...I recently reviewed never look away, a thriller written by Canadian author, Linwwod Barclay. I really enjoyed the book, my first, experience of this author and was keen to get my hands on another of his books from my local library. Fear the worst has gl ...
Advantages: Overall as enjoyable as most Barclay books Disadvantages: the ending is a little far-fetched and disappointing, not as good as previous books
Tim Blake’s worst fear is realised one afternoon when his daughter, Sydney, fails to return home from her summer job at a local hotel. After visiting her place of work, Tim becomes even more concerned when they insist they have never heard of her; that s ...
Advantages: Interesting and gripping storyline Disadvantages: A bit far fetched in places and a slightly disappointing and sudden ending
I have previously enjoyed Linwood Barclay's novel No time for goodbye so when I spotted this one in the 3 for 2 offer at my favourite bookshop I jumped at the chance to check out this one. Tim Blake is a father of a teenage girl called Sydney and we jo ...
Advantages: Gripping and gets you thinking Disadvantages: Ending is maybe a bit sudden
I picked this book up initially for me husband as this is one of his preferred genres to read. However I have also, like him, read both of Linwood Barclays other book’s and because I enjoyed them I decided once my husband had finished reading it I would g ...
Advantages: Interesting plot, well written, good depth of characters Disadvantages: A tad slow in places
I've read something by Linwood Barclay before and enjoyed it, so this caught my eye in the library. The cover also informs us that it's the 'Number one bestseller', which I'm always a sucker for anyway. It also tells us that this is the author of Richard ...