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The Bad Weather Friend
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Narrated by:
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Ray Chase
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By:
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Dean Koontz
About this listen
Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell out of them in this breathtaking new kind of thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.
Benny Catspaw’s perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He’s not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn’t know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he’s never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. All will be well in time.
How strange—though it’s a blessing, his uncle promises. Stranger yet is what’s inside the crate. He’s a seven-foot-tall self-described “bad weather friend” named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world. Spike will take care of it. He’ll find Benny’s enemies. He’ll deal with them. This might be satisfying if Spike wasn’t such a menacing presence with terrifying techniques of intimidation.
In the company of Spike and a fascinated young waitress-cum-PI-in-training named Harper, Benny plunges into a perilous high-speed adventure, the likes of which never would have crossed the mind of a decent guy like him.
©2024 The Koontz Living Trust. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Critic Reviews
“Ray Chase performs an unusual story of good versus evil centered on the nicest man in the world.… Chase's portrayal suits the jaunty character well, shifting between humorous and ominous to great effect. Even during dramatic violence Chase's depictions keep the story engrossing. Often Koontz breaks the fourth wall, but Chase never breaks character. With a performance that careens from funny to horrifying and back again, Benny's story is engaging and a wonderful deviation from Koontz's usual style.”—AudioFile Magazine
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- Carol
- 09-03-2024
I love Spike - "little lady"
This was one of the best of Dean's novels. I love this style of story, the characters and their quirky names is brilliant. I read it in 2 days, couldn't put it down.
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- Loretta.
- 26-02-2024
Alexa Turning on and of during story
I love Dean's story's but Alexa keeps responding to the book weather it'ssoething that sounds like Alexa it is annoying ...Thank you Dean for a nother
grate story
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- JanieO
- 26-02-2024
narrator spoiled this.
Maybe more for young adult listeners, the theme was basically good versus evil developed with interesting characters and told through an interesting journey. I had to dial the speed down by one point because Ray Chase, the narrator, spoke at 100 miles per hour. Once this was accomplished I started enjoying the story more.
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- Wendy Ferrari
- 14-02-2024
Most entertaining
I love a good, imaginative, dark read . Murder, mystery and mayhem abound in this Dean Koontz novel. I thoroughly enjoyed being transported to a place where things are a little bit different…
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- Milena
- 08-02-2024
Not what I expected
This book reminded me so much of some of Koontz early work, especially Tick Tock, in his ability to pull off the absurd in a rather casual manner, creative story with a comforting Koontz style that comes through in his characters and their dialogue particularly.
I found the narration jarring at first, it felt intense with no pauses, but once I figured out how to set it to 90% speed I really enjoyed it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-02-2024
the yarn
Traditional Koontz - great story telling. Satisfying with knarly twists that actually make sense. More please !
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-2024
Good Story
I'm usually quite easy to please BUT. Well I don't know why but Dean Koontz didn't sweep me away with this book. I loved some of his other books especially THE WATCHERS. But FAIR WEATHER FRIEND just didn't do it. Most likely me not the book. I will listen to his other books it was just this one.
Jared Sutherton
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- Stokie
- 03-05-2024
Many laugh-out-loud moments.
I have read and listened to 15 or more of Dean’s books, and having no idea that this one was a comedy, the humour that sneaked up on me while listening to the audiobook caused several loud guffaws. Several of these surprised workmates and family to the point of asking me what I was listening to.
I again spotted the word ‘susurration’ that turns up in pretty well every novel of Dean’s. I’ve never seen or heard it anywhere else.
I enjoyed this one as much as the Jane Hawk series, my previous favourite Koontz books.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-06-2024
Loved this story
Was not bored once, not an extremely scary book but it had so much creativity with such loveable characters!
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- Charmian Webster
- 10-12-2024
Are you kidding????
After having been completely enthralled by a recent Dean Koontz read, I was moved to try this one. I feel like I've been hoodwinked! What a complete load of extraordinary rubbish!!! Why even bother Mr Koontz? I feel that as a fan of the genre and of his writing, I have been taken advantage of and that he may think we'll accept anything he pens....
That's it! Won't even bother finishing it. And - I can't even claim a refund to find a decent book because he didn't reveal his ridiculous plan until later in this book. I'll certainly be thinking long and hard before trying another one of his creations ....
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