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)

Super Intense

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves Koontz type mystery thrillers. No tells a mystery like Koontz. The revelation deep dark secrets and the overwhelming need to make things right make this book a must listen.The final sacrifice is a WOW!

What other book might you compare What the Night Knows to and why?

False Memory - because the mind is a terrible thing to waste. Because the mind can be shaped and molded. But mostly because only the mind really knows these things could happen in real life - given the opportunity.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite scene was when after being possessed by Blackwood, the guy goes to visit his sister and her family. She does not know Blackwood is on board but she knows her brother is an abusive, violent man. Without question she shoots him after seeing him attack her husband.The pace of the book from this point forward picks up and takes on new heights of SUPER NATURAL!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely.

Any additional comments?

Dean Koontz Rocks the House!!!

Koontz still has it!

Don't know how I had missed this one. As always I couldn't stop listening. Suspenseful and I was afraid to hear the end. What an imagination.

fantastically suspenseful!

I have always been a huge fan of Dream Koontz, so it is no surprise to me that this was a great book! This was my first time listening to one instead of reading it and I must say the narrator dogs a top notch job. I was enthralled the whole time! Bravo!

Excellent story!

He did it again! Dean Koontz wrote an excellent thriller that would make an even Better Movie!

Thrilling and the right amount of suspension

This is one of my favorite books.
Everytime I read it or listen to it I am never bored with the details. It's like visiting a friend and every recollection of previous details is fun.

Dean Koontz is back

This is like his old books which I loved till he started the Odd Thomas ones, fantastic book and the narrator is Superb! If you liked Intensity and those early books, you will like this one. My favorite is still Dark Rivers of the heart.

Liked it

Very well done by Steven Webber. I enjoyed. I had gotten away from Koontz as I was did not care for a few of his offerings. But I enjoyed this story and enjoyed the reader's presentation.

Mystery thriller with a supernatural twist

This was an interesting book. The reader was good at portraying each of the characters although at times it became confusing who all the people were. In the end though, I realized that knowing all of the characters was not critical to the concept of the story.

Interesting read

I enjoyed the book and narrator, but a little disappointed with the end. Some good suspense moments, but if you do not like the supernatural then this is not for you. Typical Koontz style with a lot of over descriptive moments, but very imaginative.

Excellent narrator and story

I am a Dean Koontz fan and was not disappointed with What the Night Knows. As most Koontz novels it can seem far-fetched at times but the story was engaging, even if you knew the culprit from the beginning. Steven Weber did a great job narrating and kept the pace of the book flowing. The only drawback was there was some material that I felt would not have affected the story had it been left out. For example, I don't think we needed to know as much background information on
John's homicide partner Lionel, as it was not relevant to the story.