Linwood Barclay

From the international bestseller Linwood Barclay comes an explosive new crime thriller! In this twisty thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father - who was taken into witness protection years ago - before his enemies can get to him. Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins's father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives. Years later, Jack is a struggling author, recruited by the U.S. Marshals to create false histories for people in witness protection. Jack realises this may be a chance to find his dad - but then he discovers he's gone missing, and he could be in serious danger. Jack knows he has to track him down. But how will he find a man he's never truly known? And how will he evade his father's deadly enemies - enemies who wouldn't think twice about using his own son against him? 'A superior thriller' Sunday Times 'A suspense master' Stephen King 'The twists keep coming' The Times 'Devilishly good' Shari Lapena 'The novel speeds from first page to last... Bravo!' Jeffery Deaver 'A fast-moving, high-concept thriller from the talented Barclay' Daily Mail 'Linwood Barclay is in a class of his own' T.M. Logan 'One of the finest thriller writers in the world at the very top of his game' Mark Billingham

'Another perfect page-turner' The Times 'A triumph from the master thriller writer' The Sun

Get ready to run . . . an edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay, in his first novel for 9-12 year olds.Chipper is a very special dog. As part of a top-secret, multi-million dollar experiment to create the ultimate canine spy technology, Chipper's whole life has been spent within the walls of a secret organization known only as The Institute. Chipper is supposed to be more machine than mutt, but something's wrong and The Institute knows it. He's about to be terminated.Across the state, twelve-year-old orphan Jeff Conway is working all hours at his aunt Flo's lakeside cabin business. He misses his parents, his old life, and the dog he had to leave behind.When Chipper escapes and his and Jeff's paths collide, dog and boy find themselves tangled up in the most dangerous game of chase imaginable...Winner of the Arthur Ellis award for Best Kid's Crime NovelDanger, secrets and thrilling suspense in Linwood Barclay's action-packed first novel for children.

The master of the shocking twist Linwood Barclay's mega-selling No Time For Goodbye - a lightning-paced psychological thriller full of secrets, lies and obsessive love.From the author of FIND YOU FIRSTOn the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared.Twenty-five years later Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions. Were her family murdered? If so, why was she spared? And if they're alive, why did they abandon her in such a cruel way? Now married with a daughter of her own, Cynthia fears that her new family will be taken from her just as her first one was. And so she agrees to take part in a TV documentary revisiting the case, in the hope that somebody somewhere will remember something - or even that her father, mother or brother might finally reach out to her . . .Then a letter arrives which makes no sense and yet chills Cynthia to the core. And soon she begins to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made . . .

'Terrific' STEPHEN KING

'Terrific' STEPHEN KING

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"Terrific."-- Stephen King on WhistleNew York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural chiller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed.Evil has a one track mind....Annie Blunt has had an unimaginably terrible year. First, her husband was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident, then one of the children's books she's built her writing and illustrating career on ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal.But Annie's year is about to get worse.Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed on their property. Annie is glad to see Charlie happy, but there's something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night--she could swear she hears a train, but there isn't an active track for miles--and bizarre things begin happening in the neighborhood. Worse, Annie can't seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a children's book.Grief can do strange things to the mind, but Annie is beginning to think she's walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"Terrific."-- Stephen King on WhistleNew York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural chiller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed.Evil has a one track mind....Annie Blunt has had an unimaginably terrible year. First, her husband was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident, then one of the children's books she's built her writing and illustrating career on ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal.But Annie's year is about to get worse.Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed on their property. Annie is glad to see Charlie happy, but there's something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night--she could swear she hears a train, but there isn't an active track for miles--and bizarre things begin happening in the neighborhood. Worse, Annie can't seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a children's book.Grief can do strange things to the mind, but Annie is beginning to think she's walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"Terrific."-- Stephen King on WhistleNew York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural chiller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed.Evil has a one track mind....Annie Blunt has had an unimaginably terrible year. First, her husband was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident, then one of the children's books she's built her writing and illustrating career on ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal.But Annie's year is about to get worse.Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed on their property. Annie is glad to see Charlie happy, but there's something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night--she could swear she hears a train, but there isn't an active track for miles--and bizarre things begin happening in the neighborhood. Worse, Annie can't seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a children's book.Grief can do strange things to the mind, but Annie is beginning to think she's walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying...

‘A page-turner… you’ll get your money’s worth out of this one’ Stephen King 'Riveting' Sunday Times 'Linwood Barclay is a flat-out master of the modern thriller, and I Will Ruin You is impossible to put down. You need this book in your life' David Koepp WHEN IT'S LIFE OR DEATH, WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when a former student shows up at school with a vest packed with explosives, he springs into action. Thanks to his quick thinking, Richard averts a major tragedy but his moment in the spotlight puts him in the sights of a deranged blackmailer with a score to settle… As events rapidly spiral out of control, Richard is drawn into a tangled web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets. As he tries to uncover the truth, Richard discovers that there's something dangerously wrong in the town. Everyone in his life seems to be hiding something, and trusting the wrong person could cost him everything he loves. International bestseller Linwood Barclay returns with a breathtaking new thriller. PRAISE FOR LINWOOD BARCLAY: ‘Barclay deserves all the accolades that routinely flow his way, as this hypnotic outing attests’ Financial Times ‘Linwood Barclay has crafted another perfect page-turner’ The Times ‘Pacy and tense, it’s a triumph from a master thriller writer. Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster’ The Sun ‘You’ll be left speed-reading towards the end to discover answers expertly posed by the bestselling Toronto-based crime writer’ The Independent ‘Totally absorbing… brilliant stuff’ Neil Lancaster ‘A superior thriller’ Sunday Times ‘A suspense master’ Stephen King

Faren din er ikke et godt menneske. Faren din har drept folk, gutten min.Dette er de siste ordene Jack Givins hører faren si. Så forsvinner han ut av livet til Jack og moren, som sitter sønderknust tilbake. For faren skal ikke i fengsel, han skal inn i et vitnebeskyttelsesprogram og få ny identitet.Mange år senere er Jack en voksen mann med sine egne problemer. Han livnærer seg som forfatter, men bare så vidt, for inntektskilden hans er royaltyinntektene fra hans ene middels vellykkede bok, og det begynner å bli en stund siden den kom ut. Så da han blir kontaktet av U.S. Marshals med et lukrativt tilbud, kan han ikke si nei. De rekrutterer forfattere som Jack til å dikte opp bakgrunnshistorier om folk som lever under vitnebeskyttelse – folk som Jacks far. Dette er en kjærkommen mulighet til å tjene penger, men kan det også være en måte å komme i kontakt med faren på? For han har ikke meldt seg for sine kontaktpersoner på lenge, og de aner ikke hvor han er. Han kan være i fare, og Jack kan være den eneste som kan finne ham.Men hvordan skal han finne en mann han egentlig aldri har kjent? En mann som har begått de alvorligste forbrytelser og skaffet seg de farligste fiender på veien – fiender som ikke vil nøle med å bruke hans egen sønn som middel til å finne ham.

‘A page-turner… you’ll get your money’s worth out of this one’ Stephen King 'Riveting' Sunday Times 'Linwood Barclay is a flat-out master of the modern thriller, and I Will Ruin You is impossible to put down. You need this book in your life' David Koepp WHEN IT'S LIFE OR DEATH, WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when a former student shows up at school with a vest packed with explosives, he springs into action. Thanks to his quick thinking, Richard averts a major tragedy but his moment in the spotlight puts him in the sights of a deranged blackmailer with a score to settle… As events rapidly spiral out of control, Richard is drawn into a tangled web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets. As he tries to uncover the truth, Richard discovers that there's something dangerously wrong in the town. Everyone in his life seems to be hiding something, and trusting the wrong person could cost him everything he loves. International bestseller Linwood Barclay returns with a breathtaking new thriller. PRAISE FOR LINWOOD BARCLAY: ‘Barclay deserves all the accolades that routinely flow his way, as this hypnotic outing attests’ Financial Times ‘Linwood Barclay has crafted another perfect page-turner’ The Times ‘Pacy and tense, it’s a triumph from a master thriller writer. Every page makes your heart beat that little bit faster’ The Sun ‘You’ll be left speed-reading towards the end to discover answers expertly posed by the bestselling Toronto-based crime writer’ The Independent ‘Totally absorbing… brilliant stuff’ Neil Lancaster ‘A superior thriller’ Sunday Times ‘A suspense master’ Stephen King

'A page-turner... you'll get your money's worth out of this one' Stephen King'Riveting' The Times'Linwood Barclay is a flat-out master of the modern thriller, and I Will Ruin You is impossible to put down. You need this book in your life' David Koepp

"Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You is a page-turner that also has important things to say. You'll get your money's worth out of this one." Stephen KingIn the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teachers act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. How would you react in a life-or-death situation? Its a question everyone asks themselves, but few have to face in real life. English teacher Richard Boyle certainly never thought he would find himself talking down a former student intent on harming others, but when Mark LeDrew shows up at Richards school with a bomb strapped to his chest, Richard immediately jumps into action.Thanks to some quick thinking, he averts a major tragedy and is hailed as a hero, but not all the attention focused on him is positive. Richards brief moment in the spotlight puts him in the sights of a deranged blackmailer with a score to settle. The situation rapidly spirals out of control, drawing Richard into a fraught web of salacious accusations and deadly secrets. As he tries to uncover the truth he discovers that theres something deeply wrong in the townsomething that ties together Mark, the blackmailer, and a gang of ruthless drug dealers, and Richard has landed smack in the middle of it.Hes desperate to find a way out, but everyone in his life seems to be hiding something, and trusting the wrong person could cost him everything he loves. What price will he pay for one good deed?