The Good Guy by Dean Koontz (2007, Hardcover)

Koontz does it again with a fast paced, hard to put down book. The story is standard Koontz, an average guy goes above and beyond to keep a woman from being killed by a hired assassin when he is mistaken for the killer for hire. Tim Carrier is an ordinary guy that can't ignore the proposed hit on Linda Paquette an unknown to him woman who is on the hit he has been mistakenly asked to kill. They then try to stay ahead of the real killer, who is relentless and skilled at his trade. This is a hard to put down book that will take you for a thrill ride of a story.