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false <![CDATA[The Husband]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166723457m/16429.jpg 16429 17 With each and every new novel, Dean Koontz raises the stakes—and the pulse rate—higher than any other author. Now, in what may be his most suspenseful and heartfelt novel ever, he brings us the story of an ordinary man whose extraordinary commitment to his wife will take him on a harrowing journey of adventure, sacrifice, and redemption to the mystery of love itself—and to a showdown with the darkness that would destroy it forever. What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill? We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. Landscaper Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in the middle of planting impatiens in the yard of one of his clients when his cell phone rang. Now he’s standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare. Whoever is on the other end of the line is dead serious. He has Mitch’s wife and he’s named the price for her safe return. The caller doesn’t care that Mitch runs a small two-man landscaping operation and has no way of raising such a vast sum. He’s confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough. . . Mitch does love her enough. He loves her more than life itself. He’s got seventy-two hours to prove it. He has to find the two million by then. But he’ll pay a lot more. He’ll pay anything. From its tense opening to its shattering climax, The Husband is a thriller that will hold you in its relentless grip for every twist, every shock, every revelation…until it lets you go, unmistakably changed. This is a Dean Koontz novel, after all. And there’s no other experience quite like it. 944272 30 5 2006 The Husband total:5306|5:1012|4:1941|3:1820|2:458|1:76| 5306 19272 6652 606 5 4 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 16 06:11:08 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 13:05:14 -0800 2008
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The first hundred or so pages dragged on, but I kept reading in hopes of it becoming something more entertaining. I think it had the potential, ...more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 22:43:59 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 22:48:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 09 08:48:48 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 08:49:56 -0800 2007
Like The Good Guy this book doesn’t follow the ‘typical’ Koontz novel in that there was no supernatural thingies involved. Also like TGG, most of the...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 08:36:33 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 08:37:57 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 31 07:12:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 15:25:37 -0700 2009
I liked that Mitch was a gardner that had no grand illusions...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 12:10:11 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 12:10:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:02:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:10:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 23:16:27 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 23:22:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 13:46:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 13:51:43 -0700 2009 1
It's a rather touching story of a man's love for his wife and what he will do to save her life when she's kidnapped and held for ransom.

The book is filled with all sorts of plant names and odd descriptions of things (the sun is a "...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jul 26 16:04:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 16:05:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jan 19 21:42:03 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 15:33:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Aug 05 01:19:52 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 01:22:13 -0700 2007
I loved this novel from the first to last page. I love how the husband was so determined to save his wife. How he was so dedicated even after everything he was being put through.

Brilliant, just like al...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 31 06:06:38 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 12:19:18 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:20:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:39:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:02:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 13:36:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 19:33:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 19:36:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 12:53:40 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 05:09:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 21:07:44 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 21:07:44 -0700 2009 This is a great idea and a well developed story. But, the interjections of...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 05 22:58:42 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 22:58:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16429