179. Too Close To Home

Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay

Pages: 404
Finished: Nov. 15, 2008
First Published: Sept. 2008
Genre: thriller
Rating: 4.5/5
Reason for Reading: Received a Review Copy from Random House Canada.

First sentence:

Derek figured, when the time came, the crawlspace would be the best place to hide.

Comments: The Cutters live in a small community in upstate New York; they live far back from the road and share the first part of the driveway with their neighbours, the Langleys. Teenage Adam Langley and Derek Cutter are best friends. One evening the Langleys are cold bloodedly shot and killed in their own home. Derek is the last known person to have seen them alive and the police start to question the validity of his story. The Cutters soon start to realize that the answer to the murder is much closer to home than they thought.

Canadian writer, Linwood Barclay, has written several novels but this is my first time reading him. This is one of those few page-turning, read while you eat, stay up late into the night books. A very quick read for me that had plenty of suspense, twists and reveals along the way. Don't be too sure of yourself if you think you have it figured out, I kept changing my mind till near the end and the secrets that keep outing themselves will keep you guessing too. I most certainly will look into Barclay's backlist. If they are anything like this one, I'm sure to have found a new favourite author.