
The priest kills his wife and is then killed by the sheriff, who is in turn killed by one of his henchmen. Odd learns that both the priest and his wife were also involved with the plan to sell nuclear weapons through Magic Beach. While attempting to escape, he runs into the priest and his wife. Odd returns to the church to retrieve his ID, but is surprised by the sheriff when leaving. Odd manages to run the boat aground in a nearby cove and ensures that the Coast Guard, DHS, and FBI are all aware of what the boat contains. Though he does not want to, he is forced to kill everyone on board, as there is no other way to secure the ship and its dangerous cargo. He quickly makes his way down to the harbor and is able to board the craft that is carrying the nukes. The rage caused by his spirit creates a violent whirlwind, and in the confusion Odd is able to escape from the police department.

While the sheriff is setting up a transaction to buy his loyalty Odd manages to enrage the spirit of Frank Sinatra, who began accompanying him after the departure of Elvis. Odd manages to convince the Sheriff that he is a government experiment gone wrong and that he is willing to be bribed in order to look the other way. The sheriff, a man who seems to have many personalities, believes Odd is a government agent who has come to spy on his operation: the delivery and shipment of multiple nuclear weapons to terrorist groups inside the US via the Magic Beach harbor. After leaving Annamaria with a trusted friend, Odd flees to a local church where he is subsequently turned over to the sheriff of Magic Beach, but not before he hides his ID in a church pew. On their walk, they encounter a large pack of coyotes that Annamaria somehow persuades to leave. With the men now gone, Odd and Annamaria set out walking. They manage to find a spot to hide until after the men who had been chasing them leave. Once he finds her they decide they need to leave immediately, but while making preparations to do so they hear a car door slam.


After being assaulted and nearly killed by a large man with two henchmen in tow, Odd is separated from Annamaria, though he uses his psychic magnetism to find her. While out for a walk one morning, he finds a woman whom he had been seeing in his dreams a young, pregnant woman who calls herself Annamaria. Plot summary Īfter leaving the monastery in the previous book, Odd found a place to stay in Magic Beach with a retired actor. Odd Hours is the fourth novel in the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz.
