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Old 05-08-2010, 11:16 PM   #19
Rique
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Originally Posted by Simon Wood View Post
I would agree with Dean Koontz. Some of his books are a little ropey at times, but my favorites are: INTENSITY, VELOCITY, STRANGE HIGHWAYS, LIGHTENING.

Another book worth checking out just for the characters is Scott Smith's A SIMPLE PLAN. King raved about the book when it came out.
A Simple Plan is one of my all-time favorites. A terrific job of writing. I did not like his second (The Ruins) as much, but A Simple Plan is terrific.

As for Koontz, I find him too formulaic for the most part, however Intensity is quite good, I would agree. And Lightening.

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