 Cover of The Face | |
| Author | Dean Koontz |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Tom Hallman |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Suspense, Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 608 pp |
| ISBN | 0-553-58448-0 |
| OCLC | 55008080 |
The Face is a novel by Dean Koontz published in 2003 by Bantam Books. [1] [2] [3]
The main plot of the story follows Ethan Truman, an ex-cop who now works as the head of security for the most famous actor in Hollywood, Channing Manheim, a.k.a. "The Face." [4] Ethan is trying to track down the sender of several gruesome "messages" that were received in black boxes. Ethan now has six black boxes to figure out what the contents of the boxes mean. After chasing down leads and tracking the "ghost" of his dead friend Duncan "Dunny" Whistler (technically, Dunny is not a ghost, as he came back to life in the morgue), Ethan finally uncovers the plot and races to stop the kidnapping of Manheim's son, Aelfric.
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