False Memory: A Novel [Paperback]

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER
 
No fan of Dean Koontz or of psychological suspense will want to miss this extraordinary novel of the human mind’s capacity to torment—and destroy—itself.
 
It’s a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It’s the one fear you cannot escape no matter where you run . . . no matter where you hide.
 
It’s the fear of yourself. It’s real. It can happen to you. And facing it can be deadly.
 
False Memory. . . Fear for your mind.

“A masterful thriller . . . suspense worth remembering.”—People
 
“Viscerally exciting . . . [a] tense tour de force . . . an expertly crafted, ornate suspenser.”—Publishers Weekly(starred review)
 
“Spooky . . . haunting . . . [a] compulsive page-turner.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“Page by page the terror mounts.”—San FranciscoExaminer
 
“Positively chilling . . . Koontz seems to know us, our deepest foibles and fears.”—USA Today

Dean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.

On that Tuesday in January, when her life changed forever, Martine Rhodes woke with a headache, developed a sour stomach after washing down two aspirin with grapefruit juice, guaranteed herself an epic bad-hair day by mistakenly using Dustin's shampoo instead of her own, broke a fingernail, burnt her toast, discovered ants swarming through the cabinet under the kitchen sink, eradicated the pests by firing a spray can of insecticide as ferociously as Sigourney Weaver wielded a flamethrower in one of those old l³'