Recommendations based on Prodigal Sonby Dean Koontz

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  1. City of Night

    by Dean Koontz
    An FBI agent's search for a serial killer leads her to a dark and dangerous underworld.

    They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created—and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios—once Frankenstein—can stop the engineered killers he’s set loose ... (Wikipedia)

  2. Dead and Alive

    by Dean Koontz
    A suspenseful adventure of a man and woman fighting for their lives against a powerful and mysterious enemy.

    Deucalion, the legendary monster, is a heroic figure dedicated to battling the evil that gave him life. The megalomaniacal Victor Helios has, by design and accident, unleashed many of his engineered ... (Wikipedia)

  3. Lost Souls

    by Dean Koontz
    A young man with supernatural powers is pursued by a sinister organization. He must fight to protect himself and those he loves.

    The war against humanity has begun. Only now things will be different. Victor Leben, once Frankenstein, has not only seen the future—he’s ready to populate it. Using stem cells, “organic” silicon ... (Wikipedia)

  4. The Green Mile

    by Stephen King
    A prison guard discovers the power of redemption, and miracles, when he meets a mysterious inmate.

    Featuring a first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home writing down his story in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the ... (Wikipedia)

  5. 1st to Die

    by James Patterson
    Four female friends team up to catch a killer preying on newlyweds.

    Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay ... (Goodreads)

  6. 'Salem's Lot

    by Stephen King
    A small town is terrorized by a vampire, forcing its citizens to fight for survival.

    Ben Mears, a writer who spent part of his childhood in Jerusalem's Lot , Maine , has returned after 25 years. He quickly becomes friends with high-school teacher Matt Burke and strikes up a ... (Wikipedia)

  7. Heart-Shaped Box

    by Joe Hill
    A retired rock star's haunted purchase leads to a terrifying confrontation with death.

    Aging, self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre – his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a trepanned skull from the 16th century, a used ... (Goodreads)

  8. All Together Dead

    by Charlaine Harris
    Vampire Queen Sookie Stackhouse must use her supernatural powers to protect her town from a mysterious threat.

    The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative, anti-vampire ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Pet Sematary

    by Stephen King
    A family's terrifying journey of life and death, as the line between the living and the dead blurs.

    Louis Creed, a doctor from Chicago , is appointed director of the University of Maine 's campus health service. He moves to a large house near the small town of Ludlow with his wife Rachel, their two ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

    by Christopher Moore
    A retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, told through the eyes of his childhood best friend.

    Biff is resurrected in the 20th Century to complete missing parts of the Bible , under the inefficient supervision of Raziel ; wherefore Biff narrates that he and Joshua (by Biff's account, the ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Alone

    by Lisa Gardner
    A detective races against time to uncover the truth behind a missing woman's disappearance.

    Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man ... (Goodreads)

  12. Club Dead

    by Charlaine Harris
    A vampiress joins forces with a werewolf to battle a powerful vampire king.

    The novel takes place in December. Sookie discovers Bill working secretively on his computer. Bill closes a file but not before Sookie sees the screen. Bill informs Sookie he has to leave to complete ... (Wikipedia)

  13. The Servants of Twilight

    by Leigh Nichols
    A mother and her son are stalked by a religious cult convinced the child is the Antichrist. A thrilling horror novel.

    Single parent Christine Scavello and her young son Joey are confronted in a mall parking lot by a madwoman who claims that Joey is the Antichrist . After a distressing attack on the family home ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Shadowfires

    by Leigh Nichols
    A woman with psychic abilities is haunted by a malevolent force that threatens her family and sanity.

    The protagonist of the story is a woman who is in the process of divorcing her abusive husband Eric, an intense scientist at a bio-research company, when he is killed in a traffic accident. As it ... (Wikipedia)

  15. The Cradle Will Fall

    by Mary Higgins Clark
    A doctor's mysterious death leads a young lawyer to uncover a web of deceit and danger.

    A “superbly plotted” (,Los Angeles Times,) page-turning classic from the undisputed Queen of Suspense and #1, New York Times, bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark. A minor road accident landed ... (Barnes & Noble)

  16. A Dog's Purpose

    by W. Bruce Cameron
    A dog's journey to discovering its true purpose, through multiple lifetimes and owners.

    The narrator first starts out as a feral Beagle / German Shepherd / terrier mix puppy. A few weeks later, after being nursed by their mother, a feral as well, the dog and his siblings Fast, Sister, ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Out of Oz

    by Gregory Maguire
    The final book in the Wicked series, following the journey of the infamous Wicked Witch of the West's granddaughter.

    Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law, and Dorothy is back. Amid chaos ... (Goodreads)

  18. Dead as a Doornail

    by Charlaine Harris
    A supernatural murder mystery, uncovering the dark secrets of a small southern town.

    Small-town cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has had more than her share of experience with the supernatural—but now it’s really hitting close to home. When Sookie sees her brother Jason’s eyes ... (Goodreads)

  19. Metro Girl

    by Janet Evanovich
    A young woman searches for her missing brother in Miami, encountering danger and romance along the way.

    A spectacular new novel, complete with high stakes, hot nights, murder and graft—not to mention car chases, car races, car explosions, and car—well, you get the idea Alexandra Barnaby got the brains ... (Barnes & Noble)

  20. Kill the Dead

    by Richard Kadrey
    A supernatural detective story, uncovering the secrets of a dark and mysterious underworld.

    What do you do after you’ve crawled out of Hell to wreak bloody revenge? If you’re Stark you turn to bounty hunting, tracking and decimating whatever rogue monsters you’re paid to kill. Stark hates ... (Goodreads)

  21. The Runaway Jury

    by John Grisham
    A jury trial where the jury's decision is up for sale as two sides battle for a multi-million dollar verdict.

    Wendall Rohr and his team of tort lawyers have filed suit on behalf of plaintiff Celeste Wood, whose husband died of lung cancer , against the tobacco company Pynex. The trial is to be held in Biloxi ... (Wikipedia)

  22. When the Bough Breaks

    by Jonathan Kellerman
    A detective unravels the secrets of a mysterious murder in Los Angeles.

    The first Alex Delaware novel. It's a good one! We meet Dr. Morton Handler who practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Walk

    by Richard Paul Evans
    After losing everything, Alan embarks on a walk from Washington to Florida, finding hope and redemption along the way.

    "My name is Alan Christoffersen. You don’t know me. ‘Just another book in the library,’ my father would say. ‘Unopened and unread.’ You have no idea how far I’ve come or what I’ve lost. More ... (Goodreads)

  24. Rage

    by Richard Bachman
    A young man takes on an entire town to avenge his brother's death.

    Charlie Decker, a Maine high school senior, is called to a meeting with his principal about a previous incident in which he struck his chemistry teacher with a pipe wrench, leading to the teacher's ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Ford County

    by John Grisham
    A collection of short stories set in the fictional Ford County, Mississippi, exploring the lives of its inhabitants and their struggles.

    In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill . Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, ... (Goodreads)

  26. No Way Out

    by Robert Kirkman
    A group of survivors struggle to survive a zombie apocalypse, testing the limits of their courage and resilience.

    The survivors of Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's Eisner Award-winning post-apocalyptic survival adventure have found relative safety in the confines of the community's walls—or have they? As ... (Goodreads)

  27. Artemis

    by Andy Weir
    A young woman's daring heist to save her city on the moon.

    Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional ... (Goodreads)

  28. The Oath

    by Frank E. Peretti
    A thrilling adventure of faith and the struggle between good and evil.

    The novel opens with an excerpt from a diary entry from 1882 during the founding of Hyde River. There are several other archived letters, diary entries, and writings from the townsfolk scattered ... (Wikipedia)

  29. Skeleton Coast

    by Clive Cussler
    Explorers search a remote desert coastline for lost treasure, while facing danger and intrigue.

    Chairman of the Corporation Juan Cabrillo and his mercenary crew steer the,Oregon, into battle against a militant leader and his cult-like followers in this #1, New York Times,-bestselling series. ... (Goodreads)

  30. You Suck

    by Christopher Moore
    A humorous vampire novel that follows the misadventures of a young couple turned into vampires and their struggle to adapt to their new lifestyle.

    The story of You Suck continues directly from the previous novel, Bloodsucking Fiends . Jody, one of the mature suckers and a newly minted vampire, has remained in San Francisco despite her promise ... (Wikipedia)