If you don’t take this note to the police … I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher … If you do … I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have six hours to decide. The choice is yours.
The typewritten note under his windshield seems like just a sick joke. But in less than twenty-four hours, Billy Wiles, an ordinary, hardworking guy, is about to see his life take on the speed of a nightmare.
Because a young blond schoolteacher is murdered – and now Billy has another note. And another deadline. This time he knows it’s no joke. He’s racing a killer faster than evil itself. And Billy must accept his terrifying challenge: The choice is yours.
Velocity, a novel by Dean Koontz, is set in Napa County, California. It is about a man in his thirties who takes the law into his own hands when, out of the blue, he is threatened by an anonymous adversary.