The husband - Dean R Koontz

Mitch Rafferty has just sixty hours to save his wife.

A suspense novel - and love story - from one of the most acclaimed and popular authors of modern times.

What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill?

Landscape gardener Mitchell Rafferty was busy planting beds of impatiens for one of his clients when his phone rang. It was a voice he didn't know. 'We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash.'

Now he's standing in a normal suburban neighbourhood on a bright summer day having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare.

Mitch thinks it must be some kind of a joke. But whoever is on the other end of the line is dead serious. 'See that guy across the street?'

Rifle fire shatters the stilllness as the man goes down, shot in the head. 'An object lesson.'

The caller doesn't care that Mitch has no way of raising such a vast sum. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. 'If he loves his wife enough.'

Mitch does love her enough. He's got sixty hours to prove it. He'll pay anything. He'll pay a lot more than two million dollars.

A story of love, tenacity and courage with the pace of a runaway train, from its tense opening to its shattering climax, 'The Husband' is a thriller that holds the reader in its relentless grip.

Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No. 1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, and his work is published in 38 languages.

He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California.

'There's surprise after surprise, including a killer finale . a read-in-one-go novel.' Independent on Sunday on 'Velocity'

'Hits its pace from the first page and races through to a suitably climactic ending.' Sydney Sunday Telegraph

'Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler.' The Times

'Psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying.' The New York Times