検索キーワード： 著者 "Linwood Barclay" すべてのカテゴリー

Newspaper writer, family man and reluctant hero Zack Walker has stumbled onto some dicey stories before, but nothing like what he's about to uncover when a mutilated corpse is found at his father's lakeside fishing camp. As always, Zack fears the worst. And this time his paranoid worldview is dead on. While the locals attribute the death to a bear attack, Zack suspects something far more ominous - a predator whose weapons include arson, assault and enough wacko beliefs to fuel a dozen hate groups.

Paul Davis forgets things - he gets confused, he has sudden panic attacks. But he wasn't always like this. Eight months ago, Paul found two dead bodies in the back of a coworker's car. He was attacked, left for dead, and has been slowly recovering ever since. His wife tries her best but fears the worst.... Therapy helps during the days, but at night he hears things - impossible things - that no one else can. That nobody else believes. Either he's losing his mind - or someone wants him to think he is. Just because he's paranoid doesn't mean it's not happening....

The morning it all started, newspaper reporter David Harwood had plenty to worry about. A single parent with no job, forced to return with his young son to the small town of Promise Falls to live with his parents, the future wasn't looking too rosy. So when his mother asked him to look in on his cousin, Marla, who was still not quite right after losing her baby, it was almost a relief to put the disaster his own life had become to one side. The relief wouldn't last long.

Glen Barber isn't the only person in the small town of Milford with things on his mind. The recession has been bad for his construction business, especially after a mysterious fire destroys one of his buildings. But everyone else in Milford seems to have problems too, as the financial pressures begin to pinch. Glen's troubles, however, are about to escalate to a whole new level.

College professor Paul Davis is a normal guy with a normal life. Until, driving along a deserted road late one night, he surprises a murderer disposing of a couple of bodies. That’s when Paul’s "normal" existence is turned upside down. After nearly losing his own life in that encounter, he finds himself battling PTSD, depression, and severe problems at work. His wife, Charlotte, desperate to cheer him up, brings home a vintage typewriter. But Paul swears it’s possessed and types by itself at night - and that it's somehow connected to the murderer....

Journaliste pour une dépêche locale, David Harwood pensait avoir eu une bonne idée pour le week-end : quoi de mieux, en effet, qu'une journée dans un parc d'attractions avec leur fils de quatre ans, Ethan, pour changer les idées dépressives de son épouse Jan ? Or, à peine sont-ils arrivés que Jan se volatilise. David fait bientôt figure de suspect numéro 1 aux yeux de la police car rien ne semble confirmer l'état dépressif de Jan, que lui seul semble connaître, ni même que la jeune femme était bien avec lui au parc d'attractions.

Chipper is a very special dog. As part of a top-secret multimillion-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, 12-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.

After the screen of a run-down drive-in movie theater collapses and kills four people, the daughter of one of the victims asks private investigator Cal Weaver to look into a recent break-in at her father's house. Cal discovers a hidden basement room where it's clear that salacious activities have taken place - as well as evidence of missing DVDs. But his investigation soon becomes more complicated when he realises the DVDs may contain something even more shocking.

On 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.

When Cal Weaver stops at a red light on a rainy night while driving home, he ignores the bedraggled-looking teenaged girl trying to hitch a lift. Even when she starts tapping on his window. But when she says, 'hey, aren't you Scott's dad?' and he realizes she's one of his son's classmates, he can't really ignore her. OK, so giving a ride to a teenage girl might not be the smartest move, but how much harm could it do? Over the next 24 hours Cal is about to find out.

Sonne, Softeis, Kinderlachen: Ein Ausflug nach Five Mountains würde Davids Sohn Ethan gefallen...

It starts with a trip to a local amusement park. David Harwood is hoping a carefree day at Five Mountains will help dispel his wife Jan's recent depression, black moods that have led to frightening thoughts of suicide. Instead, a day of fun with their four-year-old son Ethan turns into a nightmare. When Jan disappears from the park, David's worst fears seem to have come true. But when he goes to the police to report her missing, terrified that she's planning to take her own life, the facts start to indicate something very different.

A schizophrenic man spends his days and nights on a website called Whirl360, believing he's employed by the CIA to store the details of every town and city in the world in his head. Then one day, he sees something that shouldn't be there: a woman being murdered behind a window on a New York street. Suddenly Thomas has more to deal with than just his delusions, as he gets drawn into a deadly conspiracy. Read by Rick Holmes and Ken Marks.

After a tragedy rocks the community of Promise Falls, Cal Weaver is asked to investigate the threats being made to the accused's family. He's heard all about it on the news: the young man who drank too much, stole a Porsche and killed a girl, and who claimed afterwards not to remember a single thing. The whole town is outraged that he got off lightly, but for reasons Cal can't explain he accepts the job. Then Cal finds himself caught up in a vicious revenge plot, chasing someone set on delivering retribution.

Imaginez... Vous êtes une ado de quatorze ans. Vous avez fait le mur pour la première fois. Vous rentrez en cachette la nuit. Au matin, la maison est vide. Toute votre famille a disparu sans laisser de traces. Apparitions suspectes, coups de fils anonymes, messages accusateurs : vingt-cinq ans plus tard, le passé ressurgit.

Jim Cutter får sit livs chok, da han hører, at nabofamilien er blevet fundet brutalt myrdet, og hvad værre er, så ved hans egen teenagesøn Derek tilsyneladende noget, som han ikke vil ud med. Men Derek er ikke den eneste i familien, der har hemmeligheder, og måske er det ligefrem sådan, at gerningsmanden er gået galt af de to huse. Spørgsmålet er nu, hvor lang tid der går, inden morderen opdager det.

Thomas bor med sin far i Promise Falls och tillbringar sina dagar med att utforska och memorera världens städer. Men han lämnar inte sitt rum utan tar sig längs varenda gata och gränd via hemsidan whirl360. När Thomas far omkommer i en olycka kommer broder Ray till barndomshemmet, där han försöker anpassa Thomas till ett vanligt liv utan datorn. Ray blir mer och mer irriterad över att Thomas hävdar att han arbetar för CIA.

Davids fru Jan försvinner när familjen besöker en nöjespark. Polisen hittar inga spår efter henne, och misstänker att det är David som mördat Jan. I ett försök att rentvå sig själv börjar han göra egna efterforskningar. Men inget av det han hittar stämmer överens med den Jan han känt och älskat i flera år. David tvingas ställa den mycket obehagliga frågan: känner han verkligen personen han är gift med? Den kanadensiske deckarförfattaren Linwood Barclay är en mästare på att skildra hur vardagen på ett ögonblick kan förvandlas till en mardröm.

17-årige Derek har kommit på den perfekta planen för att kunna få vara ifred och hångla med sin tjej. Han ska gömma sig i sin bäste väns hus när familjen reser bort. Men bara en kort stund efter avfärd kommer familjen tillbaka och Derek gömmer sig i källaren. Plötsligt ringer det på dörren. Sen hör han de första två skotten, ett skrik och sen ett skott till. Fotsteg närmar sig, dörren till källaren öppnas.

14-åriga Cynthia skriker åt sina föräldrar och slår igen dörren till sitt rum. När hon vaknar nästa morgon förväntar hon sig en konfrontation, men istället är huset tomt. Hennes mamma, pappa och storebror är borta. 25 år senare bestämmer sig Cynthia för att delta i ett tv-program om olösta fall i ett sista försök att få veta vad som hände den där natten. Först händer ingenting. Sen ringer telefonen. En mansröst säger att hennes familj förlåter henne. Cynthia är nära att bryta ihop. Är hennes familj vid liv? Varför har de aldrig hört av sig?