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The Key to Midnight

  • 1979 first published
  • 392 pages
  • ★ 3.5 (6 ratings)
  • 34 editions

Published in 1979, The Key to Midnight is a horror novel by Dean Koontz. Much of the action takes place in Chicago, Ill. and Japan. Key subjects include Brainwashing, Psychological and missing persons.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 63 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 34 editions across 5 languages.

At about 392 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About The Key to Midnight

Almost twelve years ago, American Joanna Rand arrived in Japan to become a singer in a nightclub. In all that time, she has never been able to escape the strange dream that haunts her night after night. Each time she awakens, she feels violated, used—and terrified. Alex Hunter knows that Joanna is not who she thinks she is, because he has seen her before—in photographs of a senator’s daughter who disappeared twelve years ago. And there is only one way to unlock the dark secret of her soul...
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Brainwashing
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES
  • Horror
  • Japan
  • Mystery & detective
  • Psychological
  • Rand, joanna
  • Suspense thrillers
  • Missing persons
  • Chicago, Ill.

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Key to Midnight?

The Key to Midnight was written by Dean Koontz and first published in 1979.

What genre is The Key to Midnight?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is The Key to Midnight?

The median edition has 392 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Key to Midnight?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Vampire Files, Hi No Tori and Rasen No Kakera.

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