Linwood Barclay
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Recruited by the U.S. Marshals to create false histories for people in witness protection, like his father, writer Jack Givins uses this opportunity to find his dad--a man who has done terrible things and made deadly enemies who wouldn't think twice about using his own son against him.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Investigating a break-in at the home of an accident victim, private investigator Cal Weaver finds evidence of the thief's interest in the victim's salacious private life, while Detective Barry Duckworth checks out two possibly related murders before making a horrific discovery tied to Cal's case.
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English
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“The best thriller I’ve read in five years.”—Stephen King
A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife and their four-year-old son. But what begins as a pleasant family outing turns into a nightmare after an inexplicable disappearance. A frantic search only leads to an even more shocking and harrowing turn of events. Until this terrifying moment,
8) Bad move
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Series
Language
English
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Paranoid writer Zack Walker moves his family from the city to the safety of the suburbs, but when he stumbles across the body of a dead environmentalist in a nearby creek, havoc ensues as he goes in search of the killer.
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Language
English
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Using his neighbor's house to spend some private time with his girlfriend while the Barclays are on vacation, Derek Cutter suddenly becomes the prime suspect in a small-town murder case when the Barclays return home early and are unexpectedly killed--with Derek still hiding in their basement.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
When his seventeen-year-old daughter fails to return from her summer job at the local hotel, an alarmed Tim checks with the hotel manager only to discover that the teen never worked there and has gone missing, a situation that turns more terrifying when his initial search results in a death threat.
12) Parting shot
Author
Series
Promise Falls (Linwood Barclay) volume 4
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
A standalone spin-off from the Promise Falls trilogy finds Cal Weaver investigating threats made against an accused killer's family in spite of local outrage, a case that embroils him in a vicious revenge plot.
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
“If you like Harlan Coben, you’ll love Linwood Barclay.” —Peter Robinson, author of Bad Boy
Glen Garber, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. With their eight-yearold daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears...
Glen Garber, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. With their eight-yearold daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears...
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English
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Description
Finally putting his life back together six years after the disappearance of his wife, Brie, Andy Mason, settling down with a new partner, finds his future, and the lives of those closest to him, in danger when a woman bearing a striking resemblance to Brie shows up.
17) Bad Luck
Author
Series
Zack Walker volume 3
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When a mutilated corpse turns up at his father's lakeside fishing camp, supposedly the victim of a vicious bear attack, journalist and family man Zack Walker begins to suspect something far more sinister and finds himself taking on a deadly predator with a host of terrifying weapons with a fanatical thirst for mayhem.
18) Bad guys
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Back on the job as a features writer for the city paper, Zack Walker stumbles into a murder that may be linked to a gang that has been terrorizing the city's high-end shopping district, finds himself on a path to confrontation with ruthless criminal "Barbie" Bullock, and must protect his daughter from a possible stalker.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Battling PTSD and depression after an accidental stumble into a murder scene, a college professor begins writing his novel on a vintage typewriter that he comes to believe is possessed and somehow linked to the crime he survived.
20) Stone rain
Author
Series
Zach Walker novels volume 4
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When his friend Trixie Snelling, a professional, suburban dominatrix, becomes the prime suspect in a bizarre murder and implicates him in the discovery of a corpse strapped to her basement bondage cross, reporter Zack Walker races against time to uncover the truth, following a twisted trail that leads to a long-unsolved triple homicide, a biker gang, drug wars, and a vicious killer bent on revenge.