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The Accident

by Linwood Barclay

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"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… (more)
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I like Linwood Barclay's books, but this one causes me to ask: is he writing the same book over and over?
  Mark_Feltskog | Dec 23, 2023 |
I really like his writing sale but the truth is the end of his books leave a lot to be desired. The plot just sort of unravels and honestly it is just too hard to buy into the multiple solutions, it was a fun book to read all the way up to the last 15% ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
Another great book from Mister Barclay - The Accident is full of all the twists and turns you have probably come to expect from him. Can't wait to get onto the next one! ( )
  theBookDevourer211 | Jan 27, 2023 |
There was a lot going on in this book, and I never guessed the conclusion at all. It was hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys much of the time.

Most of the characters in the story seemed to be average people caught up in situations that they were not prepared for. People living in hard times, trying to make a little extra money on the side, doing things like selling fake designer purses, cheap prescription drugs, knock-off building supplies, etc. What could go wrong? Seems innocuous enough, until people start dying all over. Some unusual accidents here, a shooting or two there, but are they connected? Hard to say.

There were not real super heroes in this story, and sometimes the characters seemed to be a little dumb and annoying, but all in all an enjoyable read and hard to put down after a while. ( )
  MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |
Another solid book by this author - he's very good at taking ordinary people and putting them in extraordinary circumstances and some rise to the occasion and some don't. This story of a man whose wife is killed in a car accident drags through the middle as it becomes a bit repetitive - how many paragraphs really need to be devoted to "I can't believe she's gone and it's so unlike her; she would never do THAT (avoid spoiler)." But it did pick up and have a satisfying conclusion. Okay for a quick summer read. ( )
  Terrie2018 | Feb 21, 2020 |
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The Canadian-based journalist twists and turns the plot with believability and spices it with plenty of suspects and suspense. In some places, his homework does seem a bit lacking, but the book remains consistently interesting and ready to please thriller fans with both its action and pacing.

Barclay has turned in a home run with plenty of edge-of-the-seat moments.
 
The Accident" (Bantam Books), by Linwood Barclay: A husband is forced to confront his wife's secret life in "The Accident," Linwood Barclay's best thriller to date....Barclay channels the best of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner in stories of families in suburbia dealing with tragic circumstances. Readers will quickly become emotionally involved with Glen and his daughter and will flip the pages of "The Accident" to figure out the puzzle.
 
Former Toronto Star columnist Linwood Barclay has another page turner in his latest, a story of trouble and turmoil in suburbia, in this case, the town of Milford, Conn....Barclay tells a fine tale, with blackmail, murder, suspense and the murky world of counterfeit goods. Just when you think you’ve figured it out, well, you haven’t. Right to the end, there are twists and turns in the plot, and people who you thought were squeaky clean? Not so much.

 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Barclay, Linwoodprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berkrot, PeterNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Meulen, Nienke van derTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Westberg, CarinaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"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

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