Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas 1) "The dead don&39;t talk I don&39;t knohy" But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a s as their reluctant confidant Odd Thouy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the irl in the world, Storift, maybe it&39;s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out Sometimes they want justice, and Odd&39;s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo&39;s sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime Occasionally they can prevent one But this time it&39;s different A mysteriouscabinet stuffed with information on the world&39;s worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following hioes Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd&39;s deceased infore ripped froust 15 Today is August 14 In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting pris cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely co of Rock &39;n&39; Roll His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares, and a testae, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere