Dean R Koontz - Bruno

About this book

A hard-boiled private eye wakes up hungover to find that someone has crept into his locked apartment, looked him over and vanished again. By nightfall Jake has an even bigger problem. He catches a trespasser in the doorway, and it is a six-foot-four, talking, overcoat-wearing bear who politely introduces himself as Bruno. Bruno claims he is chasing a fugitive named Graham Stone. Both of them, he says, have slipped through from another probability. For a wisecracking shamus who thought he had seen every kind of creep the city could offer, this is a lot to take in. Dean Koontz mixes classic detective-noir patter with a science-fiction twist and plenty of tongue-in-cheek humour. The story has a cynical first-person narrator, smoky diners, a gun under the pillow and a very unusual client. It is a quick, entertaining read for fans of crime parodies, pulp-style mysteries and offbeat speculative fiction. At under 10,000 words, Bruno fits easily into a coffee break or a commute. Start reading online in your browser right now, with no waiting and nothing to download.

Author

Bruno, Dean Koontz

Length

~35 pages

Reading time

42 min

Chapters

6

Released

November 11, 2026

Languages

🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE

Formats

eBook · Print edition

Print format

Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 40 pages

Age rating

Teen 13+