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  • The Bad Weather Friend

  • By: Dean Koontz
  • Narrated by: Ray Chase
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,632 ratings)

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The Bad Weather Friend

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Ray Chase
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Publisher's summary

Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell out of them in this breathtaking new kind of thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.

Benny Catspaw’s perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He’s not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn’t know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he’s never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. All will be well in time.

How strange—though it’s a blessing, his uncle promises. Stranger yet is what’s inside the crate. He’s a seven-foot-tall self-described “bad weather friend” named Spike whose mission is to help people who are just too good for this world. Spike will take care of it. He’ll find Benny’s enemies. He’ll deal with them. This might be satisfying if Spike wasn’t such a menacing presence with terrifying techniques of intimidation.

In the company of Spike and a fascinated young waitress-cum-PI-in-training named Harper, Benny plunges into a perilous high-speed adventure, the likes of which never would have crossed the mind of a decent guy like him.

©2024 The Koontz Living Trust. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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“Ray Chase performs an unusual story of good versus evil centered on the nicest man in the world.… Chase's portrayal suits the jaunty character well, shifting between humorous and ominous to great effect. Even during dramatic violence Chase's depictions keep the story engrossing. Often Koontz breaks the fourth wall, but Chase never breaks character. With a performance that careens from funny to horrifying and back again, Benny's story is engaging and a wonderful deviation from Koontz's usual style.”AudioFile Magazine

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5 stars all the way..

I absolutely loved this book...Big Koontz fan right here. I love how the writer steps in and explains when things don't add up . Two thumbs up..

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I want one!

This is one of Dean's funnier, more 4th wall breaking books. At the same time he makes a number of pithy comments and observations on modern life.
Not a spoiler, but I wonder if Dean has ever hear / read a short story by ROBERT SHECKLEY called PROTECTION.
It seemed he might be going in that direction a few times and in the end it seemed to be "well what if this entity actually worked and kept him safe?" unlike the protagonist of PROTECTION. Ultimately that turned out to be a joke / rabbit trail but I wonder if Dean has read it.
Remember DON'T LESNERIZE!!!

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You said this was fun to write....it was more fun to listen to!

I waited with anticipation for Koontz's latest book and I enjoyed the story very much. The characters were entertaining. This has to be one of my most favorite books. Well done!

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Loved it!

The Bad Weather Friend
By Dean Koontz
This was great! Not a complete horror story but a fascinating strange book with strange situations. It also has great characters, action, humor, and a really nice guy! Benny, the nice guy, finds himself jobless and blacklisted, because he is a nice guy. He has a relative he didn't know that sends him something, this is when his luck changes. He gets a bad weather friend!
The story bounces between his childhood and present. It makes sense. The ending is terrific!
Great narration!

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Hilarious!

This was hysterical! I laughed out loud throughout. Lisren to it! You won't regret it. It would be fun on a road trip.

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Such Fun

I always enjoy the humor Dean Koontz adds to his stories and Ray Chase gave an amazing performance. Bad Weather was such a fun listen!!!

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Hilarious

Great story of justified revenge. Terrific characters with believable voices. What more to be said?

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Definitely a different story from Mr Koontz

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The chracters, the writing and even the narrrator! Thank you!

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Excellent Narrator!

Loved this book! Aside from the excellent narration and story I loved that the words were all pronounced correctly and grammar rules were observed consistently. That matters. I loved all of the characters! A quintessential example of good vs evil.

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Ok.

Cute story. Lots of unanswered questions. Needed more plot. Here are 5 more words so I can submit. .

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