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Velocity

A cryptic note left on bartender Bill Wile's windshield leads to murder. It gives him a choice: tell the police and have an elderly lady die, or not tell the police and cause a schoolteacher's death. After a teacher is murdered, Bill finds another note. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2005.

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  • "A cryptic note left on bartender Bill Wile's windshield leads to murder. It gives him a choice: tell the police and have an elderly lady die, or not tell the police and cause a schoolteacher's death. After a teacher is murdered, Bill finds another note. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2005."@en
  • "William Wiles is singled out by a serial killer - not to be killed but to decide upon the next victim. Notes are left for Billy forcing him to choose: don't take this note to the police, I will kill a lovely blonde schoolteacher; take this note to the police, I will kill an elderly woman active in charity work. Given six hours to decide, Billy pays an informal visit to Lanny Olson, a policeman, who thinks the note is a prank. The schoolteacher dies. With more communications from the killer, more hideous choices and ever-tighter deadlines, Billy is drawn deeper into an accelerating nightmare, which steadily becomes more personal, and more confrontational."@en
  • "William Wiles is singled out by a serial killer - not to be killed but to decide upon the next victim. Notes are left for Billy forcing him to choose: don't take this note to the police, I will kill a lovely blonde schoolteacher; take this note to the police, I will kill an elderly woman active in charity work. Given six hours to decide, Billy pays an informal visit to Lanny Olson, a policeman, who thinks the note is a prank. The schoolteacher dies. With more communications from the killer, more hideous choices and ever-tighter deadlines, Billy is drawn deeper into an accelerating nightmare, which steadily becomes more personal, and more confrontational."
  • "Billy Wiles, a mild-mannered, quiet bartender finds his simple life shattered when he receives a note. It demands that he choose one of two people to die within six hours. Soon he is a pawn in a mad killer's game--a game that is drawing Billy toward being accused of the murders."@en
  • "Velocity is an astonishing, fast-moving story of an innocent man forced by a serial killer to choose who will be murdered next. Billy is drawn into an accelerating nightmare, which steadily becomes more personal. Finally he must risk everything to save the intended victims."@en
  • "Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. 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 elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours. It seems like a sick joke, and Bill's friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it's Bill's fault: he didn't convince the police to get involved. Now he's got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum -- and two new lives hanging in the balance."
  • "Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. 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 elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours. It seems like a sick joke, and Bill's friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it's Bill's fault: he didn't convince the police to get involved. Now he's got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum--and two new lives hanging in the balance."
  • "Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. 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 elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours. It seems like a sick joke, and Bill's friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it's Bill's fault: he didn't convince the police to get involved. Now he's got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum--and two new lives hanging in the balance."@en
  • "A cryptic note left on bartender Bill Wile's windshield leads to murder."@en
  • "Dean Koontz's unique talent for writing terrifying thrillers with a heart and soul is nowhere more evident than in this latest suspense masterpiece that pits one man against the ultimate deadline. If there were speed limits for the sheer pulse-racing excitement allowed in one novel, Velocity would break them all. Get ready for the ride of your life. Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. Get ready for the ride of your life. Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. "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 elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours." It seems like a sick joke, and Bill's friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it."@en
  • "A bartender receives notes giving him a choice of taking an action that will kill one person or a different action that will kill a different person."
  • "Billy Wiles, a mild-mannered, quiet bartender finds his simple life shattered when he recieves a note. It demands that he choose one of two people to die within six hours. Soon he is a pawn in a mad killer's game--a game that is drawing Billy toward being accused of the murders."@en
  • "Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. 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 elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours. It seems like a sick joke, and Bill's friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it's Bill's fault: he didn't convince the police to get involved. Now he's got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum--and two new lives hanging in the balance.--"@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Talking books"
  • "Talking books"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Velocity[CD]"
  • "Velocity"
  • "Velocity"@en
  • "Velocity a novel"
  • "Velocity a novel"@en

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