Mr. Murder
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| Author | Dean Koontz |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror |
| Publisher | Berkley Publishing |
| Released | 1993 |
| Media Type | Paperback |
| Pages | 496 |
| ISBN | 0425144429 |
| Preceded by | Hideaway |
| Followed by | Dragon Tears |
Mr. Murder is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 1993.
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[edit] Plot summary
This story has two interveneing plots occuring throughout. One of an assasin who is a clone of Marty Stillwater and the story of Marty Stillwater.
Marty was recording himself one day when he realized that he was saying "I need." repeatedly. When he went back to see what he had been saying before he found out he had been saying "I need" for over 7 minutes. Marty was tense that whole day, when he put the kids to bed though he calmed down considerably and was ok after that.
The Killer was roaming the streets before his job, when he went into a bar and went with a prostitute to a motel and killed her. Then proceeded to his job. He kills his targets and goes to the hotel he is staying. That night being restless he leaves his itenary and goes towards Topeka. suddenly he starts saying:
"I need... to be... I need to be... I need to be..." As the suburbs and finally the dark prarie flash past on both sides, excitement builds steadily in him. He trembles on the brink of an insight that, he senses, will change his life. "I need to be... to be... I need to be someone." At once he understands the meaning of what he has said. By "to be someone," he does not mean what another man might intend to say with those same three words; he he does not mean that he needs to be someone famous or rich or important. Jut someone. Someone with a real name. Just an ordinary Joe, as they used to say in the movies of the forties. -Mr. Murder page 48-49
The Killer was attracted like a magnet by some force he didn't know to the Stillwater residence. On his way he killed many people, a old couple for a set of clothes and a gas station clerk to save money. When he breaks into the house he sees a picture of Marty and notices he looks exactly like Marty. He sees the pictures of the daughters Emily and Charlotte and Paige, he then decides he wants to be the father and husband.
Marty was quite upset about his fugues (a break in the memory) and so went to see a doctor. The doctor said it was just stess.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Marty Stillwater
[edit] Paige Stillwater
[edit] Emily and Charlotte Stillwater
[edit] The Killer (Marty's evil clone)
[edit] Trivia
Mr. Murder was adapted into a television movie in 1998.
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