What the Night Knows

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Steven Weber

Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In the late summer of a long-ago year, Alton Turner Blackwood brutally murdered four families. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family, a fourteen-year-old boy.

Half a continent away and two decades later, someone is murdering families again, re-creating in detail Blackwood’s crimes. Homicide detective John Calvino is certain that his own family - his wife and three children - will be targets, just as his parents and sisters were victims on that distant night when he was fourteen and killed their slayer.

As a detective, John is a man of reason who deals in cold facts. But an extraordinary experience convinces him that sometimes death is not a one-way journey, that sometimes the dead return.

©2010 Dean Koontz (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Dean Koontz... has the power to scare the daylights out of us.” ( People)

“Koontz seems to know us, our deepest foibles and fears.” ( USA Today)

“Koontz writes first-rate suspense, scary and stylish.” ( Los Angeles Times)

Enjoyable listen

Another great story by Dean Koontz and as always love that he has a dog in the story!

Excellent❤️❤️❤️❤️

This was such an excellent book...I could not put it down!!!...the narrative was wonderful...it was both creepy and had a mysterious feel to it...please evolve these characters!!!!I can feel a series coming on!!!!!❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍💋💋💋

Forever

It took forever to get to the weak conclusion of the story. Too long. Too predictable. Too bad - I was expecting more from this author.

Good atmosphere for creepy, Steven Weber makes it

Where does What the Night Knows rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I would have to say that the story was a bit original and the narrator is the one that made if fun to listen to especially when he talks about the POV characters with an exactness that some narrators are not as capable to do. I am not a huge fan of Dean Koontz but he does have some good stories and there are times you want to yell a some of the characters telling them to do or not to do something. It delivered the atmosphere of mystery, suspense, creepiness. All in all it was rather good for a horror book.

Would you recommend What the Night Knows to your friends? Why or why not?

I would recommend this to people who like Dean Koontz or would like to read their first Dean Koontz novel. Since I did like this particular story, I would probably recommend it to anyone interested in "getting their feet wet" with a horror, suspense book.

What about Steven Weber’s performance did you like?

I thought he was great the way he captures the characters themselves. He does an excellent job with the thoughts and feelings of the characters and I know that is not the easiest thing to do. I especially liked the way he did the two sisters because he nailed it because that is how siblings act and react to each other. It gave me a chuckle which is what I think he intended to do. Excellent reader.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The part that made me laugh was the dueling sisters. I think all books that have a lot of mystery/suspense in them need a bit of comic relief. I am beginning to think that what makes a good "horror" novel is not the gore scenes if any, but the amount of mystery it has and thriller element that I believe are essential. It does build up slowly but it is worth the wait.

Any additional comments?

I like Dean Koontz, but I am not a huge fan and I hate to say that because he is a good writer and it seems that he tries to make statements not so much about how horrible the situation is, but the "horror" that led up to that point or situation to begin with. It is always good when you get some background on the characters of how and why they are the way they are. Not all horror writers can do that and I think Dean Koontz does that very well. I have liked what they have done to the movie versions of his novels and he does write about interesting subjects. All in all, I will continue to read his books.

Wow, what a Suspenseful Supernatural Thriller!

excellent book! had me on the edge of my seat throughout. Outstanding narrator really brought the story to life! Love listening to books read by him! this book was far better than I expected, and definitely made a Dean Koontz fan out of me!

Nail Biter

This story kept me on the edge - I had to listen whenever I could. Good narration.

I Have to Pause

Loved it! Intense; pushing my nervousness about what waited for me in the next sentence!

I think Dean Koontz has a new fan!

This is my second Dean Koontz novel and I was not disappointed.

Love the book& love the narration I hope everybody has a chance to listen to it and enjoy it for themselves.

Dark story

This was a creepy story, but well told. as usual, DK is excellent with character development and you really like them, rooting for them throughout the story.

Enjoyed this book

At times it was running on and on, especially when the oldest daughter was in her fantasy world, could have done with a little less of that, but other than that, it was very good demon story. Wouldn't really call it a ghost story, to me it was a demon. Haven't read a Dean Koontz story in a while so this was a good story to come back to.