Dead and Alive

features a distinctive narrative that verges on the wise-crackingly facetious…. He is also a dab hand at tying in a wacky love story … an acquired taste, but one acquired by millions.”
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The Times
(London)
    “Dean Koontz … is at the top of his field. [He] delivers all we have come to expect from him, including suspense, action, violence and general weirdness … wonderfully understated … being raised above [his] contemporaries by excellent, deceptively detailed characterization.”
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January Magazine
    “While dazzling the reader with magnificent turns of phrase that will evoke simultaneous admiration and envy, [Koontz] alternates the mood between tenderness and suspense.”
    — Bookreporter.com
    “Koontz skillfully blends elements … of romance, horror, fantasy, mystery, suspense, thriller, and detective fiction…. All of Koontz’s novels are about how to live and his people are the main event. You can believe them. You can believe in them. The clash of good and evil will keep readers turning pages to the end. Koontz maintains the chilling atmosphere and sense of foreboding, while including a great deal of humor. He can be wickedly satirical and funny…. He has a good deal of faith—like Dickens and Chekhov—in individuals.”
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The Tampa Tribune
    “Dean Koontz is as much philosopher as mystery weaver … as much mystic as realist, as much romantic as pragmatist … mov[ing] back and forth between mystery, love story, the supernatural, morality tale, and suspense.”
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Asbury Park Sunday Press
    “Koontz is king of highwire suspense.”
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Denton Record-Chronicle
    “We [are] mesmerized by Koontz’s gift of words and colorful prose.”
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The Oakland Press
    “Koontz is famous for the way he falls in love with his characters. They’re so richly and compellingly drawn, you can practically hear them breathing from the page. You’ll never want to leave the worlds Koontz draws you into. Open your mind and your heart.”
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Lexington Herald-Leader
    “Koontz builds mansions of place and time … examining the depth of the human spirit, our capacity for good and evil … and the consequences of even the simplest deed.”
    —Harrisburg
Patriot-News
    “Exceptional writing and storytelling. Year after year, Koontz provides fresh ideas.”
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San Antonio Express-News
    “For some time now, Koontz has been quite ambitious with the themes of his thrillers … Joy is definitely in the journey.”
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The Flint Journal
    “Magic.”
    —New Orleans
Times-Picayune
    “Vintage novel writing.”
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The Calgary Sun
    “Dean Koontz is not an author to be taken for granted. Each of his books stands alone; they do not fit a pattern…. Well-developed characters [are] a trademark of Koontz’s…. Highly diverse … marvelous people.”
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Fort Myers Beach Observer
    “Creative and far-reaching … riveting … Koontz is on top of his field.”
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Deseret Morning News
    “Dean Koontz achieve[s] a literary miracle…. A tapestry of intrigue and suspense … stunning physical description, unique turns of phrase.”
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The Boston Globe
    “Koontz has the power to scare your socks off and the ability to fill your eyes with compassionate tears.”
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Orange Coast
    “[Koontz] breaks new ground in the scope of [his] themes and sheer story-telling prowess…. Koontz drives you crazy with suspense as he weaves a web of psychological and mystical tension.”
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Tulsa World
    “Dean Koontz is a prose stylist whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. He creates characters of unusual richness and depth. A level of perception and sensitivity that is not merely convincing—it’s astonishing.”
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The Seattle Times
    “A master storyteller. Sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life.”
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
    “Koontz raises intriguing questions about life, death, evil, and faith that are worthy of C. S. Lewis.”
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The Flint Journal
    “Koontz’s prose is at times lyrical without ever being naïve or romantic. This is a grotesque world, much like that of Flannery O’Connor or Walker Percy. Scary, worthwhile reading.”
    —New Orleans
Times-Picayune
    “Koontz’s prose is as smooth as a knife through butter, and his storytelling ability never wavers.”
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The Calgary Sun
    “Koontz is a master at constructing vivid, eerily realistic worlds that hold readers spellbound.”
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Booklist
    “His prose