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Too Close to Home

By: Linwood Barclay
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Summary

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...

©2009 Linwood Barclay (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
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Loved the reading of this book!

Book was very well read! However the story line was not as good as no time to say goodbye. That book is a must read! Make sure to get it next.

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Too much effing about.

The story is really quite interesting until the last third, when it becomes steadily more convoluted and unlikely. The denouement I found unsatisfactory, it was all too messy and over complicated. The dialogue was heavily punctuated with the 'f' word, which was tedious. All in all, a bit of a disappointment, apart from the narrator, who was excellent.

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An absorbing tale. The characters are well drawn and engaging. It romped along at a great pace. Highly recommended.

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Wow - had me from the start!

Really enjoyed this, it had me gripped from the start. I can honestly say that by the end of it I’d have liked to smacked some of the characters (not going to which though - you’ll have to find out for yourselves? xxx

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I'm hooked.

My favourite narrator Christopher Lane led me to this novel. Reviews were good and I wasn't disappointed with the purchase. I couldn't stop listening and finished this book in two sessions. There are lots of twists n turns throughout the story that will have you second guessing who did what. Highly recommended.

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Another good Linwood

Book was great. Audio voice was a little grating esp on female voices and put me off story a few times so I wish I’d got the paperback.

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Linwood Barclay does it again: excellent

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This is my 2nd Linwood Barclay book and I'm downloading my 3rd right now.This was again original, thrilling, kept me interested from start to finish and the main character was very believable.The narration was excellent.I listen to my books in the car and found that I didn't want to get out of the car so I could keep listening.

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unputdownable

Gripping from start to finish, and kept me guessing throughout. All of the characters are believable: no-one is all good or bad, and people keep getting the harsh consequences of their own behaviour - often in horrific and unpredictable ways. I completed the book in three sittings: it was a real effort to stop listening.

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to close to home

love it book enjoy ever minutes of it. going listen to again and again again

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Too close to home

I really enjoyed the book but did guess the ending mid way ! It was well narrated and overall a good read

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