I am a little slow on my reading this month even though there is a stack of bestsellers on my to-be-read pile. Could it be the festive season or the excitement of taking two trips abroad that is slowing me down? Or the onslaught of winter weather? What can a bookworm do but carry on reading - this is the curse of a bookworm! I have picked Linwood Barclay as my third book to read in December because he is engrossing, relentlessly pacy, hard to put down and utterly riveting. Highly recommended. Need I say more?
Hardback: Milford, Connecticut is a quiet, orderly place to live, a good place to bring up kids.
But people are beginning to feel the bite of financial hard times.
And even normally law-abiding folks have started getting a little creative when it comes to making ends meet.
For Glen Garber, the recession has been particularly bad for his construction business, especially after a mysterious fire destroyed one of its buildings.
But Glen's troubles are about to escalate to a whole new level.
His wife Sheila has her own plans for getting them out of their financial jam, plans that seem to involve a secret network of Milford's wives and are about to pay off big-time.
And that's when the accident happens . . .
Suddenly, it looks as if the neighbours' 'get rich quick' schemes are more likely to get you dead, and Glen - no longer able to trust even the people he loves - must risk everything to find out what's lurking behind the town's idyllic facade before it's too late.
Because some accidents aren't accidents at all.
About the author: Linwood Barclay is married with two children and lives in Toronto. He is a former columnist for the Toronto Star and is the author of several international bestsellers, including the Richard & Judy Summer Read winner and number one bestseller, No Time for Goodbye (2007). The Accident is a standalone novel published in September 2011 and is Number One on the UK Sunday Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction. For more information, check out Linwood Barclay's official website and his Facebook page.
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Rating: 5/5
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