened into fleeing the one motel in Moonlight Cove by an attempted break-in at her room. Meanwhile Chrissie Foster, a perky twelve-year-old, flees from her home after catching a disturbing glimpse of her parents in an altered, beastlike state to wich they seek to "convert" her as well. These three take refuge with Harry Talbot, a paralyzed war veteran who witnessed many of the disturbing events in the town via a telescope in his bedroom and alerted the FBI. As they dig deeper they discover a secret so disturbing that it frightens even some of those who willingly embraced it.
As is the case with any audiobook, the narrator can either make or break the production. Fortunately J. Charles has a fine voice for narration and, while he doesn't perform hundreds of accents and dialects, he nevertheless makes it easy to distinguish between one character and another. Even the nonhuman speaking characters are well realized. All in all this is a production I can easily listen to over and over without having to worry about a cassette or a disc eventually wearing out.

The narrator is awful!!

He totally destroys this book, you should apologize to the author.

Please have this recorded by someone else

J Charles did not do to well with this recording. Quite sometime ago one listened to another of his performances and he did much better. It seemed to be way too choppy of a read.

The story was great. Classic Koontz. This recording was on special so. I am glad I did not waste a credit. The physical book is much better.

Just OK

This story failed to really captivate the way Koontz's work so often does. I finished it because I generally love Koontz's work and I was holding out hope that some major plot twist was just a chapter away. Sadly, it did not deliver.

what fun

Knootz at his best. A cozy beach town taken over by a mad scientist. Great creatures.

Glad I kept Listening

When the story begins you may think that it's just another werewolf story. It is not. It is much more. I love this author.

Loved it!

I loved this book so much - I read it twice. I mean listened to it - and looking forward to listening to it again at another time. Thumbs up! :)

A Fun Nail Biter

I enjoyed this suspense filled story from Mr. Koontz. i loved the development of his young co-heroin. I wish the finale of the final beast had a little more action...

midnight

loved this book. great characters, story etc. Another wonderful story crafted by Mr koontz.