"Odd Hours" is Koontz's 4th book featuring Odd Thomas, the fry cook and inept (in his opinion) hero who can communicate with the dead. Often drawn to places inexplicably, with ghostly companions by his side, in this book, he has to stop a terrorist plot to plant nuclear bombs in cities.
This 4th book also introduces a new female character, Annamarie, whose raison d'etre for being in the story is not revealed even at the last page of the story. (I suspect it is Koontz's way of stringing readers along for the 5th book.)
In the end Odd succeeds in his endeavour (naturally!) but really with Koontz's books one is rarely greeted with sad endings but the fun in this book is really Odd's journey as he goes about saving the world, his encounters with people, and the friends he makes.
This being the 4th Odd Thomas book I read, I really experienced diminishing marginal returns in my enjoyment. All the leading up to the actual confrontation between Odd and the villains was really Koontz's skillful playing of his adept hand at repartee between characters. While I admit he is good at what he does, there is only so much you can repeat before the formula wears thin for me.
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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