New Releases by Linwood Barclay

Se aldrig væk – Linwood Barclays mest nervepirrende thriller – er tilbage i en ny oversættelse og indlæsning af Henrik Hartvig Jørgensen. Glæd dig til en thriller i topklasse! Nogle gange gemmer faren der, hvor du mindst venter den ... En varm sommerdag. En forlystelsespark. Alt, David Harwood håber på, er en lørdag uden bekymringer, som skal hjælpe med at løfte hans kone Jans humør efter en nylig episode med depression og selvmordstanker. Men i stedet for den sjove dag med deres søn, Ethan, som de havde planlagt, forvandles turen til et levende mareridt. Da Jan forsvinder fra forlystelsesparken, ser det først ud til, at Davids værste frygt er blevet til virkelighed. Men da han går til politiet for at melde hende savnet, begynder der at tegne sig et helt andet billede. Forlystelsesparken har kun registreret, at David har købt to, ikke tre, billetter, og overvågningskameraerne er ikke i stand til at give noget bevis på, at Jan nogensinde rent faktisk befandt sig i parken. Lige pludselig virker Davids historie utroværdig – og politiet begynder at overveje, om Jan måske allerede er død, myrdet af sin egen mand. For at bevise, at han er uskyldig, og forhindre, at Ethan bliver taget fra ham, bliver David nødt til at grave ned i fortiden og stå ansigt til ansigt med en frygtelig barndomstragedie – men gør han det, kan han risikere at ødelægge alt og alle, han holder af. --- "Enestående ... Spændingen stiger ... De overraskende plot-twists og de tiltalende karakterer gør dette til en af forfatterens bedste udgivelser." — Publishers Weekly "Skrivestilen er skarp; plot-twistene er slående og kommer ud af det blå." — Stephen King "Mr. Barclay er i stand til at påtage sig rollen som en amerikansk familiefar i en lille by fuldkommen suverænt." — The New York Times "Masser af overraskelser og plot-twists." — Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Dette må være en af årets mest gribende thrillere ... Læseren bliver fanget ind af de mørke komplotter og holdt fast i komplet spænding indtil sidste afsløring." — Daily Mail "Forfatteren Linwood Barclay bliver bare bedre og bedre ... Intens og gribende." — Daily Express "Forvent det uventede i denne gribende, ikke-til-at-sætte-fra-sig-igen-bestseller." — The Telegraph

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Terrific.”— Stephen King on Whistle New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural chiller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed. Evil has a one track mind.... Annie Blunt has had an unimaginably terrible year. First, her husband was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident, then one of the children’s books she’s built her writing and illustrating career on ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal. But Annie’s year is about to get worse. Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed on their property. Annie is glad to see Charlie happy, but there’s something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night—she could swear she hears a train, but there isn’t an active track for miles—and bizarre things begin happening in the neighborhood. Worse, Annie can’t seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a children’s book. Grief can do strange things to the mind, but Annie is beginning to think she’s walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying…

"Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You is a page-turner that also has important things to say. You'll get your money's worth out of this one." –Stephen King In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher’s act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. How would you react in a life-or-death situation? It’s a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richard’s school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action. Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is hailed as a hero, but not all the attention focused on him is positive. Richard’s brief moment in the spotlight puts him in the sights of a deranged blackmailer with a score to settle. The situation rapidly spirals out of control, drawing Richard into a fraught web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets. As he tries to uncover the truth he discovers that there’s something deeply wrong in the town—something that ties together Mark, the blackmailer, and a gang of ruthless drug dealers, and Richard has landed smack in the middle of it. He’s desperate to find a way out, but everyone in his life seems to be hiding something, and trusting the wrong person could cost him everything he loves. What price will he pay for one good deed?

En kvinde forsvinder. Hendes mand mistænkes. Sandheden vil gøre dig ... ÅNDELØS Mens Andrew Mason er på fisketur en weekend, forsvinder hans hustru, Brie, sporløst. De fleste formoder, at Andy er den skyldige – for det er altid ægtemanden, er det ikke? – men politiet er ikke i stand til at rejse tilstrækkeligt med beviser mod ham. Andy går i hundene nogle år – han drikker for meget i et forsøg på at holde sorgen på afstand, og alle hans venner på nær én forsvinder. Nu er der gået seks år, og Andy har omsider fået styr på sit liv. Han har solgt det hus, han tidligere delte med Brie, og er flyttet væk. Han er godt i gang med at slå rødder sammen med sin nye kæreste, Jayne, og livet er godt. Men snart går Andys rolige liv op i sømmene. En dag dukker en kvinde op på hans gamle adresse og begynder at råbe forvirret op, da hun ser det nye hus, der er blevet bygget på grunden. Og så forsvinder kvinden – som har en slående lighed med Brie – lige så pludseligt, som hun kom. Politiet bliver underrettet, og så begynder gamle spørgsmål – og dunkle mistanker – at dukke op til overfladen igen. Kan det virkelig tænkes, at Brie er i live så mange år senere? Og hvis hun er, hvor har hun så været? Inden længe står det klart, at Andy er nødt til at finde ud af, hvad pokker der foregår – af hensyn til fremtiden for både ham selv og dem, han holder af. Spørgsmålet er bare, om han kan holde sig i live længe nok til at finde svarene.

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father—who was taken into witness protection years ago—before his enemies can get to him. Your dad’s not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins’ father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could. Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He’s a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he’s in no position to turn them down. They’re recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection—people like Jack’s father. The coincidence is astonishing to Jack at first, but he soon realizes this may be a chance to find his dad. Only there’s one problem—Jack’s father hasn’t made contact with his handlers recently, and they have no idea where he is. He could be in serious danger, and Jack may be the only one who can find him. But how will he find a man he’s never truly known? A man who has done terrible things in his lifetime and made some deadly enemies in the process—enemies who wouldn’t think twice about using his own son against him.

Inspired by his decades-long love of cars, internationally bestselling author Linwood Barclay envisions a world in which automotive technology outpaces our wildest dreams—and our darkest nightmares—in a gripping new novel of action and suspense These headlights are watching you… The media have descended on Garrett Island, a small, isolated community that is the setting of a visionary experiment. All the residents’ cars were sent to the mainland and for the past month the islanders have been “driving” the Arrival, a revolutionary autonomous vehicle. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go and, because the fleet is networked and aware of one another, car travel is now 100% safe. The future, it seems, has arrived. As the excitement reaches a fever pitch, Sandra Montrose—islander, single mom, and public relations executive—prepares for Arrival Inc.’s flashy press event. Sandra is more than ready for this new world. Her husband died after falling asleep at the wheel and she’s relieved that her two teens, Archie and Katie, will never need driver’s licenses. But as the celebratory day gets underway, disaster strikes. A visiting journalist has vanished, possibly murdered. Before long, the Arrivals run amok, no longer taking orders from their passengers. They’re starting to organize. They’re beginning to hunt. And they seem hell-bent on killing any human they encounter. Is this all just a tragic accident, a technological malfunction with deadly consequences? Or were the vehicles programmed to act this way in a cruel act of corporate sabotage? Or could it be that the Arrivals have a mind of their own? Fasten your seatbelts—it’s going to be a bumpy ride

A missing woman. A husband suspected. The truth will . . . TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY From the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Elevator Pitch comes a gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances. One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder—it’s always the husband, isn’t it?—but the police could never build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottom—he drank too much to numb the pain, was abandoned by all his friends save one, nearly lost his business, and became a pariah in the place he once called home. Now, six years later, Andy has finally put his life back together. He sold the house he once shared with Brie and moved away. To tell the truth, he wasn’t sad to hear that the old place was razed and a new house built on the site. He’s settled down with a new partner, Jayne, and life is good. But Andy’s peaceful world is about to shatter. One day, a woman shows up at his old address, screaming, “Where’s my house? What’s happened to my house?” And then, just as suddenly as she appeared, the woman—who bears a striking resemblance to Brie—is gone. The police are notified and old questions—and dark suspicions—resurface. Could Brie really be alive after all these years? If so, where has she been? It soon becomes clear that Andy’s future and the lives of those closest to him depend on discovering what the hell is going on. The trick will be whether he can stay alive long enough to unearth the answers.

They’re laying off teachers at your child’s high school. The sex ed curriculum is right out of Father Knows Best. Health care workers are toast and folks who once worked with autistic kids are now Walmart greeters. Your local MPP has turned into a robot spouting whatever the Dear Leader tells her to. And trees and libraries are officially Public Enemies One and Two. But hey, you can go to your corner store and get beer for a buck, so who cares, right? Welcome to Doug Ford’s Ontario. So many things Ontarians have held sacred are under attack from the province’s new premier that sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh. That’s going to be slightly easier with a copy of Ford AbomiNation. Bestselling author Linwood Barclay’s satirical sendup of Ford Nation will put a smile on your face while you contemplate the end of everything that’s made Ontario such a great place to live.

**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER** The #1 bestselling Linwood Barclay returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that does for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach—a heart-pounding tale of terror and menace that will make you think twice the next time you hit Up. It all begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower. Each presses a button for their floor, but the elevator proceeds, nonstop, to the top. Once there it pauses for a few seconds, but the doors don't open. Instead, the elevator begins to descend floor-by-floor. Then it plummets. Right to the bottom of the shaft. It appears to be a random accident. . . . But on Tuesday, it happens again, in a different Manhattan skyscraper. And then Wednesday brings yet another tragic high-rise catastrophe. In only three days, one of the most vertical cities in the world—and the nation's capital of media, finance and entertainment--is plunged into chaos. Clearly, this is anything but random. This is a cold, calculated bid to terrorize the city. And it's succeeding. Fearing for their lives, thousands of men and women working in offices across the city refuse to leave their homes. Commerce has slowed to a trickle. Emergency calls to the top floors of apartment towers go unanswered. Who is behind this? Why are they doing it? Are these deadly acts of sabotage somehow connected to a fingerless body found on the High Line? Two seasoned New York detectives and a straight-shooting journalist race against time to uncover the truth before the city's newest, and tallest, residential tower has its ribbon-cutting on Friday night. With each diabolical twist, Linwood Barclay ratchets up the tension, building to a shattering finale. Elevator Pitch is a riveting tale of psychological suspense that is all too plausible . . . and will chill you to the bone.

From the New York Times--bestselling author of No Safe House comes the first novel in an explosive trilogy about the disturbing secrets of a quiet small town. After his wife's death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can't find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David's cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David's mother asks him to check on her, he's horrified to discover that she's been secretly raising a child who is not her own--a baby she claims was a gift from an "angel" left on her porch. When the baby's real mother is found murdered, David can't help wanting to piece together what happened--even if it means proving his own cousin's guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla's mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past . . . in blood.

Sabato 23 maggio, vigilia del Memorial Day. Al suo risveglio, la cittadina di Promise Falls si ritrova nel bel mezzo di una catastrofe senza precedenti: l’ospedale e i servizi di emergenza sono sopraffatti dalle chiamate, centinaia di persone accusano gli stessi gravissimi sintomi, come se un’epidemia fulminante si stesse espandendo a macchia d’olio sulla città. Il panico si diffonde; si tratta di un avvelenamento di massa, di un virus o di qualcosa di più sinistro? L’investigatore Barry Duckworth, impegnato, intanto, a indagare sulla misteriosa morte di una studentessa universitaria, scorge un dettaglio in apparenza insignificante: tutti gli strani avvenimenti accaduti nell’ultimo mese a Promise Falls, dei quali la pandemia in atto pare essere il coronamento, sembrano inspiegabilmente ruotare intorno al numero 23… Si tratta di una semplice coincidenza o di un piano minuziosamente architettato da una mente malefica? Per mettere insieme i pezzi di questo complesso puzzle, il detective Duckworth intraprende una disperata corsa contro il tempo che lo condurrà più vicino alla morte di quanto non sia mai stato prima…

Don't stop running . . . the second edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay for ages 9+ 12-year-old Jeff and genetically engineered spy dog Chipper are on the run from the mysterious and sinister government organisation knows only as The Institute. Due to a combination of bravery, luck and some of Chipper's more useful modifications, they've managed to evade their pursuers so far. But The Institute is closing in and Chipper and Jeff will have to be stay one step ahead if they want to stay alive.. Danger, secrets and thrilling suspense collide in Linwood Barclay's action-packed series for children.

Il magnate della tecnologia Miles Cookson, poco più che quarantenne, ha appena appreso di avere la malattia di Huntingdon, una patologia rara e degenerativa che ha il cinquanta per cento di possibilità di essere trasmessa ai figli. Vent’anni prima, quando non era per niente facoltoso, Miles ha donato il proprio sperma per poter racimolare qualche dollaro. Ora, conosciuta la diagnosi, lotta contro il tempo per ritrovare i nove figli nati da quella donazione, avvertirli del rischio che corrono e dividere fra loro i propri soldi, così che possano farne uso già prima che lui muoia. Ma proprio quando il magnate inizia a cercare i nove eredi, molti di loro iniziano a scomparire in circostanze inquietanti. Sono poche le persone a conoscenza del segreto di Miles. Forse la fuga di notizie avviene dall’interno della sua azienda, o forse ha a che fare con il fratello del magnate e la moglie, ovviamente poco felici della sua scelta. Nel frattempo, Miles entra in contatto per la prima volta con la figlia Chloe, che lavora come cameriera e aspira a diventare regista di documentari, e i due cominciano a recuperare il tempo perduto ... Una corsa sfrenata fatta di inganni, avidità, depravazione. Una riflessione sul significato di eredità. Un susseguirsi di false piste e svolte vertiginose dove Linwood Barclay si conferma uno dei maestri del crime nordamericano.

David Harwood är journalist och lever med sin nioårige son i Boston. Hans fru dog för ett par år sedan och när David förlorar jobbet ser han ingen annan utväg än att återvända till sitt föräldrahem i Promise Falls. En dag åker han hem till sin kusin Marla och blir förvånad över att hon har ett litet barn hos sig. Ett barn som Marla säger att en ängel lämnat hos henne. När David samma dag får höra att en ung kvinna hittats mördad i sitt hem och att hennes lilla barn saknas får han onda aningar. Samtidigt börjar andra underliga saker hända på orten. Broken Promise är första delen i en trilogi kretsande kring den lilla staden Promise Falls, där någon beslutat att alla ska få sona för det förflutnas synder. LINWOOD BARCLAY är bosatt i Kanada och arbetade som journalist innan han slog igenom som författare 2007. Sedan dess har han gett ut en lång rad prisbelönta spänningsromaner. Linwood Barclay är en spänningens mästare. Stephen King Ingen kan ge dig spänning och kalla kårar som Linwood Barclay. Tess Gerritsen En fängslande historia med intressanta karaktärer. The Associated Press En sann mästare är tillbaka på scenen. Suspense Magazine

Get ready to run . . . an edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay, in his first novel for 9-12 year olds. Chipper is a very special dog. As part of a top-secret, multi-million dollar experiment to create the ultimate canine spy technology, Chipper's whole life has been spent within the walls of a secret organization known only as The Institute. Chipper is supposed to be more machine than mutt, but something's wrong and The Institute knows it. He's about to be terminated. Across the state, twelve-year-old orphan Jeff Conway is working all hours at his aunt Flo's lakeside cabin business. He misses his parents, his old life, and the dog he had to leave behind. When Chipper escapes and his and Jeff's paths collide, dog and boy find themselves tangled up in the most dangerous game of chase imaginable... Winner of the Arthur Ellis award for Best Kid's Crime Novel Danger, secrets and thrilling suspense in Linwood Barclay's action-packed first novel for children.

From New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes the jaw-dropping finale of the Promise Falls Trilogy. It’s May 23, and small town Promise Falls finds itself in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe with dozens dead from a flu-like virus. Investigator Cal Weaver quickly zeros in on mass poisoning and a tainted water supply. Meanwhile, a college student has been murdered, and Detective Barry Duckworth recognizes a killer’s handiwork from the unsolved homicides of two women in town. Suddenly, the strange events from the last month start to add up….Bloody mannequins in car “23” of an abandoned Ferris wheel…a fiery, out-of-control bus with “23” on the back…“23” on the hoodie of a man accused of assault. The motive for hurting the people of this town points to the number 23—and working out why will bring Duckworth closer to death than ever before.

While private investigator Cal Weaver investigates the mass poinsioning in Promise Falls, New York, detective Barry Duckworth uncovers a connection between three recent murders and other crimes in the area.

An unprecedented collective features pairings by 23 best-selling and critically acclaimed suspense writers, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.

" Le meilleur roman de Linwood Barclay. " Stephen King Agoraphobe et schizophrène, Thomas Kilbride n'a pas quitté sa chambre depuis quinze ans. Sa seule ouverture sur le monde : son ordinateur, et l'application Whirl360, un site de cartographie en ligne dont il mémorise chaque détail, persuadé que ses connaissances pourront servir à la CIA. Et puis, un jour, alors qu'il arpente virtuellement les rues de Manhattan, Thomas voit, il en est sûr, le visage d'une femme à la fenêtre, asphyxiée dans un sac plastique. Peut-on encore la sauver ? Doit-il prévenir la police ? Qui pour croire les propos d'un témoin aussi peu fiable ? Une seule personne peut l'aider : son frère, Ray, qui avait choisi de prendre ses distances avec la folie de Thomas. Cette fois pourtant... Et si Thomas avait réellement assisté à un meurtre ? Et s'il y avait un tueur en liberté ? Et si tout cela n'était que le début d'une terrifiante course-poursuite ? Au sommet de l'angoisse, le nouveau chef-d'œuvre du créateur de frissons...

It's been two months since private investigator Cal Weaver's teenage son, Scott, died in a tragic drug-related accident. Ever since, he and his wife have drifted apart, fracturing a once-normal life. Cal is mired in grief he can't move past. And maybe that has clouded his judgment. Because he made a grave mistake driving home on a very rainy night. A drenched young girl tapped on his window as he sat at a stoplight and asked for a ride. And even though he knew a forty-something man picking up a teenage hitchhiker is a fool, he let her in the car--she was the same age as Scott and maybe she could help him find the dealer who sold his son the drugs that killed him. However, after a brief stop at a roadside diner, Cal senses that something's not right with the girl or the situation. But it's too late. He's already involved. Soon Cal finds himself mired in a nightmare of pain and suspicion. Something is horribly wrong in the small town of Griffon in Upstate New York. There are too many secrets, too many lies. And Cal decides to expose those secrets one by one.

Rythme effréné, humour décapant, le tout premier polar du créateur de frissons. Un thriller aussi original qu'angoissant ou quand un gaffeur patenté démasque des voisins pas si tranquilles... Zack Walker a une obsession : la sécurité. Marié et père de deux enfants, cet auteur de science-fiction a préféré quitter un environnement urbain qu'il juge par trop dangereux pour une vie de banlieue bien paisible. Mais en bon parano, Zack continue à voir des catastrophes partout : ses ados s'obstinent à laisser la porte ouverte aux cambrioleurs potentiels et sa femme abandonne son sac à main à la disposition de tous. Un jour, profitant d'une virée au supermarché, Zack vole ledit sac, histoire de donner une leçon à l'imprudente. Catastrophe ! C'est en réalité celui d'une inconnue. Et quand Zack se rend au domicile de cette dernière et découvre un cadavre, les choses se gâtent sérieusement...

Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves the self-imposed bastion of his bedroom. But with a computer program called Whirl360.com, he travels the world while never so much as stepping out the door. He pores over and memorizes the streets of the world. He examines every address, as well as the people who are frozen in time on his computer screen. Then he sees something that anyone else might have stumbled upon--but has not--in a street view of downtown New York City: an image in a window. An image that looks like a woman being murdered. Thomas's brother, Ray, takes care of him, cooking for him, dealing with the outside world on his behalf, and listening to his intricate and increasingly paranoid theories. When Thomas tells Ray what he has seen, Ray humors him with a half-hearted investigation. But Ray soon realizes he and his brother have stumbled onto a deadly conspiracy. And now they are in the crosshairs.

Barclay, LinwoodZonder een woordWat als je hele familie spoorloos verdwijnt?Middelbare scholiere Cynthia Archer wordt op een ochtend wakker en ontdekt dat haar vader, moeder en broertje weg zijn. Er ligt geen briefje, er wordt niet gebeld. Er wordt gewoon nooit meer iets van hen vernomen. Vijfentwintig jaar later weet Cynthia, inmiddels getrouwd en moeder van een dochtertje, nog steeds niet wat er is gebeurd. Als ze te gast is bij een Spoorloos-achtig televisieprogramma komt alles in een stroomversnelling.

Vous êtes marié, père d'un petit garçon. Un boulot intéressant. Un couple plutôt heureux. Et si le pire était à venir ? Une belle journée, une sortie en famille, votre épouse qui s'éloigne quelques instants. Et qui ne revient pas. Fugue ? Enlèvement ? Suicide ? Aux confins de toutes nos angoisses... Linwood Barclay, créateur de frissons.

Die 17-jährige Sydney kommt eines Abends nicht von ihrem Sommerjob in einem Hotel nach Hause. Sie ist nicht über Handy zu erreichen. Ihr Vater macht sich große Sorgen. Er fährt los, um sie abzuholen. Doch die Angestellten des Hotels haben noch nie von einem Mädchen namens Sydney gehört ... Linwood Barclay spielt auch in seinem neuen Thriller wieder meisterhaft mit unseren schlimmsten Ängsten. Eigentlich wollte Tim einen schönen Sommer mit seiner Teenagertochter verbringen. Seit der Trennung von seiner Frau lebt Sydney bei ihrer Mutter am anderen Ende der Stadt. Doch für einen Sommerjob in einem Hotel zieht sie vorübergehend zu Tim. Und verschwindet nach wenigen Wochen spurlos. Voller Sorge macht Tim sich auf die Suche nach seiner Tochter, richtet eine Website ein, geht allen Hinweisen nach. Als sein eigenes Haus verwüstet wird, ahnt er, dass er selbst in Lebensgefahr schwebt. Dann verschwindet auch noch Sydneys beste Freundin, und eine Frau wird vor Tims Haustür ermordet. In panischer Angst sucht er weiter, und nach und nach wird ihm klar, dass er seine Tochter viel weniger gut kannte, als er dachte. Lernen Sie auch das Hörbuch zu diesem Titel kennen!

“An uncomfortably plausible tale . . . Barclay's pacing is impeccable. . . . A page-turner that keeps the reader guessing until the end.”—Denver Post Tim Blake is an average guy. He sells cars. He has an ex-wife who’s moved in with another man. It’s not a life without hassles, but nothing will prepare him for when his daughter, Sydney, vanishes into thin air. At the hotel where she supposedly worked, no one has ever heard of her. Even her closest friends seem to be at a loss. As he retraces Sydney’s steps, Tim discovers that the suburban Connecticut town he always thought of as idyllic is anything but. What he doesn’t know is that his every move is being watched. There are others who want to find Sydney as much as Tim does. And the closer Tim comes to the truth, the closer he comes to every parent’s worst nightmare—and the kind of evil only a parent’s love has a chance in hell of stopping.

“The night they killed our neighbors, we never heard a thing.” In a quiet suburban neighborhood, in a house only one door away, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. And you think to yourself: It could have been us. And you start to wonder: What if we’re next? Linwood Barclay, critically acclaimed author of No Time for Goodbye, brings terror closer than ever before in a thriller where murder strikes in the place we feel safest of all. Promise Falls isn’t the kind of community where a family is shot to death in their own home. But that is exactly what happened to the Langleys one sweltering summer night, and no one in this small upstate New York town is more shocked than their next-door neighbors, Jim and Ellen Cutter. They visited for the occasional barbecue and their son, Derek, was friends with the Langleys’ boy, Adam; but how well did they really know their neighbors? That’s the question Jim Cutter is asking, and the answers he’s getting aren’t reassuring. Albert Langley was a successful, well-respected criminal lawyer, but was he so good at getting criminals off that he was the victim of revenge—a debt his innocent family also paid in blood? From the town’s criminally corrupt mayor to the tragic suicide of a talented student a decade before, Promise Falls has more than its share of secrets. And Jim Cutter, failed artist turned landscaper, need look no further than his own home and his wife Ellen’s past to know that things aren’t always what they seem. But not even Jim and Ellen are ready to know that their son was in the Langley house the night the family was murdered. Suddenly the Cutters must face the unthinkable: that a murderer isn’ t just stalking too close to home but is inside it already. For the Langleys weren’ t the first to die and they won’t be the last. Praise for Too Close to Home “[Linwood] Barclay knows how to put ordinary people into extraordinarily dangerous circumstances. . . . Readers will zip through it with delight.”—Publishers Weekly “[An] affecting and effective thriller.”—Wall Street Journal Review