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The third spellbinding thriller set in the troubled town of Promise Falls

No. 1 bestseller Linwood Barclay delivers another masterclass in suspense

No. 1 bestseller Linwood Barclay delivers another masterclass in suspense with the second novel in the Promise Falls trilogy

`Another perfect page-turner¿ The Times`A triumph from the master thriller writer¿ The Sun

A keep-you-guessing thriller about a family with a dark secret hiding in a town with no patience for lies.

Number 1 bestseller Linwood Barclay returns with a heart-stopping thriller which will do for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach! It begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in Manhattan. Each presses the button for their floor, but the elevator climbs, non-stop, to the top where it pauses for a few seconds, before dropping. Right to the bottom of the shaft. It appears to be a horrific, random tragedy. But then, on Tuesday, it happens again. And when Wednesday brings yet another catastrophe, New York, one of the most vertical cities in the world is plunged into chaos. Clearly, this is anything but random. This is a cold, calculated bid to terrorize the city. And it's working. But what do these deadly acts of sabotage have to do with the fingerless body found on the High Line? It will be a race against time for detectives Jerry Borque and Lois Delgado to find the answers before a deadly Friday night showdown.

A drunk-driving accident hides more than one dark secret in No. 1 bestseller Linwood Barclay's gripping thriller

Inspired by his decades-long love of cars, internationally bestselling author Linwood Barclay envisions a world in which automotive technology outpaces our wildest dreams?and our darkest nightmares?in a gripping new novel of action and suspenseThese headlights are watching you...The media have descended on Garrett Island, a small, isolated community that is the setting of a visionary experiment. All the residents' cars were sent to the mainland and for the past month the islanders have been ?driving? the Arrival, a revolutionary autonomous vehicle. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go and, because the fleet is networked and aware of one another, car travel is now 100% safe. The future, it seems, has arrived.As the excitement reaches a fever pitch, Sandra Montrose?islander, single mom, and public relations executive?prepares for Arrival Inc.'s flashy press event. Sandra is more than ready for this new world. Her husband died after falling asleep at the wheel and she's relieved that her two teens, Archie and Katie, will never need driver's licenses.But as the celebratory day gets underway, disaster strikes. A visiting journalist has vanished, possibly murdered. Before long, the Arrivals run amok, no longer taking orders from their passengers. They're starting to organize. They're beginning to hunt. And they seem hell-bent on killing any human they encounter.Is this all just a tragic accident, a technological malfunction with deadly consequences? Or were the vehicles programmed to act this way in a cruel act of corporate sabotage? Or could it be that the Arrivals have a mind of their own?Fasten your seatbelts?it's going to be a bumpy ride

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him.Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son.These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could.Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He's a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he's in no position to turn them down. They're recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection--people like Jack's father.The coincidence is astonishing to Jack at first, but he soon realizes this may be a chance to find his dad. Only there's one problem--Jack's father hasn't made contact with his handlers recently, and they have no idea where he is. He could be in serious danger, and Jack may be the only one who can find him.But how will he find a man he's never truly known? A man who has done terrible things in his lifetime and made some deadly enemies in the process--enemies who wouldn't think twice about using his own son against him.

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father?who was taken into witness protection years ago?before his enemies can get to him.Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son.These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could.Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He's a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he's in no position to turn them down. They're recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection?people like Jack's father.The coincidence is astonishing to Jack at first, but he soon realizes this may be a chance to find his dad. Only there's one problem?Jack's father hasn't made contact with his handlers recently, and they have no idea where he is. He could be in serious danger, and Jack may be the only one who can find him.But how will he find a man he's never truly known? A man who has done terrible things in his lifetime and made some deadly enemies in the process?enemies who wouldn't think twice about using his own son against him.

The breathtaking new crime thriller from the international bestselling author of Elevator Pitch and Find You First...

Når dørene lukkes, er det for sentFire personer går inn i en heis i et kontorbygg på Manhattan. Alle trykker på knappen for sin etasje, og heisen settes i bevegelse. Men i stedet for å stanse i de ulike etasjene fortsetter heisen helt til topps. Der stanser den et par sekunder - og styrter til bunnen av heissjakten.Man regner med at det var en tilfeldig, grufull ulykke. Men så skjer det samme dagen etter, i en annen av Manhattans skyskrapere. Og dagen etter det i en tredje. Og alt bryter ut i kaos.For dette er åpenbart ingen tilfeldige enkelttilfeller, men et kalkulert angrep på byen, som blir lammet av frykt. Ingen tør å ta heisen, i en by der de aller fleste er avhengig av den for å komme seg ut og inn av hjem og jobb.Hvem kan stå bak dette?Det blir en kamp mot klokken når to erfarne politietterforskere og en uredd journalist desperat prøver å finne svaret.«Hva skjer med New York når alle byens heiser stopper? Linwood Barclays Elevator Pitch er årets beste skyskraperthriller (...) briljante plotsvinger og nok overraskelser til at det fengende plottet får boltre seg mens heisskrekken sprer seg.»Asbjørn Slettemark, OP-5-spalten i A-magasinet«Barclay vet hvordan han skal få hjertet til å stoppe ... Rystende ... uhyre oppfinnsom og skikkelig nifs.»New York Times Book Review«Engasjerende ... Lesere som bor høyt oppe i etasjene, vil kikke nervøst på nærmeste trapp mens de sluker denne spennende thrilleren.»Publishers Weekly«En livaktig historie med en tiltalende rolleliste og et virkelig skremmende scenario ... Barclay har skrevet en fantastisk thriller med en overraskende slutt, og leserne vil svette nervøst neste gang de skal ta heisen.»Associated Press«Barclays seneste bok er en kombinasjon av oppslukende, fartsfylt og overraskende plot, og troverdige romanfigurer. Alle som liker psykologiske thrillere og forfatterens tidligere bøker, vil elske denne.»Library Journal (starred review)«Barclays bøker skiller seg ut med sin intelligens og sine sjokkerende vrier. I Fritt fall overgår han seg selv med et premiss som hadde passet på det store lerretet, et plot med spektakulære overraskelser - og en slutt som leseren vil bli særdeles godt fornøyd med.»Wall Street Journal«En thriller som tar i bruk alle virkemidler for å få lesernes puls til å skyte i været, spesielt de av oss som lider av høydeskrekk.»Booklist«En førsteklasses thriller.»Sunday Times«Overraskelsene står i kø.»The Times«En genistrek ... men fryktelig skremmende.»The Sun«Plotet har flere tråder enn det Barclay vanligvis byr på ... og det er servert med usedvanlig kløkt.»Financial Times«Les Fritt fall så fort som mulig. Det er en fabelaktig spenningsroman.»Stephen King, forfatter«Denne boken er like fartsfylt som en heis i fritt fall og treffer med like stor kraft. Linwood Barclay er helproff, og Fritt fall er forbasket god underholdning.»Joe Hill, forfatter«Linwood Barclay trykker på alle de riktige knappene.»Michael Robotham, forfatter«En av verdens aller beste thrillerforfatterne har overgått seg selv.»Mark Billingham, forfatter«Et fantastisk persongalleri, spenning, humor og en nervepirrende slutt; denne boken tar Linwood til nye høyder!»Mark Edwards, forfatter«Fritt fall er en halsbrekkende opplevelse av en bok, med vrier og vendinger på alle nivå og et uforglemmelig persongalleri, levendegjort gjennom det som er blitt Linwood Barclays signatur: hans teft og skarpsinn.»Gilly Macmillan, forfatter

One will change your life. One will end it. Who will... FIND YOU FIRST? With just months to live, a billionaire businessman decides to track down his long-lost children. But a lethal killer is one step ahead of him.

The New York Times bestselling author of No Time for Goodbye returns with a haunting psychological thriller that blends the twists and turns of Gillian Flynn with the driving suspense of Harlan Coben, in which a man is troubled by odd sounds for which there is no rational explanation.College professor Paul Davis is a normal guy with a normal life. Until, driving along a deserted road late one night, he surprises a murderer disposing of a couple of bodies. Thats when Pauls "e;normal"e; existence is turned upside down. After nearly losing his own life in that encounter, he finds himself battling PTSD, depression, and severe problems at work. His wife, Charlotte, desperate to cheer him up, brings home a vintage typewritercomplete with ink ribbons and heavy round keysto encourage him to get started on that novel hes always intended to write.However, the typewriter itself is a problem. Paul swears its possessed and types by itself at night. But only Paul can hear the noise coming from downstairs; Charlotte doesnt hear a thing. And she worries hes going off the rails.Paul believes the typewriter is somehow connected to the murderer he discovered nearly a year ago. The killer had made his victims type apologies to him before ending their lives. Has another sick twist of fate entwined his life with the killercould this be the same machine?Increasingly tormented but determined to discover the truth and confront his nightmare, Paul begins investigating the deaths himself.But that may not be the best thing to do. Maybe Paul should just take the typewriter back to where his wife found it. Maybe he should stop asking questions and simply walk away while he can. . . .

The multi-million copy international bestseller Linwood Barclay is back with a thriller that will keep you awake all night . . .

Don't stop running . . . the second edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay for ages 9+

Get ready to run . . . an edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay, in his first novel for 9-12 year olds.

A reissue of Linwood Barclay's brilliant first thriller - the fastest-selling Richard & Judy title to date - including a chapter of the sequel NO SAFE HOUSE

Zack Walker is a writer with an overactive imagination and two teenage children. After a murder on their street, he uproots his family from the city - insisting it's for their own good - and heads for the security of the suburbs. However, his peaceful new life is soon shattered when he finds a body while out walking by the creek.

The explosive and hilarious final book in the Zack Walker series from bestselling author and master of the thriller Linwood Barclay.

The unlikely detective Zack Walker returns in this mystery thriller from the dark and witty mind of bestselling author Linwood Barclay.