Fear the Worst - Tapa dura

Barclay's plot proceeds at breakneck pace, full of twists and turns so confounding that you'll be unable to put this book down until you've turned the very last page. With a great cast of characters, plus wild goose chases and red herrings galore, this book has it all. After climbing off the thrill-ride of Fear the Worst, newcomers to Barclay's novels will understand what all the fuss has been about (WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY)

In a deftly modulated progression from unease to tension to terror, Barclay takes the reader towards a final engagement with some very sinister people. (THE INDEPENDENT)

This is one of those rare read-at-one-sitting books ... Barclay is an extremely talented storyteller and a great addition to the crime thriller genre, up there with Harlan Coben, whom he most closely resembles. (Carla McKay DAILY MAIL)

Barclay is the thriller writer everyone's talking about and this book shows why - its fast and exciting, but with enough substance to the writing to prevent it being slick or shallow. (MORNING STAR)

Seamless, breathless and relentlessly pacey, Barclay barely puts a foot wrong. (MIRROR)

a genuinely exciting narrative that will keep readers on tenterhooks ... once you start, you simply cannot stop reading. (Antonia Fraser THE LADY)

[He's] upping the suspense quotient in Fear the Worst (THE SCOTSMAN)

hard to put down (MAIL ON SUNDAY)

Linwood Barclay is a Canadian thriller writer relatively new to the scene who has hit the ground running with two edge-of-the-seat bestsellers ... this novel is just as innovatively plotted and equally pulse-pounding. (Myles McWeeney BELFAST TELEGRAPH)