The Accident

Zusatztext “If you like Harlan Coben! you’ll love Linwood Barclay.”—Peter Robinson! author of Bad Boy   Praise for Linwood Barclay’s Never Look Away   “The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected.”—Stephen King! Entertainment Weekly   “Fast-paced and with an irresistible blend of suspense and tension.” —Tucson Citizen Informationen zum Autor Linwood Barclay is a former columnist for the Toronto Star . He is the #1 internationally bestselling author of nine critically acclaimed novels, including The Accident, Never Look Away, Fear the Worst, Too Close to Home, and No Time for Goodbye . Multiple titles have been optioned for film. He lives near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children. He is currently at work on his latest thriller, to be published by Bantam in Summer 2012. Klappentext "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 confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Grieving and in denial, Glen resolves to investigate the accident himself-and begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their Connecticut suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors. Propelled into a vortex of corruption and illegal activity, pursued by mysterious killers, and confronted by threats from neighbors he thought he knew, Glen must take his own desperate measures and go to terrifying new places in himself to avenge his wife and protect his child. "The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected."-Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly "Fast-paced and with an irresistible blend of suspense and tension."-Tucson Citizen Leseprobe ONE If I'd known this was our last morning, I'd have rolled over in bed and held her. But of course, if it had been possible to know something like that--if I could have somehow seen into the future--I wouldn't have let go. And then things would have been different. I'd been staring at the ceiling for a while when I finally threw back the covers and planted my feet on the hardwood floor. "How'd you sleep?" Sheila asked as I rubbed my eyes. She reached out and touched my back. "Not so good. You?" "Off and on." "I sensed you were awake, but I didn't want to bug you, on the off chance you were sleeping," I said, glancing over my shoulder. The sun's first rays of the day filtered through the drapes and played across my wife's face as she lay in bed, looking at me. This wasn't a time of day when people looked their best, but there was something about Sheila. She was always beautiful. Even when she looked worried, which was how she looked now. I turned back around, looked down at my bare feet. "I couldn't get to sleep for the longest time, then I think I finally nodded off around two, but then I looked at the clock and it was five. Been awake since then." "Glen, it's going to be okay," Sheila said. She moved her hand across my back, soothing me. "Yeah, well, I'm glad you think so." "Things'll pick up. Everything goes in cycles. Recessions don't last forever." I sighed. "This one sure seems to. After these jobs I'm doing now, we got nothin' lined up. Some nibbles, did a couple of estimates last week--one for a kitchen, one to finish off a basement--but they haven't called back." I stood up, turned and said, "What's your excuse for staring at the ceiling all night?" "Worried about you. And . . . I've got t...

Product details

• Authors: Linwood Barclay
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.03.2012
• EAN: 9780553591767
• ISBN: 978-0-553-59176-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 191 mm x 29 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense