The Face of Fear

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

Don’t look down.…

Because you’re trapped on the 40th floor of a deserted office building by a psychopath called "The Butcher".

Don’t look down.…

Because you’re an ex-mountain climber and a fall from Everest left you with a bad leg and a paralyzing fear of heights.

Don’t look down.…

Because The Butcher has slaughtered the guards and short-circuited the elevators - the stairways are blocked, and for you and the beautiful woman with you, there’s only one escape route.

Don’t look down.…

Because 600 feet of empty space are looking back at you.

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Great Book, love the narrator

Great book to listen to on long rides. keeps you wanted more. no dullness here

This had a new twist.

Where does The Face of Fear rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The story of this book kept my interest. I really like the main characters portraying old time characters. I would love more stories involving these two and there playacting

Excellent as usual

I think this is one of the nest books he has written in quite a while..Patrick Lawlor did his usual excellent job as narrator. If there is anything negative to say at all is the way it ends. It's like there are two endings/ Other than that it exceeptionsl. A real page turner!

Riveting

This book was a good listen and a peak at the struggles one faces after an accident and a look at a killers mindset

Early Koontz Suspense

I read this book many years ago, and read it again a couple of decades later. A suspense/thriller, and not his best by far, but I find that the mediocre works by Koontz are often above the best efforts of other authors in the same genre. In this book, an ex-mountain climber has to refresh his skills quickly to get away from a psychopathic killer. Whether it's the early works or the later works, Dean Koontz does a great job of getting you "right there" with his character.

Like watching "Columbo".

Good, suspenseful early Koontz with no supernatural elements. But I swear it sounds like it was written as a screenplay for an episode of "Columbo", particularly as read by Mr. Lawlor.

great book

great story as usual for Koontz. the narrator was so - so, at times the accents that he would do would make the characters sound like females when they were male. would rather the narrator read without the accents.

i love this book, and all Dean Knootz's books

Dean Knootx is a wonderful writer. i love all of his books. they are great

Some good surprises in store...

I thought this would be a stock hero hunting a killer story. It is actually pretty good. I had to keep listening to it all the way through! Thank goodness it isn't a long book because I wouldn't have been able to get anything done! I always hesitate to read thrillers because they are gory or get too much into the detective or cop detail, but Koontz has a good pace at building the story and seems to have a pretty good knowledge of a couple of areas. Be aware there are a couple of graphic parts if you are sensitive to that. The story is full of surprises all the way to the end. I have not listened to Koontz novel before and after this listen, would choose another of his books.

Psyche sees his OWN death ~ EARLY Koontz Gem~

PLOT: psychic Graham Harris sees his own death at the hands of the "butcher".

a SEXUAL serial killer loves to mutilate his "victims" and then eat a hearty meal afterwards has the city in a panic. Psychic Graham Harris has worked with the police before. But this time he sees himself being SHOT by the man known as the "butcher". Graham is pulled into the lastest investigation using his "gifts" and the local news hounds have him in several articles. The Killer decides GRAHAM has to "go" to save himself. The Butcher sees himself as a "superman" who deserves to live and "inferiors" can be killed at his leisure.
This is a very good thriller as Koontz blends the hero's climbing skills into the mystery and action. Koontz "sharing" the brain of the Butcher who shows 'why' he loves to kill.and some good plot twists. This BUILDS and is one of Koontz best early stories. over all 4 STARS.