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Linwood Barclay, a former columnist for the Toronto Star, is the internationally bestselling author of seven critically acclaimed novels, including Fear the Worst, Too Close to Home, and No Time for Goodbye, which has been optioned for film. He lives near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children.



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Too Close to Home
Too Close to Home
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553590432
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Too Close to Home
A Thriller
Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $7.99



Critically acclaimed and bestselling author Linwood Barclay brings terror closer than ever before in a stunning thriller in which murder strikes in the place we should feel safest of all….

In a quiet neighborhood, in the house next door, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. You can’t help thinking... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
No Time for Goodbye
No Time for Goodbye
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553590425
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No Time for Goodbye

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $6.99

Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family–mother, father,brother–had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever.  Now, twenty-five years later, she’ll learn the devastating truth. 

Sometimes it’s better not to know. . . .

Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family. But the story of... Read more >
Fear the Worst
Fear the Worst
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553807165
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Fear the Worst
A Novel
Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $24.00

Your daughter doesn’t come home one night from her summer job.
You go there looking for her. No one’s seen here. But it’s worse than that.
No one’s ever seen her. So where has she been going every day? And where is she now?

In Linwood Barclay’s riveting new thriller, an ordinary... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a paperback.
Bad Move
Bad Move
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553587043
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Bad Move

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2005
Price: $7.99

In the too-quiet town of Oakwood, only the lucky die of boredom…and new homeowner Zack Walker isn’t feeling lucky. Whoever said the burbs were boring will think twice after reading Linwood Barclay’s hilarious debut mystery, in which Dad learns the hard way that he doesn’t always know best.

Zack wouldn’t blame you... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Bad Guys
Bad Guys
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553587050
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Bad Guys

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2006
Price: $7.99

“Fans of the crime caper will rejoice” that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his “riotously funny and irreverent” debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids to the tranquillity of the burbs–where planned communities prevail and fathers rest... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Stone Rain
Stone Rain
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553804560
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Stone Rain

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $7.99

Metropolitan newspaper writer Zack Walker has a knack for stumbling onto deadly stories. But it’s one that his good friend Trixie Snelling doesn’t want told that’s about to unleash a storm of trouble. As a professional dominatrix in the suburbs, Trixie has her share of secrets, but Zack has no idea... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553804553
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Lone Wolf

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $7.99

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... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Never Look Away
A Thriller
Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $25.00

In this tense, mesmerizing thriller by Linwood Barclay, critically acclaimed author of Fear the Worst and Too Close to Home, a man’s life unravels around him when the unthinkable strikes.
 
A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife, Jan, and... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
Fear the Worst

Available
February 23, 2010
Fear the Worst
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780553591750
Our Price: $7.99
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Fear the Worst
A Thriller
Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $7.99

Tim Blake is an average guy. He sells cars. He has an ex-wife who’s moved in with another man. It’s not a life without hassles, but nothing will prepare him for when his daughter, Sydney, vanishes into thin air.

At the hotel where she supposedly worked, no one has ever heard... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Never Look Away

Available
March 16, 2010
Never Look Away
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553807172
Our Price: $25.00
 Quantity: 1 
Never Look Away

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $25.00

In this tense, mesmerizing thriller by Linwood Barclay, critically acclaimed author of Fear the Worst and Too Close to Home, a man’s life unravels around him when the unthinkable strikes.
 
A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife, Jan, and... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Bad Move
Bad Move
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553900422
Our Price: $7.99
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Bad Move

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $7.99

In the too-quiet town of Oakwood, only the lucky die of boredom…and new homeowner Zack Walker isn’t feeling lucky. Whoever said the burbs were boring will think twice after reading Linwood Barclay’s hilarious debut mystery, in which Dad learns the hard way that he doesn’t always know best.

Zack wouldn’t blame you... Read more >
Also available as a paperback.
Bad Guys
Bad Guys
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553901580
Our Price: $7.99
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Bad Guys

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2005
Price: $7.99

“Fans of the crime caper will rejoice” that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his “riotously funny and irreverent”* debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids to the tranquillity of the burbs–where planned communities prevail and fathers rest... Read more >
Also available as a paperback.
Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553902952
Our Price: $7.99
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Lone Wolf

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $7.99

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... Read more >
Also available as a paperback.
Stone Rain
Stone Rain
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553903669
Our Price: $7.99
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Stone Rain

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $7.99

Metropolitan newspaper writer Zack Walker has a knack for stumbling onto deadly stories. But it’s one that his good friend Trixie Snelling doesn’t want told that’s about to unleash a storm of trouble. As a professional dominatrix in the suburbs, Trixie has her share of secrets, but Zack has no idea... Read more >
Also available as a paperback.
No Time For Goodbye
No Time For Goodbye
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553904222
Our Price: $6.99
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No Time For Goodbye

Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $6.99

Read more >
Too Close to Home
Too Close to Home
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553905687
Our Price: $7.99
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Too Close to Home
A Thriller
Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $7.99

“The night they killed our neighbors, we never heard a thing.”

In a quiet suburban neighborhood, in a house only one door away, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. And you think to yourself: It could have been us. And you start to wonder: What if we’re next?

Linwood... Read more >
Also available as a paperback.
Fear the Worst
Fear the Worst
Written by Linwood Barclay
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553906967
Our Price: $24.00
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Fear the Worst
A Thriller
Written by Linwood Barclay

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $24.00

Your daughter doesn’t come home one night from her summer job.
You go there looking for her. No one’s seen here. But it’s worse than that.
No one’s ever seen her. So where has she been going every day? And where is she now?

In Linwood Barclay’s riveting new thriller, an ordinary... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a paperback.
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