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Violence
A lot
Serial killer murders; the protagonists trapped and hunted; violent climax
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; adult couple
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; the unique horror of seeing your own death before it happens; claustrophobia as pure thriller mechanism; the psychic premise used as a countdown clock
What this book is about
Dean Koontz's compact early thriller follows Graham Harris, a survivor of a near-fatal accident who developed the ability to see the future — specifically, he can see that he will be murdered by the Butcher, a serial killer, that very evening. He and his girlfriend are trapped in a skyscraper. Koontz builds pure thriller suspense in real time.
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Serial killer violence
Trapped-in-building thriller
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