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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? ( )

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. ( )

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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. ( )