Tuesday, July 1, 2014

MR. MURDER by Dean Koontz

Finished Mo 6/30/14

(On the day both PC's were attacked by malware, and I bought a new laptop at BLH)

A mystery writer and his family becomes the victim of a genetically modified clone. The clone is his 'evil twin' and the novel is basically a chronicle of a 'long attack' by the clone, and the reasons for the governmental agency's involvement is wrapped up in just a few paragraphs, but the novel is nonetheless, a wonderful 'action/adventure' tale that rips right along.

Marty Stillwater
Paige- his wife
Emily and Charlotte- The Stillwater's two daughters

Drew Oslett and Karl Clocker- The government agents working for 'The Network'
Karl becomes the family's savior
'Alfie'- Name for the clone. Short for Alpha because he is the first genetically engineered entity.

The reason the clone is identical to Marty is that Charlotte was hospitalized with a rare blood disease five years earlier and Marty's blood was mistakenly used in the cloning experiment. One of the Network's leaders had recently lost a child and he actually wanted the blood of his son to be used. His boy was being treated at the same hospital  as Charlotte.

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