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

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.

Tim Blakes liv är ingen framgångssaga, liksom många andra har han ett par större misslyckanden bakom sig. Men det är inget dåligt liv, och en stor anledning till det är tonårsdottern Sidney. En eftermiddag kommer Sidney inte hem. När Tim åker till hotellet där hon sommarjobbar visar det sig att ingen på hotellet hört talas om Sidney. Inte ens hennes närmaste vänner vet var Sidney hållit hus den här sommaren. Tims liv förvandlas långsamt till mardröm och han blir alltmer desperat i sitt sökande. Dagarna går utan några livstecken från Sidney.

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?

Tech millionaire Miles Cookson has more money than he can ever spend and everything he could dream of - except time. He has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and there is a 50 percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. For Miles, this means taking a long hard look at his past. Two decades ago, a young, struggling Miles was a sperm donor. Somewhere out there, he has kids - nine of them. And they might be about to inherit both the good and the bad from him - maybe his fortune, or maybe something much worse.

It all begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower. Each presses a button for their floor, but the elevator proceeds, non-stop, to the top. Once there, it stops for a few seconds, and then plummets. Right to the bottom of the shaft. It appears to be a horrific, random tragedy. But then, on Tuesday, it happens again, in a different Manhattan skyscraper. And when Wednesday brings yet another high-rise catastrophe, one of the most vertical cities in the world - and the nation’s capital of media, finance, and entertainment - is plunged into chaos.

Tech billionaire Miles has more money than he can ever spend and everything he could dream of - except time. Now facing a terminal illness, Miles knows he must seize every minute to put his life in order. Somewhere out there, Miles has children. And they might be about to inherit both the good and bad from him - possibly his fortune, or possibly something more deadly. So Miles decides to track down his missing children. But a vicious killer is one step ahead of him. One by one, people are vanishing.

Plume acérée, personnages inquiétants et humour noir : après "Fausses promesses", Linwood Barclay livre un nouvel opus riche en suspense pour conter les secrets et mystères d'une bourgade américaine pas si tranquille. La ville de Promise Falls est sous le choc. L'écran du drive-in vient de s'effondrer en pleine séance. Bilan : quatre morts. Accident ? Acte malveillant ? L'impassible inspecteur Barry Duckworth enquête. Et un détail le perturbe : l'heure de l'explosion, 23h23 ; un chiffre qui évoque d'autres crimes non élucidés... De son côté, le privé Cal Weaver travaille sur une sombre affaire.

La petite ville de Promise Falls est sous le choc : les Langley viennent d'être sauvagement assassinés. Qui pouvait en vouloir à cette famille en apparence tranquille ? Qui a bien pu commettre cet acte aussi barbare que gratuit ? Les rues de cette banlieue réputée paisible sont-elles encore sûres ? Seul témoin du drame : Derek Cutter, dix-sept ans, qui n'aurait jamais dû se trouver là.

Aider une jeune autostoppeuse : où est le mal ? Surtout dans une petite ville, où tout le monde se connaît, se fait confiance. Et pourtant... Cal Weaver, ex-flic au grand cœur, pourrait vite découvrir qu'entre bon Samaritain et ennemi public numéro un, la ligne est souvent très mince. Avec ce puzzle meurtrier, brillant et angoissant à souhait, le créateur de frissons signe un millésime 2016 d'exception ! État de New York, près de la frontière canadienne, de nos jours.

When the Cutter family's next-door-neighbours, the Langleys, are gunned down in their house one hot August night, the Cutters' world is turned upside down. That violent death should have come so close to them is shocking enough in suburban Promise Falls, but at least the Cutters can console themselves with the thought that lightning is unlikely to strike twice in the same place. Unless, of course, the killers went to the wrong house.

When the Cutter family's next-door-neighbours, the Langleys, are gunned down in their house one hot August night, the Cutters' world is turned upside down. That violent death should have come so close to them is shocking enough in suburban Promise Falls, but at least the Cutters can console themselves with the thought that lightning is unlikely to strike twice in the same place. Unless, of course, the killers went to the wrong house.

The worst day of Tim Blake's life started out with him making breakfast for his seventeen-year-old daughter Sydney. Syd was staying with him while she worked a summer job - even if he wasn't entirely sure what her job at the Just Inn Time motel actually was - and Tim hoped this quality father-daughter time would somehow help her deal with his divorce. When she didn't arrive home at her usual time, he thought she'd probably gone to the mall to hang with her friends. When she didn't answer her phone he began to worry.

It’s the new normal at the Garber household in Connecticut: Glen, 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. Waiting for Sheila’s return, with their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Adding to the tragedy, the police claim Sheila was responsible. Glen knows it’s impossible.

Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal that nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals.

Als Cynthia am Morgen nach einem Zechgelage mit dröhnendem Schädel erwacht, gilt ihre größte Sorge zunächst dem Papierkorb, in den sie sich offenbar während der Nacht erbrochen hat. Bevor die Eltern den Alkoholexzess des Teenagers bemerken, muss das Ding schleunigst gereinigt werden. Doch schon während sie sich im Bad zu schaffen macht, ist ihr, als sei es irgendwie viel zu still im Haus. Ihre Eltern und auch ihr Bruder haben ganz offensichtlich das Haus heute schon weit vor der Zeit verlassen ...

A Promise Falls, il crollo dello schermo di un drive-in causa la morte di quattro persone. Sembrerebbe una tragica fatalità, ma qualcosa nelle indagini non torna: molte le circostanze spiegabili solo riducendole a casualità, troppe le coincidenze sospette.

David Harwood sta assistendo impotente allo sgretolarsi inesorabile della propria vita. Dopo la morte della moglie e la chiusura del giornale per cui lavorava, rimasto solo con il figlio di nove anni è costretto a trasferirsi a casa dei genitori a Promise Falls, la cittadina in cui è cresciuto. Quella che sembra essere un'esistenza destinata a un anonimo fallimento intraprende però una direzione inaspettata quanto tragica.

Des bébés qui disparaissent, des écureuils pendus, un fétichiste du chiffre vingt-trois : méfiez-vous de Promise Falls ; derrière son apparente tranquillité, cette petite bourgade américaine cache la plus longue liste de faits divers jamais recensés... Dans un univers digne des premiers épisodes de "Twin Peaks", Barclay tisse une trilogie déroutante et pleine d'humour.

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.