Hatch came alive for me with Michael Handson - the calm reasonable kindly man suddenly plagued by horrific nightmares and daylight delusions - or are they? Lindsey came alive with Carol Cowan, the elegant, caring woman who fought like hell to save her husband's life and the lives of those whom she loved.

What does Michael Hanson and Carol Cowan bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? Regina is a Koontz kid for sure - super smart, super verbal, and a total joy. Hatch & Lindsey's meeting with Regina - and their breakfast afterward in which they discussed the meeting - was amazing. What was one of the most memorable moments of Hideaway? I was really drawn in by the narrators as well as the story itself. Would you consider the audio edition of Hideaway to be better than the print version? Anytime you get a chance to hear them, you should take it, they make all books better. They have done a lot of books together and most of them are on tape. Kramer and Read have been around for a while, but before them there was Hanson and Cowen. If you can get this on sale, I would say go ahead, but I would not waste a credit. There is some preaching in this and some interesting questions about death. This was written in 1992, as Koontz was coming out of his boring, preachy books and moving more into suspense. It has been a couple of days and I had to read my notes to remember what it was about. I enjoyed this book as I listened to it, but I guarantee you that a month from now, I will not, without some help, remember the story line of this book. THE DEAD STAY DEAD AND THE LIVING ONLY WANT TO JOIN THEM I am a Koontz fan and some of his books will live in my mind forever. The bad guy is the star of the show and you want to stay long enough to hear about his childhood and how he started killing. The story got more interesting with a very unusual bad guy and the poetry stopped. The colorful, flowery words, served mostly to draw out a 15 minute event into two hours. The first two hours describes a car accident, but it is described in poetry form. Impatience and I almost gave out during the first two hours. ONE OF THE VIRTUES OF THE DEAD WAS PATIENCE. NEW AGE MUSIC IS FOR THOSE WHO FIND ELEVATOR MUSIC

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