Dragon Tears
A Thriller
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4.4 • 61 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A cop races against time to prevent his own death in this heart-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Harry Lyon is a rational man, a cop who refuses to let his job harden his soul. His partner urges him to surrender to the chaos of life. But Harry believes in order and reason. Then one fateful day, he's forced to shoot a man—and a homeless stranger with bloodshot eyes utteres the haunting words that challenge Harry Lyon’s sanity...
“Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...Dead by dawn...”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Playing police logic against the supernatural, Koontz ( The Bad Place ; Night Chills et al.) delivers fairy-tale horror in the form of a detective thriller. In southern California, police detective Harry Lyon and his partner, Connie Guliver, find themselves hounded by a golem who appears in the shape of a towering vagrant. Called Ticktock because he grants his victims only hours to live, the vagrant has tremendous physical power, a taste for gruesomely described violence and the ability to stop time and rearrange reality. Koontz romps playfully and skillfully through this grown-up enchantment, dealing out such motifs as a talking dog and taking potshots at recognizable pop culture: e.g., the book's epigram is a Garth Brooks lyric, and during a killing spree the murderer yells out titles of Elvis Presley songs. The prose may occasionally strike a false note, but Koontz's breakaway bestseller pace does not dally for the mot juste. As irresistible (and nutritionally valuable) as a stack of brownies. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections; Mystery Guild featured alternate.
Customer Reviews
Love this book 🥰
The best story. I loved the book. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. It was funny and scary.
Thank you & I love dogs too!
I was truly scared. Had a very hard time putting this book down. Not much left to say without spoiling it for the next reader. Thanks again for sharing your talent Mr. Koontz!
Pure creepiness as only Dean Koontz could deliver!
Horror fans who love Dean Koontz’s brand of bizarre supernatural horror will delight in this strange and creepy tale of Harry Lyon, a detective who, hours after being forced to shoot and mortally wound a criminal, is approached by a vagrant who whispers to him these ominous words: “Ticktock, ticktock. You’ll be dead in sixteen hours. Dead by dawn... dead by dawn... dead by dawn...” What happens next will keep you on the edge of your seat as Lyon finds himself pitted against a supernaturally gifted killer who calls himself Ticktock because he grants victims only hours to live. Along with a female partner who seems a little too enthusiastic about embracing chaos, Lyon is in a race against time to catch Ticktock and discover his deadly secret before it’s too late! All of the trademark ingredients that have made Koontz a consistently bestselling master of suspense and horror are here: likable characters, an exceedingly creepy villain, terrifying suspense and action, kindness and sympathy, outrageous humor, unpredictable twists and turns, and most importantly to Koontz fans who are looking for a great horror story, pure terror with every chapter, if not every paragraph!