Books by Linwood Barclay
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review 1: Trust Your Eyes is the first Linwood Barclay book I have read. I felt it started off strong with a good hook -- the story of two brothers -- Thomas, suffering from schizophrenia but under a doctor's care who is map-obsessed, never leaves the house and uses a computer program cal...
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review 1: A follow up to 'No time for goodbye' it takes a while to remember what happened in that story. Once again the Archer family gets tied up with Vince Fleming, a thug who has a view on life unlike theirs. Grace, the daughter goes unwilling one an entry into a house with her friend, ...
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review 1: Having read and loved "Gone Girl" this book was recommended. It's main similarity is the theme of you never really know a person even if you're married to them. About half way through the book I thought I had figured out who this woman really was and I was right but the writer ...
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review 1: I have enjoyed this author's writing and this book did not disappoint. The mystery starts off within the first few minutes of the book and it doesn't quit. Once that 'tap on the window' happens, your mind thinks 'well, what could go wrong.' Well, it does... and more! Every chap...
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review 1: This is the kind of book you rip through in a few hours because it is all plot, and the plot is full of crime and intrigue, but it also manages to have good characters you believe in, which is the thing usually lacking from awesome crime novels you rip through in a few hours. A ...
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review 1: This book sneaked up on me. For the first hundred pages or so, I was really involved, but I could have put it down. After that, there was no turning back. I found the story of Tim Blake’s search for his missing daughter – in indeed, simply the story of Tim Blake’s life – complete...
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review 1: Having never read Linwood Barclay before I didn't know what to expect. This book is fast-paced and riddled with poorly timed decisions that snowball into the final moments of truth as a happen-stance killer tries to avoid being caught. None of the characters are particularly comp...
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review 1: Nice, fast-paced book. I liked the main character, Jim Cutter. He felt like a genuine good guy with morals that often got tangled up with niceties. The plot raced along and kept me interested right to the end. Barclay's writing is clean and suits the genre. I've enjoyed his writ...
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review 1: PROTAGONIST: Jim CutterRATING: 3.25WHY: The Cutters live next door to a family who has been brutally murdered, including their son's good friend. At the time, their son was hiding in the house since the neighbors were going away and he wanted to fool around with his girlfriend w...
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review 1: Une bonne lecture malgré l'intrigue un peu rocambolesque ! Plusieurs détails un peu difficile à avaler, une fin qui laisse sur les fesses.Le bon côté c'est que même si je voulais savoir le dénouement je ne me suis pas résolu à passer à la fin directement car chaque pages nous app...
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review 1: This novel is set in the town of Milford, like some of his other novels.Keisha Ceylon is a woman who makes a living as a psychic, telling fortunes, and, as she sees it, giving hope to those who have missing loved ones. When she sees a Wendell Garfield and his daughter Melissa on ...