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Too Close to Home [Abridged] [Audiobook] [CD] (Audio CD)

by Linwood Barclay (Author), Jeff Harding (Reader)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Orion; Abridged edition edition (5 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1409104915
  • ISBN-13: 978-1409104919
  • Product Dimensions: 14 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 186,822 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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... To find out who killed the Langleys and why, everybody's secrets are going to have to come out. But the final secret - the secret that could save them or destroy them - is in the one place nobody would ever think of looking...


About the Author

A native of New England, Jeff Harding has appeared in television productions as varied as HOWARD'S END, THE FAST SHOW, FATHER TED and NCS MANHUNT. He has recorded many audiobooks, including Orion's THE LAST TEMPLAR, ROBERT LUDLUM'S BOURNE TROLOGY and the best-selling Dan Brown's THE DA VINCI CODE. Linwood Barclay is married with two children and lives in Toronto. He has written a popular column for the TORONTO STAR since 1993.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you turning the pages, 9 Sep 2008
By Julia Flyte - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Close to Home (Hardcover)
Jim Cutter is shocked when his neighbours, the Langleys, are murdered, but even more shocked when it turns out that Derek his teenage son is keeping a secret about the crime and that all the evidence points to him. As suspicion turns on his family, Jim starts to do some investigating of his own into who might have committed the murders. As he starts to uncover some long-buried secrets, his own life comes under risk.

This is the second book by Linwood Barclay that I have read. I enjoyed No Time for Goodbye, but felt that the ending let it down. Too Close to Home is just as readable but also hangs together better. It's an accomplished mystery that grabs you early and keeps you turning the pages late. Linwood Barclay's writing style is similar to that of Harlan Coben's and the cliffhanger endings to each chapter keep you wanting to read just one more. There are a lot of different strands to the book (at least one of which is a total red herring), and while parts of the mystery are quite predictable, there were a couple of twists that I definitely didn't spot in advance. The final resolution is somewhat far-fetched (so often the case with this genre), but overall it's a clever story that's been well thought through. The central narrator is likeable and the relationship with his teenage son feels very believable.

I do have one significant criticism of this book and it's hard to explain it without giving anything away, but there's one central secret that someone has kept because they thought they would be compromised and I just didn't believe that they would have felt the need to do that. However I still really enjoyed Too Close To Home. I read this book when I was in hospital recently and it was the perfect lightweight diversion. If you like Harlan Coben's books, I'm pretty sure that you will enjoy this too.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Hope the next one is better...., 25 Jan 2009
By holly "hollyjuls" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Too Close to Home (Hardcover)
I read No Time For Goodbye and thought it was quite good, so I thought I'd give Linwood Barclays latest novel a go. However, I was disappointed to discover a book that was badly written with a muddled plot and terrible dialogue. Perhaps his publisher was pressing him to capitalise on the success of his previous book, and in a rush to publication didn't bother to edit it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Too close to disappointement !, 17 Nov 2008
By Josephine Huys (England) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: Too Close to Home (Paperback)
After racing through 'No time for goodbye',I had high expectations for this second one by Barclay. Unfortunately, I was quickly disapointed. First of all, the style has gone horribly vulgar, loose, and it is actually an effort to read such a bad prose. Second, the story is gripping to start with, but soon slow down to boring exchanges between characters we don't really care about ( the mayor , the policeman...) But worse of all, the 'bestselling'author is an absolutely uncredible character and all the storyline around him simply ludicrous with a very silly ending.
Linwood, it's time for goodbye, I won't be reading another one...




















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