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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Signed and inscribed dorisannn | Jan 19, 2009 |   I had heard that Barclay has turned into a good crime writer. I never did find his newspaper columns funny, so maybe it's not surprising that I didn't get much from this book either. It seemed predictable and formulaic - or maybe I just have no sense of humour. Maybe his later books are the gritty ones? (  )TomSlee | Jun 27, 2008 | The _Bad Move_ is about the move from downtown Toronto, which is crime infested, to the suburbs, where nothing ever happens. As the title suggests, it all turns out otherwise. This is his first novel. I just read the second one and really liked it. This one is also well written and funny, even though it was more predictable, as the matrix is the same. (  )Niecierpek | Dec 1, 2006 | NewsieQ | Aug 18, 2006 | As Linwood Barclay is one of my favourite newspaper columnists, I obviously had to read this book. It was remarkably good! I did have low expectations going in. Barclay is a very funny man, but I wondered how he could transition his humour from a short column to a lengthy novel. He did not disappoint. It was fun to see how bits of his own life worked into the story and see how Barclay himself might handle something like what happens in the book. It was very humourous, very entertaining and did keep me wondering up until the end. (  )janeycanuck | Apr 3, 2006 | 0.048 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553587048, Mass Market Paperback)In the too-quiet town of Oakwood, only the lucky die of boredom…and new homeowner Zack Walker isn’t feeling lucky. Whoever said the burbs were boring will think twice after reading Linwood Barclay’s hilarious debut mystery, in which Dad learns the hard way that he doesn’t always know best.Zack wouldn’t blame you for thinking he’s safety-obsessed. True, he masterminded a plot to trade his family’s exciting city lifestyle for one of suburban tranquillity. True, even after this strategic move, Zack still has issues with family members who forget their keys in the front door, leave their cars unlocked, or park their backpacks at the top of the stairs—where you could kill yourself tripping over them. Just ask his wife, Sarah, or his teenage kids, Paul and Angie, who endure their share of lectures. Zack knows that he needs to chill out and assume the best for once—but we know what happens to those who assume. When Zack realizes their two-faced developer sent a petty thief to fix their leaky shower, he starts fighting hard to ignore the fact that Oakwood isn’t the crime-free paradise he was hoping for. But his brief state of denial comes to an abrupt end when, during a walk by the creek, he stumbles across a dead body. Even more shocking, Zack actually knows who the victim is—and who might want him dead. With a killer roaming around their neighborhood and Zack’s overactive imagination in overdrive, he’s sure things can’t get any worse. But then another local is murdered—and Zack’s paranoid tendencies get him implicated in the crime. While his wife is trying to remember why she married him in the first place, and his kids are considering whether it’s time to have him committed, Zack decides there’s only one thing he can do. To protect his family—and avoid being busted for a crime he didn’t commit—he’s going to have to override his safety-first instincts, tap into his delusions of machismo, and track down the killer himself. From the Hardcover edition. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:00 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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