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Never Look Away: A Thriller (original 2010; edition 2010)

by Linwood Barclay

Series: Promise Falls (0.2)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

“The best thriller I’ve read in five years.”—Stephen King

A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife 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. 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.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Linwood Barclay's The Accident.

Praise for Never Look Away

“Outstanding . . . The tension mounts. . . . The surprising twists and appealing characters rank this among the author’s best.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
 
“Mr. Barclay can flawlessly assume the voice of a small-town American dad.”The New York Times
 
“Plenty of surprises and twists.”Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Title:Never Look Away: A Thriller
Authors:Linwood Barclay
Info:Delacorte Press (2010), Edition: 1ST, Hardcover, 432 pages
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Pretty good thriller. There were a few spots I thought "really" but I enjoyed the pace and the story. ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
I give it 4 1/2 stars. It starts a little slow, but that's probably normal. However, after it got going, I had trouble putting it down. The poor protagonist, David Harwood, was really having a lot of bad days, starting with his son going missing at an amusement park, then being found but his wife went missing. That was bad enough, but when it began to look suspiciously like he was responsible, it just really got bad for him.

During all this, there was another story going on just to keep us from getting bored with the main story.

What's most amazing is that as bad as his wife was, with all of her misdeeds, I found myself feeling sorry for her at the end, hoping she would somehow get out from under her problems. I could never be a cop. ( )
  MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |
Linwood Barclay is a great storyteller and this book starts slowly, but all the details and build-up make it worthwhile when the story changes and a woman and mother disappears and the search for her begins. To say more, would give away too much. Just sit down and read and enjoy the ride! ( )
  Randall.Hansen | Jun 5, 2022 |
This one was more than a little dull. And I felt like there was a neon sign flashing "twist ahead!" every time a new character was introduced. Yawn. ( )
  jlabarge | Aug 18, 2021 |
I like this author. Style is very good, fast paced. Ideal thriller. Harlan Coben, David Baldacci readers will enjoy.

Second book of the author I read. Worth the read!! ( )
  deepatarak | Jun 29, 2021 |
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For most of its 415 pages, the story moves at the speed of a downhill racer, but runs into sticky snow in the late chapters; in what should be a gripping climax to an otherwise gripping tale, the reader is subject to lengthy he-said, she-said rehashes of who did what to whom and why. The last twist, the one too many, is unconvincing.

But the characters feel real, and the plotting is otherwise ironclad; no Grisham-like plot-holes on this twisty road. Barclay also exhibits a nice sense of humour... Softer, more thoughtful. More Canadian.

 
As anyone who reads such books well knows, dreaming up suspense plots is much easier than resolving them. And frankly, David’s wife is best left missing. Once “Never Look Away” has to explain what happened to her, it becomes flat-out silly.
 
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

“The best thriller I’ve read in five years.”—Stephen King

A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife 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. 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.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Linwood Barclay's The Accident.

Praise for Never Look Away

“Outstanding . . . The tension mounts. . . . The surprising twists and appealing characters rank this among the author’s best.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
 
“Mr. Barclay can flawlessly assume the voice of a small-town American dad.”The New York Times
 
“Plenty of surprises and twists.”Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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