Product Description

A string of inexplicable deaths has occurred in the picturesque coastal town of Midnight Cove; sinister, shadowy figures stalk the streets in the dead of night and four people are drawn together by terrifying circumstance: a young woman determined to find the truth behind her sister’s suicide; an undercover federal agent; a child on the run from her parents; and a wheelchair-bound veteran.

As darkness descends, these four must confront the chilling nightmare of Moonlight Cove...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134804 in Books
• Published on: 1990-03-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

About the Author
Dean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination.

Customer Reviews

Midnight - 2 days and it was finished.
Not being the most well read person in the world and only recently finding the time and indeed patience to read any form of book, this is an absolute must. I found it very difficult to put down and am already wading through another one of his books. The ending to this book was far from expected and seemed almost visable in the minds eye, you can almost smell the sea air and the dampness of the fog. I thouroughly enjoyed this book. I am now seeking his other books to add to my ever growing collection.

Don't Mess With Mother Nature (redux)
This is another in the "Evil Corporation Fiddles with Mother Nature" series. As per the established formula, there's this aberrant genius-type, who owns a multi-million dollar operation, and thinks he can improve the whole Adam and Eve offspring thing.

Like The Island of Dr. Moreau, to which there are several references, humans have been identified for conversion to superior beings, and predictably, things start unraveling pretty quickly.

Our troubled hero this time is an undercover FBI agent, sent in to Moonlight Cove to investigate an alarming increase in suspicious deaths. Of course, he's got his own personal ghosts to deal with, but now there are strange creatures lurking in the shadows, and they're hungry for blood.

The rest of the defense team comprises a documentary filmmaker, seeking answers to her sister's untimely demise, and a young girl, light years ahead of her time. Rounding out the team is a disabled Vietnam war veteran and the ever present faithful canine companion.

From the numerous Jonestown references, you can tell that things are not going to end well for Moonlight Cove, but the story drags on too long, with much needless repetition. The ending is predictable, and even though there's another little story going on, that ending is also anticlimactic, to say the least.

A long read, and very detailed. Worth at least 3.5 stars

Amanda Richards

Absolutely terrifying!
I read this having just got into Koontz.
The characters are so real and likeable, the plot so twisted, strange and scary...I honestly couldn't put this book down.
A fantastic book to start a Koontz collection with - try it, you'll love it