This is Koontz’ first, and really only, attempt at a straight hard boiled-style
thriller. A loose-knit gang of would-be thieves have a plan to hold up a racetrack on a day when there will be at least two million dollars on the premises.
Simple, easy to understand, with some nice plot twists and excellent characterization. Koontz takes a jaundiced look at the excesses of the seventies and the excesses of thriller writers like Spillane all in one gulp.
This may well be the hardest Dean Koontz novel on the planet to find. It’s worth searching out, but the prices will probably scare you more than most of his later novels!
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