You should watch
Odd Thomas, it is different, and the ending, I kinda know what happened (I read the book), and still, it was heart wrenching.
It has been some time back since I had read John Saul, so had to do a little bit of research to try and jog my memory and discovered I only read
Sleepwalk (1990) - John Saul (Bantam ISBN 978-0-553-28834-6)
Second Child (1991) - John Saul (Bantam ISBN 978-0-553-28730-1)
And I also found out why he is not popular in Malaysia, turns out his is.... gay though reading his book, it is not something that he champions (which is strange, since you see Partricia Cornwell's books sold widely in Malaysia)
I have no issue with people's sexual preference, just hypothesizing that it could be why he is not popular here.