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| Title | : | Never Look Away |
| Author | : | Linwood Barclay |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 421 pages |
| Published | : | March 9th 2010 by Delacorte Press |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Mystery. Fiction. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Crime |
Linwood Barclay
Paperback | Pages: 421 pages Rating: 4.01 | 15458 Users | 1273 Reviews
Narrative To Books Never Look Away
In this tense, mesmerizing thriller by Linwood Barclay, critically acclaimed author of Fear the Worst and Too Close to Home, a man’s life unravels around him when the unthinkable strikes.A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife, Jan, 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, David Harwood is just a small-town reporter in need of a break. His paper, the Promise Falls Standard, is struggling to survive. Then he gets a lead that just might be the answer to his prayers: a potential scandal involving a controversial development project for the outskirts of this picturesque upstate New York town. It’s a hot-button issue that will surely sell papers and help reverse the Standard’s fortunes, but strangely, David’s editors keep shooting it down.
Why?
That’s a question no longer at the top of David’s list. Now the only thing he cares about is restoring his family. Desperate for any clue, David dives into his own investigation—and into a web of lies and deceit. For with every new piece of evidence he uncovers, David finds more questions—and moves ever closer to a shattering truth.
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| Original Title: | Never Look Away |
| ISBN: | 055380717X (ISBN13: 9780553807172) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | David Harwood, Jan Harwood, Ethan Harwood, Elmont Sebastian |
| Setting: | Promise Falls, New York(United States) Lake George, New York(United States) |
Rating Of Books Never Look Away
Ratings: 4.01 From 15458 Users | 1273 ReviewsJudgment Of Books Never Look Away
My sincere apologies to Mr Linwood Barclay for rating you only 3 stars this was a re read & i must say i loved every minute.David Harwood was having a tough time working for a paper in Promise Falls he is working on a story of a corrupt prison that wants to open in his home town he is finding it tough to get any strong leads so he decides to take his wife Jan their son Ethan to an amusement park.Jan decides to go back out as she left something behind but never returns she goes missing for noWhy isn't this in the Promise Falls series?
I will admit that I am overly picky on mysterythriller books. The genre is my favorite, thus I expect the story to be captivating, fast paced and has a way of making memorable characters. There are a few exceptions to this rule but not many. All that to say that this book had weak writing, forgettable characters from the beginning of the story. I literally forgot what the story was about after reading the first page, it was that bad.I should really trust my instincts but I always TRY to give a
I try to avoid novels which see the lead character accused of a crime and fighting to clear their name, largely because they make my blood pressure rise in annoyance at the 'coincidences' which are oh so obvious and yet other characters cannot see them. This attitude made me dislike this book before I had even started, but I was proven wrong. The interweaving of the past and present lives of Jan Harwood connected many of the plot points nicely throughout the novel leaving for some shock twists
What qualities do you look for in a novel? If any of the below fill you with joy and excitement, then this is the book for you!1. Prose that is so truly prosaic I hoped and suspected it was an intentional parody (apparently it was not).2. Dialogue so awkward and unpersuasive that it felt like a poorly dubbed movie.3. Characters so stilted they were surely off-cuts from Geppetto's workshop.4. Situations and plot-twists so contrived (even by cheap airport thriller standards) you begin to wonder if
Do you really know the ones you love?, February 13, 2010 I have read all of Linwood Barclay's back-list and I must say that this one is better than the last two and I'm relieved that he's pulled back a little with the unbelievable endings and returned to writing a taut mystery thriller that is both fast paced and suspenseful. I found both Fear the Worst: A Thriller and Too Close to Home: A Thriller to be just way too over the top and am glad that Barclay has returned to a style similar to the
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