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Snatcher 1 Snatcher from STRANGE HIGHWAYS by Dean Koontz Billy Neeks had a flexible philosophy regarding property rights. He believed in the
proletarian ideal of shared wealth — as long as the wealth belonged to
someone else. On the other hand, if the property belonged to him, Billy was prepared to defend it to the death. This was a simple, workable philosophy for a thief — which Billy was. Billy Neeks’s occupation was reflected in his grooming: he looked slippery. His thick black hair was slicked back with
enough scented oil to fill a crankcase. His coarse skin was perpetually
pinguid, as if he suffered continuously from malaria. He moved cat-quick on well-lubricated joints, and his hands had the buttery grace of a magician’s hands. His eyes resembled twin pools of Texas crude, wet and black and deep —
and utterly untouched by any human warmth or feeling. If the route to Hell
were an inclined ramp requiring a hideous grease to facilitate descent, Billy Neeks would be the devil’s choice to pass eternity in the application of that noxious, oleaginous substance. In action, Billy could bump into an
unsuspecting woman, separate her from her purse, and be ten yards away and
