Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Review
"* 'Barclay is the master' Wall Street Journal. * 'If you liked Harlan Coben, you'll love Linwood Barclay' Peter Robinson. * 'Utterly riveting. It will grab you on page one and won't let you go until the final, stunning conclusion' Tess Gerritsen."

Review
"a fast-moving roller-coaster of a read" (Emma Lee-Potter DAILY EXPRESS )

"Barclay's enjoyably creepy tale...certainly keeps one turning the pages" (TIMES )

Alex Gordon, Peterborough Evening Telegraph
"This is the thriller equivalent of shooting down a sheet of ice clinging to a bobsleigh as it slews round tricky corners and hurtles to a climax."

Customer Reviews

A good thrilling read
This book grabbed me from the word go. The easy and quick pace throws you straight into the story and takes you on a roller coaster ride to the end. Nearly every chapter leaves you wanting to know what happens next. A good thriller from start to finish.

Good half a book but the wheels fell off!
The book starts well, we get engaged with the characters and the central mystery seems genuainely puzzling. That mystery appears to get darker and even more mysterious as the book proceeds.

But then the plot starts to part company with reality. I read to the end with an increasing sense of disbelief!

In summary: great page turner! You will keep reading to the end - but you might look back and think the ending was just a bit silly and far fetched

Flies off the pages...
I really enjoyed this novel. A fascinating concept - that a teenage girl wakes up one morning to find her entire family has gone. Just disappeared without a trace...And then she has to wait 25 years and to the making of a documentary about her life to find out the truth.
Fast paced, with excellent three-dimensional characters, I raced through this book in no time - it is truly unputdownable! I've heard a lot said that it's 'far-fetched' and has 'unecessary twists' and though this may be true, it is still great story-telling. I do feel that it's believable enough to hold your interest and the outcome, though given away a little easily, is worth the wait.
Highly recommended...