The Bad Place Audiobook (Free)

Frank Pollard awakens in an alley, understanding only his name—and that he is in great danger. Having used refuge in a motel, he wakes once again only to discover his hands protected in blood. As far as he understands, he’s no killer. But whose blood is this, and how did it make it happen? Over the next couple of days Frank evolves a concern with sleep, because every time he wakes he discovers strange objects in his hands and storage compartments—objects far more terrifying than blood.Husband-and-wife detective group Bobby and Julie about The Poor Place Dakota specialize in high-ticket corporate security investigations, but when a distraught and desperate Frank Pollard begs them to watch over him, they can’t refuse. Out of compassion—and attention—they consent to reach the bottom of his strange, amnesiac fugues.It seems a simple work: simply follow a customer who wants to end up being watched and simply tell him where he winds up. But simply because the Dakotas begin to find where their client goes when he sleeps, these are drawn slowly into ever-darkening realms where they encounter the ominous shape stalking Frank. Their lives are threatened, as is definitely that of Julie’s gentle, Down’s-syndrome brother, Thomas.To Thomas, loss of life is ‘the awful place’ that there is absolutely no come back. But Julie and Bobby—and their tortured customer—ultimately learn that equally bad locations exist in the world of the living, places therefore steeped in evil that on the other hand death seems nearly a alleviation.…Praise for Dean Koontz’A expert storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His people sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, acquiring unforeseen twists and turns.’ —The NORTH PARK Union-Tribune’One of our finest and most versatile suspense writers.’ —The Macon Telegraph & News’His prose mesmerizes…Koontz consistently strikes the bull’s-eye.’ —Arkansas Democrat’An outstanding novelist…top-notch.’ —Lincoln Journal-Star