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…

Scénario original, suspense redoutable et personnages jubilatoires : Linwood Barclay livre un nouveau thriller implacable et hautement addictif. Absolument génial ! " Ton papa n'est pas quelqu'un de bien. Ton papa a tué des gens, mon grand. " Tels sont les derniers mots prononcés par le père de Jack avant d'abandonner femme et enfant pour plonger dans l'anonymat du programme de protection des témoins. Des années plus tard, Jack, devenu écrivain au succès mitigé, est recruté par les U.S. Marshals. Sa mission : rédiger des biographies pour ceux qui, comme son père, se retrouvent contraints de rejeter leur passé et de vivre sous une identité toute neuve, insoupçonnable. Un signe du destin ! Car Jack cherche depuis toujours à reprendre contact avec son paternel. Mais comment faire quand tout a été mis en place pour le rendre introuvable ? Sans compter que Jack ne sait rien des méfaits de son père, ni de ses ennemis...

"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.

En chute libre. Lundi, 8 heures. Plusieurs employés de Cromwell Entertainment empruntent un ascenseur pour rejoindre leurs bureaux situés aux 33e et 37e étages d'un gratte-ciel new-yorkais. Curieusement, la cabine ne s'arrête pas et poursuit sa montée. Avant de lâcher. Un accident mécanique, tragique et banal. Mais le lendemain, un drame similaire se produit dans un autre building du quartier. Puis un autre le mercredi. La panique s'installe dans Big Apple. Qui peut bien menacer la ville la plus verticale du monde ? Alors que la population n'ose plus sortir de chez elle, que les services de maintenance sont saturés, que la Bourse dégringole, deux flics désabusés et une journaliste tenace vont s'engager dans une course contre la montre pour résoudre ces affaires avant l'inauguration de la plus grande tour résidentielle de Manhattan, prévue pour la fin de la semaine... Avec ce nouveau polar, Linwood Barclay défie les lois de la gravité pour nous offrir un moment de suspense aussi anxiogène que jubilatoire. Cramponnez-vous ! Les portes de l'ascenseur viennent de se refermer ; il n'y a plus d'issue.

De erfgenamen van een stervende techmiljonair worden op mysterieuze wijze een voor een uitgeschakeld Techmiljonair Miles Cookson heeft meer geld dan hij ooit kan uitgeven, en alles waar hij ooit van heeft gedroomd – behalve tijd. Recentelijk is er een terminale ziekte bij hem geconstateerd, en er is vijftig procent kans dat die erfelijk overdraagbaar is. Voor Miles betekent dit dat hij in zijn verleden moet gaan graven. Twintig jaar geleden is hij namelijk spermadonor geweest. Nu lopen er negen kinderen van hem rond die op het punt staan bepaalde zaken van hem te erven. Miles speelt namelijk met de gedachte om zijn immense vermogen na zijn overlijden onder zijn erfgenamen te laten verdelen. Terwijl Miles op zoek gaat naar de kinderen die hij nooit heeft gekend, begint de jonge documentairemaker Chloe Swanson aan een zoektocht naar haar biologische vader. Als Miles en Chloe uiteindelijk met elkaar in contact komen, wordt hun ontmoeting overschaduwd door een reeks mysterieuze en beangstigende gebeurtenissen: een voor een verdwijnen de andere erfgenamen zonder een spoor achter te laten, alsof ze nooit hebben bestaan. Is een van Miles' kinderen zijn concurrenten aan het uitschakelen? In de pers 'In deze topthriller komt alles samen: chantage, afgunst, ontrouw, vervalsing, seksueel misbruik en huurmoorden. Personages en dialogen zijn perfect.' ***** VN Detective & Thrillergids 'Barclay zet valse sporen uit en leidt ons – op z'n Harlan Cobens – steeds slim af in deze knap geplotte en sinistere thriller.' VN Detective & Thrillergids 'Barclay behoort tot de beste thrillerschrijvers.' Dagblad van het Noorden 'De weergaloze Barclay overtreft zichzelf in Ik zal je vinden. Korte hoofdstukken vol cliffhangers houden je aan de pagina gekluisterd.' The Wall Street Journal

**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.

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...

#1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay’s novels have been praised as “compelling” (The Associated Press), “gripping” (The Wall Street Journal), and “fast-paced” (The Washington Post). Now, Barclay returns with a thrilling story in which two brothers suddenly find themselves pulled into a frightening vortex of power and murder… 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…

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.

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.

Die 17jährige Sydney kommt eines Abends nicht von ihrem Sommerjob in einem Hotel nach Hause. Sie ist nicht über Handy zu erreichen. Ihr Vater Tim macht sich grosse Sorgen. Er fährt los, um sie abzuholen. Doch die Angestellten des Hotels versichern ihm, noch nie von einem Mädchen namens Sydney gehört zu haben. Linwood Barclay spielt auch in seinem neuen Thriller wieder meisterhaft mit unseren schlimmsten Ängsten.

Critically acclaimed and bestselling author Linwood Barclay brings terror closer than ever before in a stunning thriller in which murder strikes in the place we should feel safest of all…. In a quiet neighborhood, in the house next door, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. You can’t help thinking, It could have been us. And you start to wonder: What if we’re next? Promise Falls isn’t the kind of community where families are shot to death in their own homes. But how well did Jim and Ellen Cutter really know their neighbors—or the darker secrets of their small town? They don’t have to look further than their own marriage to know that things aren’t always what they seem. Now the Cutters and their son, Derek, must face the unthinkable: that a murderer isn’t just stalking too close to home…but is inside it already.

A reissue of Linwood Barclay's brilliant first thriller - the fastest-selling Richard & Judy title to date - from the author of FIND YOU FIRST On the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared. Twenty-five years later Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions. Were her family murdered? If so, why was she spared? And if they're alive, why did they abandon her in such a cruel way? Now married with a daughter of her own, Cynthia fears that her new family will be taken from her just as her first one was. And so she agrees to take part in a TV documentary revisiting the case, in the hope that somebody somewhere will remember something - or even that her father, mother or brother might finally reach out to her . . . Then a letter arrives which makes no sense and yet chills Cynthia to the core. And soon she begins to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made . . .

Metropolitan newspaper writer Zack Walker has a knack for stumbling onto deadly stories. But it’s one that his good friend Trixie Snelling doesn’t want told that’s about to unleash a storm of trouble. As a professional dominatrix in the suburbs, Trixie has her share of secrets, but Zack has no idea what she’s really hiding when a local newspaperman threatens to do an exposé on her…not until Zack finds a dead body strapped to the bondage cross in her basement dungeon. Now Zack is implicated in a murder, Trixie is missing, and everything he thought he knew about his friend, his town, even his own marriage, reveals a darker side. Zack’s twisted trail to the truth will lead to a long-unsolved triple homicide, bikers, drug wars, and a stone-cold killer hell-bent on revenge. It’s a story that’s already cost him his job and possibly his wife, and, if Zack’s not very lucky, it will cost him his life.

“Fans of the crime caper will rejoice” that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his “riotously funny and irreverent” debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids to the tranquillity of the burbs–where planned communities prevail and fathers rest easy. Well, not quite…and now the Walkers have moved home only to find themselves living in the precarious crosshairs of urban sprawl once again, and Zack can’t help but be worried–really worried–that just around the corner lurks the presence of some really bad guys. Zack is back, and much to his family’s relief, the work-at-home science-fiction writer has left the house to take a job as a features writer for the city paper. But now that Zack’s incessant plotting can no longer be hatched from the comforts of his own home, he must be ever more vigilant to outwit the evil at large, whether in the suburbs, the city, or his own imagination. Zack is ready…or so he thinks. While researching his first feature article, Zack stumbles upon a real-life crime scene, but what seems like an ordinary hit-and-run may actually be a homicide linked to a gang that’s been burglarizing Crandall’s high-end shops. Suddenly Zack finds himself at the center of a violent crime wave and destined for a confrontation with Barbie Bullock, an unsettling figure infamous in the crime syndicate for his ruthless business tactics and peculiar proclivity for collecting dolls. And all is not quiet on the home front either. Zack’s protective instincts launch into overdrive when he discovers that his daughter’s rejected suitor has been tracing her every step and may harbor a much more ominous motivation than winning a Saturday night date. Nor does his son’s strange behavior and recent friendship with a creepy computer recluse inspire joy in a father’s heart. As worlds begin to collide and boundaries between family and foe blur, Zack goes on the attack, and heaven help the bad guys when this resourceful father comes to make good on a deal gone bad.