false<![CDATA[Velocity]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168390746m/32421.jpg3242121<i>If you don't take this note to the police...I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher....If you do...I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have six hours to decide. The choice is yours.</i>
The typewritten note under his windshield seems like just a sick joke. But in less than twenty-four hours, Billy Wiles, an ordinary, hardworking guy, is about to see his life take on the speed of a nightmare.
A young blond schoolteacher is murdered--and now Billy has another note.
And another deadline.
This time he knows it's no joke. He's racing a killer faster than evil itself. And Billy must accept his terrifying challenge: <i>The choice is yours.</i>1167068book2542006Velocitytotal:5312|5:1054|4:1831|3:1890|2:431|1:106|531219232656240026falsefalseThu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Sat Jan 05 14:39:40 -0800 2008Sat Jan 05 15:15:37 -0800 2008
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Napa County California seems to be a quiet place were not much really happens but things change when Billy Whiles gets off work at the local bar and finds a note under his windshield stating "If you don't take this note to the police and get them involved, I will k...more...]]>
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51falsefalseTue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008Wed Dec 19 13:17:00 -0800 2007Tue Jan 15 22:33:51 -0800 2008 The back of the book has the message: "If you don’t take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an e...more...]]>
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Velocity is about a guy named Billy Wiles. Billy lives in a small town called Napa County where everybody knows everyone. In Napa, things are normal. Billy thinks until he gets a note on his Explorer. Everything takes place in modern day society. The story is told in thi...more...]]>
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Velocity certainly interested me enough to encourage quick reading, so the skeleton of the story can't be that bad. But I can only give it the two-star "it's okay" rating because everything about the novel, except its spine, seemed to be too thin. I guess I mean that several things happene...more...]]>
50falsefalseTue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon May 25 11:42:03 -0700 2009Mon May 25 11:42:24 -0700 20091 This story is more a story about transformation than other books by Koontz. The lead character is taken on a breakneck ...more...]]>
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If you don't take this to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blonde schoolteacher somewhere in Napa County. If you do take this note to the police, I will in...more...]]>
40falsefalseSun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009Thu Oct 22 10:28:31 -0700 2009Tue Oct 27 10:09:53 -0700 2009 Summary:
Velocity is an extremely intense mystery/thriller.
Billy is a bartender/author whose wife is in a coma and he lives alone.
He lives a very solitary and boring life until now. He walks to his car one day after work and finds a note on his windshield. It says if you brin...more...]]>
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50falsefalseSat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Jul 01 14:35:46 -0700 2009Sat Jul 04 14:42:49 -0700 2009
This is my first Koontz book. I had heard he was similar to Stephen King. While I'm not sure if I agree with that after reading this book, I definitely have found a great author who I'll try to continue to read.
