The Face of Fear
Published: 1977
Author: Dean Koontz (Written as Brian Coffey)
Genre: American, Contemporary, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Murder, Psychic, Serial Killer, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller
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Summary
Graham Harris was once one of the world's best mountain climbers until a mishap five years ago left him with a paralyzed leg, a phobia of heights...and a terrifying psychic gift that allows him to see crimes as they occur.
Harris lives in New York City, where the Butcher, a violent maniac, has been mutilating young women.
Graham senses the Butcher claiming another victim while delivering an interview on live television one night. When the psychopath learns Graham is a threat to him, he devises a scheme to murder the clairvoyant.
Graham detects the Butcher riding an elevator to his floor while working late one night in his office building. Graham begins a long night of hide and seek to try to avoid the psychopath's grip, during which Connie and Graham gradually run out of places to hide and are eventually faced with a terrifying ultimatum: either stay and take their chances with the Butcher or scale the face of the building in the midst of a blizzard.
Graham is finally coaxed into confronting his anxiety with the latter, all the while the Butcher shoots at them.
The Butcher is eventually slain violently in an incident involving a piece of machinery. Graham and Connie flee, but they are soon joined by Anthony Prine, the second half of the Butcher.
It is discovered that he and Bollinger had a connection similar to that of Leopold and Loeb. When Prine confronts them, he is shot by investigator Ira Preduski.
Connie and Graham are engaged, as revealed in the epilogue.
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