Literary critic Shearman Waxx can kill a good book with just a few acidly worded bon mots. And as one unlucky author is about to discover, that’s not all he’s prepared to kill. . . . From #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz comes a mesmerizing thriller about the battle of wills that ensues when a successful author and likable family man confronts a reclusive sociopath who … sociopath who wields an all-too-deadly poison pen. Respect Shearman Waxx’s opinion and you might escape with your career intact. Cross him and he’ll destroy you, your family, and everything you hold dear. For the title “America’s most feared critic” isn’t one Waxx takes lightly. He takes it literally. And now Cubby Greenwich, his wife, Penny, their brilliant six-year-old Milo, and their uniquely talented non-collie, Lassie, are all about to learn the true meaning of “culture war.”
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz’s The City.
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Another great book in this author’s stellar career. I love how the plot slowly unfolds and how the characters deal with it. A nice tie-in to the Nameless series as well, which was also outstanding.
The little boy’s name is Milo. He’s a genius. Is this a sly shoutout to the band Descendents, or a happy coincidence?
This isn’t a creepy, skin-crawling Koontz book, but there’s action galore and it starts off fast. Great characters too.
It’s Dean Koontz, chances are very great that you will be entertained
very easy reading!, another great Koontz novel!
WOW! A real juggernaut of a read!
Lots of people would like to be writers. Master of terror Dean Koontz would like to warn you, however, that should you ever get published, you should watch out for critics like Shearman Waxx. As bestselling author Cubby Greenwich and his family could tell you, this is one literary critic who takes his opinions of books so seriously that it could be murder for anyone’s book to disappoint him! Dean Koontz delivers another fast-paced, chilling tale! This time, it’s a fearsome whopper of a novel about a writer’s worst nightmare! An enjoyable, scary read as only master storyteller Koontz could possibly deliver!