Lone Wolf - Linwood Barclay

Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay

It was with a sense of anticipation that I started reading "Too Close to Home" by Linwood Barclay, having thoroughly enjoyed "No Time for Goodbye", his best seller of last year. I often find when I have really enjoyed a book by an author another title can either be just as enjoyable, or a real letdown. Generally there is no middle ground, but with this book as I read it my emotions were mixed. Continuing the theme of "Book with a snappy title which sums up the plot", this book is about a family, the Cutters, who live next to a the Langley family who are murdered. The story is set in Promise Falls in upstate New York. Derek Cutter, the ...

Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay

I came across Linwood Barclay after reading No Time for Goodbye, which was a huge bestseller, mainly because it was a Richard & Judy summe read winner. I really enjoyed No Time for Goodbye, it reminded me of Harlan Coben s books, so when I saw Too Close To Home I decided to give it a go. = About the Author = Linwood Barclay was born in the states but moved to Canada when he was 4 years old. He has an Honours B.A. in English from Trent University and worked for the Toronto Star newspaper before he retired in 2008 to concentrate just on books. His first standalone thriller, No Time for Goodbye, was a huge success and quickly became a bestseller in the UK and around ...

No Time For Goodbye - Linwood Barclay

difficult to put down. No Time for Goodbye is one of the Richard and Judy s summer read books. ~ The Author ~ Between 1996 and 2000 Linwood Barclay published four non-fiction books, including a memoir about growing up in cottage country. Then in 2004, he launched his mystery series about an anxiety-ridden, know-it-all father by the name of Zack Walker. No Time for Goodbye is his first stand-alone thriller and was published in 2007. Barclay was born in the United States and moved to Canada when he was a young child. He obtained an Honours B.A. in English at Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, and it was at Trent that he met the woman who would become his ...