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Odd Thomas
is a nineteen-year old boy that lives in Pico Mundo, California. He
works at the Pico Mundo Grill and makes the best pancakes in this
medium-sized town of 40,000 people. He seems like your normal every-day
type of guy until you realize that he has a special ability: he sees
dead people. Not only does he see them, he helps them get even for the
crime that was committed against them by using his Psychic Magnetism.
With the aid of his gun-toting girlfriend, Stormy, they lend their
advice to the local police department and help them solve crimes.
When a
seven-year old boy is found murdered in his own house, Chief Porter of
the Pico Mundo Police asks Odd to lend a hand. The boy had been found by
his housekeeper, Sherry Sheldon, when she returned to the house from a
trip to the grocery store. Sherry is Stormy's best friend and they grew
up in an orphanage together.
When Odd arrives at the scene of the
murder, he finds Stormy comforting her friend. Odd learns that Sherry
has been receiving letters from a stalker for the last two months. The
letters were created by cutting out alphabet letters from magazines and
pasting them on the paper, like in old Hollywood mystery movies. Sherry
is very upset about the death of the boy, but still has to go to work
for the other family she is housekeeper for.
While visiting Sherry at
the other house, Odd spots a strange van parked in the street. He
confronts the stalker sitting inside the van and learns later that the
guy's name is Kyle Bernshaw. When more letters arrive at three other
houses that all have young children, Odd realized that this child-killer
is creating a diversion. After Sherry loses her other job, Odd and
Stormy come to the conclusion that the children were never really the
target . . . Sherry is.
In Odd We Trust
is a manga book written by Queenie Chan and Dean Koontz and drawn by
Queenie Chan. Odd Thomas was created by Dean Koontz.
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