What an absolutely amazing book! Easily hits the top ten out of everything I've read in the last few years. Although the villain was a bit of a strawman, everything else about this was fantastic--the humor, the characters, the whimsical mix of thriller and family story, the prose, the dialogue. Koontz's Catholic faith--as well as a smidgen of his prejudice--shines through in this story, giving it a level of depth and humanity that is hard for a lot of modern literature to replicate. 

Plus, it's a story of an author being hounded by an art critic serial killer. How awesome is that.