Bad Move: A Zack Walker Mystery #1

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Bad Move: A Zack Walker Mystery #1
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Linwood Barclay
SeriesZack Walker
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 130
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9780752883137
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publication Date 10 August 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Zack Walker Mystery #1 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. Zack recognizes the dead man - and knows who his killer might be. Things go from bad to worse as Zack follows a trail of deceit that leads right to his front door. To protect his family - and so he doesn't get framed for a crime he didn't commit - he's going to have to track down the killer himself. Suddenly the suburbs are not looking nearly so safe . . . Linwood Barclay's debut novels, available for the first time in the UK.

Author Biography

Linwood Barclay is married with two children and lives in Toronto. He is the author of No Time for Goodbye, as well as four acclaimed Zack Walker mysteries and has written a popular column for the Toronto Star since 1993.

Reviews

Delightful characters and a clever plot created with thoughtful and skilled writing . . . dare we hope for a second encounter? - WASHINGTON TIMES on BAD MOVE His great talent is to infuse the most everyday things with extraordinary menace - DAILY MAIL Riotously funny and irreverent . . . Barclay's debut novel is a rollicking good read. Fans of the crime caper will rejoice - Publishers Weekly Well crafted and twisty . . . Bad Move reads like a mainstream movie - Dallas Morning Fast pacing, well-drawn characters, and a look at the life of science fiction writer add to this humorous first novel - Booklist Brilliantly plotted, with witty dialogue that crackles in the best hard-boiled tradition, you'll race through this fast-paced and brilliantly twisty thriller - SUNDAY MIRROR on No Safe House [A] killer of a thriller - NEW YORK TIMES on A Tap On The Window Where has Linwood Barclay been all my life? His is the best thriller I've read in five years. Once I was 30 pages in, I literally couldn't put it down. The writing is crisp; the twists are jolting and completely unexpected - Stephen King, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, on No Time for Goodbye