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A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife and their four-year-old son. But what begins as a pleasant family outing turns into a nightmare after an inexplicable disappearance. A frantic search only leads to an even more shocking and harrowing turn of events. Until this terrifying moment, David Harwood is just a small-town reporter in need of a break. Now the only thing he cares about is restoring his family. Desperate for any clue, David dives into his own investigation—and into a web of lies and deceit. For with every new piece of evidence he uncovers, David finds more questions—and moves ever closer to a shattering truth.
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“The best thriller I’ve read in five years.”—Stephen King
“Outstanding . . . The tension mounts. . . . The surprising twists and appealing characters rank this among the author’s best.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
“Mr. Barclay can flawlessly assume the voice of a small-town American dad.”—The New York Times
“Plenty of surprises and twists.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Outstanding . . . The tension mounts. . . . The surprising twists and appealing characters rank this among the author’s best.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
“Mr. Barclay can flawlessly assume the voice of a small-town American dad.”—The New York Times
“Plenty of surprises and twists.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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地方紙の記者Davidは妻のJanと一緒に４歳の息子Ethanを連れて遊園地に行く。到着直後にEthanがこつ然と消え、DavidとJanは二手に別れて息子を探す。Davidは無事に息子を取り戻したが、今度は妻が行方不明にな る。最近鬱になり、自殺念虜があることを打ち明けていた妻の安否を心配したDavidは、警察にそれを伝えて捜索を依頼する。ところが、警察の調 査ではHarwood一家が購入したチケットは２枚だけであり、しかもDavidが言うようにJanが鬱で医師に相談した記録もなかった。状況証拠から、 警察はDavidが妻を殺害して自殺にみせかけようとしたことを疑いはじめる。
この事件の前からDavidは私立刑務所の誘致に関する 汚職事件を調査しており、謎の女性から電話とEメールを受け取るようになっていた。彼が勤務する新聞社が経営難で敷地を私立刑務所の建設場所として売却するという情報を耳にした彼は、社の経営陣が汚職とそのもみ消しに絡んでいるのではないかと疑う。刑務所の経営者からは謎の女性について の情報を教えるよう脅され、マスコミからは犯人扱いされ、職も失ったDavidは追いつめられるが、それでも新聞記者の調査技術を活かして妻を見 つけようとする。
知り尽くしていたと思っていた妻が、過去だけでなく本性を偽っている人物であったとしたら...。このミステリーは、見慣れた日常生活が瞬く間に 異様な世界に変化し、自分の理解者であり味方だと思ってた伴侶が自分を陥れる敵に変化してしまう不条理と恐怖を描いている。深い感動を残すような本ではないが、ペースが早く、飽きさせないプロット。
この事件の前からDavidは私立刑務所の誘致に関する 汚職事件を調査しており、謎の女性から電話とEメールを受け取るようになっていた。彼が勤務する新聞社が経営難で敷地を私立刑務所の建設場所として売却するという情報を耳にした彼は、社の経営陣が汚職とそのもみ消しに絡んでいるのではないかと疑う。刑務所の経営者からは謎の女性について の情報を教えるよう脅され、マスコミからは犯人扱いされ、職も失ったDavidは追いつめられるが、それでも新聞記者の調査技術を活かして妻を見 つけようとする。
知り尽くしていたと思っていた妻が、過去だけでなく本性を偽っている人物であったとしたら...。このミステリーは、見慣れた日常生活が瞬く間に 異様な世界に変化し、自分の理解者であり味方だと思ってた伴侶が自分を陥れる敵に変化してしまう不条理と恐怖を描いている。深い感動を残すような本ではないが、ペースが早く、飽きさせないプロット。
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Do you really know the ones you love?
2010/2/13
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I have read all of Linwood Barclay's back-list and I must say that this one is better than the last two and I'm relieved that he's pulled back a little with the unbelievable endings and returned to writing a taut mystery thriller that is both fast paced and suspenseful. I found both Fear the Worst: A Thriller and Too Close to Home: A Thriller to be just way too over the top and am glad that Barclay has returned to a style similar to the one used with what I consider to be my favorite of his novels, No Time for Goodbye. Yeah, all his books require a bit of suspension of disbelief at the scenarios, but the main character -- almost consistently a family man with a wife and child -- is usually a sympathetic protagonist and one whom you want to see get to the bottom of the mystery.
In this novel, newspaper reporter David Harwood is investigating what might be corruption with regard to a new privatized prison that is being hawked as the next best thing for the small town of Promise Falls, New York. He's married to Jan and they have a 4 year old son named Ethan. One day, while they're at an amusement park, one of them disappears!! David races from place to place to figure out what is going on and, although several subplots are brewing simultaneously, the energy and the narrative keep the reader glued to the pages. Even though the reader knows what is happening and why, it's a fun romp to the end.
If you like a good mystery thriller, you'll enjoy this one. Recommend.
In this novel, newspaper reporter David Harwood is investigating what might be corruption with regard to a new privatized prison that is being hawked as the next best thing for the small town of Promise Falls, New York. He's married to Jan and they have a 4 year old son named Ethan. One day, while they're at an amusement park, one of them disappears!! David races from place to place to figure out what is going on and, although several subplots are brewing simultaneously, the energy and the narrative keep the reader glued to the pages. Even though the reader knows what is happening and why, it's a fun romp to the end.
If you like a good mystery thriller, you'll enjoy this one. Recommend.
29 人中、27人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Another winner from Barclay
2010/2/27
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Linwood Barclay excells are writing books in which the average middle class guy (a car salesman in Fear the Worst: A Thriller , a newspaper reporter in this book) has his whole life turned upside down and is thrust into a world of crime, violence and intrigue. His books remind me of the old-fashioned film noire style except these are quicker and have even more turns.
In "Never Look Away", David Harwood is a reporter with a wife, a son, two loving parents who babysit their son and a hot lead on signs of corruption in local government that will make an explosive story. Suddenly, his wife disappears at a local theme park and he is accused of causing her disappearance.
More problems pile on and the pressure makes David and his world crumble.
There is a point in which the reader says, "What? Even more happens to this guy?"
Does it get ridiculous?
Absolutely.
More importantly, does the story work?
Absolutely.
This is a real page turner. I found myself losing real chunks of time if I picked this book up during my morning routine. I was nearly late to work two days in a row because I had to keep reading a little bit more.
I look forward to the next one, Mr. Barclay.
In "Never Look Away", David Harwood is a reporter with a wife, a son, two loving parents who babysit their son and a hot lead on signs of corruption in local government that will make an explosive story. Suddenly, his wife disappears at a local theme park and he is accused of causing her disappearance.
More problems pile on and the pressure makes David and his world crumble.
There is a point in which the reader says, "What? Even more happens to this guy?"
Does it get ridiculous?
Absolutely.
More importantly, does the story work?
Absolutely.
This is a real page turner. I found myself losing real chunks of time if I picked this book up during my morning routine. I was nearly late to work two days in a row because I had to keep reading a little bit more.
I look forward to the next one, Mr. Barclay.
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"The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he would never be found out." Unknown source
2010/3/15
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David Harwood has been working on a story of Star Spangled Corrections, a privately run correctional corporation, wanting to build a prison in his town. David has records of payoffs of politicians but his editors delay in publishing it.
One day, David, his wife Jan, and their four year old son, Ethan, go to an amusement park. As they approach the front gate, Jan remembers something in the car and tells David she'll meet him inside. She never shows.
After alerting park officials and doing an extensive search, police are called in and after a bit begin to suspect that David did something to his wife.
Things are baffeling and the reader wonders how they could be. But the author is providing a cover for his clever plot.
David is a smypathetic character. His plight is tragic but we also witness what his wife is up to and wonder how a reporter like David can't see things more clearly. Jan is a true Machiavellian figure, out only for herself. She's totally unlikable but this is part of the author's intent so we feel worse for her husband.
The plot is magnificent. Barklay is like a master fisherman, casting lines in different spots and then reeling them back with a story that catches the reader's breath.
One day, David, his wife Jan, and their four year old son, Ethan, go to an amusement park. As they approach the front gate, Jan remembers something in the car and tells David she'll meet him inside. She never shows.
After alerting park officials and doing an extensive search, police are called in and after a bit begin to suspect that David did something to his wife.
Things are baffeling and the reader wonders how they could be. But the author is providing a cover for his clever plot.
David is a smypathetic character. His plight is tragic but we also witness what his wife is up to and wonder how a reporter like David can't see things more clearly. Jan is a true Machiavellian figure, out only for herself. She's totally unlikable but this is part of the author's intent so we feel worse for her husband.
The plot is magnificent. Barklay is like a master fisherman, casting lines in different spots and then reeling them back with a story that catches the reader's breath.
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