The Accident

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Needless to say, I will not be reading anything else by this author. The story starts out in a ominous way. Two women are shopping for knockoff pocketbooks in Chinatown and stumble on to something that causes them to be murdered. Much of the story focuses on Glen Barber. Then he learns that his wife has been killed in an automobile accident and the reason was becauseshe was asleep at the wheel because she was drunk. Barber has his own questions about what happened to his wife.

It seemed out of character for Sheila to be drunk at any time, much less behind the wheel of the car. With all the problems cropping up for Glen, he is determined to find the truth at any cost. If there is one thing you can say about Barclay, he can create characters that can drive the story and make it a page turner. Barclay manages to capture Barber as a family man, now having the burden of taking care of his daughter without his wife while trying to keep her safe from the neighbors and the children from school. All this leads to nothing but twists and turnes in The Accident as Barclay moves the story along with this character driven story.

Making Barber the protagonist only makes this story more believable throughout the very surprising twists and turns that bring this novel to a great conclusion. One person found this helpful. See all reviews. Most recent customer reviews. Published 1 month ago. Published 2 months ago.

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English Choose a language for shopping. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Amazon Drive Cloud storage from Amazon. Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web. AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally. Amazon Inspire Digital Educational Resources. Amazon Rapids Fun stories for kids on the go. Aug 17, Carolyn rated it it was amazing Shelves: A thriller that actually thrills. A quick roller coaster of a read. I found this tight, fast moving book almost impossible to put down.

When I needed to do something such as eat or sleep I would open the book moments after closing it, and skip other activities; hasn't happened during a mystery for a long time. Barclay's books belong in the same category as H. I found the adults Wow! I found the adults, reactions and dialogue true to life.

The only flaw for me was the 8 year old daughter, who I felt acted and talked more like a young teenager.

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I book is set in a Connecticut town The main character is a man named Glen, who lives with his wife Shelia and his 8 year old daughter Kelly. The economy is in a mess. Glen owns a construction company, and has lost business, and some of his friends and workers are in debt and in danger of losing their homes. His wife has been going to business class at night in order to help in his company. One night Sheila doesn't come home and Glen is informed that she was driving drunk and is dead along with a father and son in another car.

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Glen is full of grief but also anger. Sheila would take a social drink with her girlfriends, but always a taxi and he has never known to drive when drinking. Sheila's wealthy mother is angry at Glen for driving her to drink and not noticing any signs.

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His young daughter is being called Boozer at school and getting in fights. Her grandmother wants to take Kelly to live with her and her second husband and put her in an expensive boarding school. To make matters worse, Glen is being sued by widow of man killed in the accident for millions for allowing his drunken wife to drive resulting in death of husband and son. Didn't mention that a house his company was building recently burned down. Recently Sheila hosted a party for friends and neighbour women.

The party was conducted by her friend Ann who was selling counterfeit designer pursers made in China and sold out of NYC. Very few of the women realized this was illegal. A detective comes to the town employed by the actual purse designers to investigate the trade. Glen learns that these copycat purses are supplied by a very ruthless man in NYC, who will shoot anyone who might get in his way, and that he was also dealing with dangerous copycat prescription drugs and other things.

Shortly after Sheila's death, Kelly is asked to go to a sleepover at Ann's home. Ann has a daughter Kelly's age who is the only friend the girl has left after the death of her mother. The girls are playing hide and seek and Kelly hides in Ann's closet. Ann enters the bedroom and takes two phone calls which Kelly only partly hears and they make little sense. She manages to video record the scene on her cell phone which she had ready to record her friend if she found her, as part of the object of their hide and seek game. Shortly after she calls her father to come and get her.

Turns out Ann was very angry at her. Ann's husband is a policeman who soon tries to discover what Kelly overheard. Next morning Ann has been found dead. It looks like another accident where she stopped on the wharf to change a flat tire and fell into the water, but local police find signs that it may have been murder. Why was she there and whom was she meeting? Two deaths in such a short time makes Glen think maybe Shelia was also murdered. Soon he discovers that Sheila was to deliver a huge sum of money to the wife of a couple they knew on the night of " the accident" and never went to her business class.

Sheila's purse was found in the car but not the money. The woman believes Glen has taken it.

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A very menacing stranger is also demanding the money and a shot has been fired through Kelly's bedroom window. Kelly goes to stay with the grandmother for safety sake. While Kelly was hiding in Ann's closet she accidentaly took an object home which may point to other secrets. This is only the set up for this fast moving thriller. Much of the time I felt I was a step ahead of Glen in trying to discover what caused his wife's death or if it was truly an accident. However many more things happen and more town secrets are revealed.

There were several twists near the end which completely shocked and dumbfounded me and don't know how anyone could have seen them coming. But nothing was too farfetched and was completely believable to me. Barclay is a Canadian writer and would wish he would set a future novel somewhere in this country. Best mystery story I read in a recent memory.

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Aug 06, Paul Pessolano rated it really liked it. Two young ladies from Butler, Pennsylvania are celebrating a birthday by going shopping in New York. In the town of Milford, Connecticut Glen and Sheila Garber and their young daughter Kelly are about to undergo a complete change in their lives. Glen, who owns a construction company, has hit on hard times but Sheila thinks she has a way to earn some extra money. Although Sheila has never driven while intoxicated, the autopsy shows that she was legally drunk. There are few really top notch mysteries where just about everyone in the novel is considered and very well could be part and partial to the crimes committed.

This will truly keep you turning the pages because the plot keeps getting deeper and deeper the more you read. Jun 25, Tony rated it liked it. As Garber digs into the mess he discovers that all may not be as it seems in his peaceful neighbourhood. Friends may not be who they claim to be and this information may just put his family into further danger. The Accident starts off a little slow for my liking, and takes way too long to get intriguing. I felt that it was just interesting enough for me to keep reading, but when it did pick up it got pretty intense.

The plot was decent, with many great twists and turns and an ending you will never see coming. That being said, I felt that there was one too many twists and the plausibility was not always there.


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Too many characters were backstabbing fiends, which kind of hurt what otherwise would have been great characterization. Overall it was an okay one time read; I would not pick it up and read it again. For more of my reviews check out my website, www. Tony Peters Kids on a Case: The Case of the Ten Grand Kidnapping http: I borrowed this book from my Grandma as she had plenty of good things to say about it.

Judging from the blurb, it was right up my street. The prologue made me yawn until I got to the end of the scene. I wasn't hooked but I thought I would at least give the book a chance. The voice and style of the writing was rather limp and I was already considering on giving up within the first three chapters. I pushed myself forward despite having a massive gripe with the book. This is written in first person a I borrowed this book from my Grandma as she had plenty of good things to say about it. This is written in first person and third person which, quite frankly, I couldn't stand.

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I don't mind if there is a change in narrator or if the third person was a one off but constantly flicking between the two made it very hard for me to adjust. I wasn't impressed with the characterisation, either. Glen and Kelly annoyed me to no end. Kelly didn't seem like an eight year old at all, more like a five year old. Long story short, pages in and it was trying my patience.


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I skipped to the last 40 pages and I'm so glad I did it. I never skip a book unless it's necessary but I'm so glad I cut through all the rubbish that was happening. To sum it up, the actual idea of the plot was fantastic but the writing style and the way the story was delivered wasn't my cup of tea. Aug 12, Nicola Mansfield rated it liked it. I'm a little behind with Barclay and glad to have gone back and caught up with this title. Barclay never disappoints me. I can always count on him presenting an unusual crime and a thriller with many twists and turns.

The Accident, once again, delivers. I'll just start by saying this wasn't my favourite of the author's as I didn't find it as intense as others I've read. Oh, the twists and thrills were there but I just felt as if I knew they were coming just before they happened. There are severa I'm a little behind with Barclay and glad to have gone back and caught up with this title. There are several related crimes going on here and I figured some of it out but the ultimate reveal I hadn't guessed, though I didn't find it too surprising by that point.

The whole playing out of what went down was quite the story though! One thing I really enjoyed about this book was the main character's dealing with his wife's death. He goes through the various stages of grief and he was a likable character. Mind, he was explosive and had a temper, but his reactions to the astonishing unfolding of events while dealing with grief were very real and I enjoyed reading him.

So putting my ramblings together: Aug 20, Neil Mudde rated it it was amazing. What a roller-coaster read! Linwood has created a story about clandestine buying and selling of counterfeit goods being brought into the country. S The story setting is in a small town, if you think you know your friends and neighbours, ha! Some of the violence I could live without however we are talking about a cut throat What a roller-coaster read! Some of the violence I could live without however we are talking about a cut throat operation which you need to read about, as if I gave hints of the story content it would spoil it for you.

If you have enjoyed Linwood's earlier books, you will love this. The ending is not unlike being caught in a vortex, and will totally take you by surprise, at this point it was 1: Take my word for it get the book and read it, a great book to pack along on a trip, although you may want to finish reading it in one sitting May 06, Maureen DeLuca rated it liked it. A home that Glen was building catches fire, and they believe it to be from shoddy equipment and wiring. His wife, Sheila, gets killed in a car accident-presumed to be drunk driving. Then we have plot elements ranging from counterfeit purse parties to toxic dry wall to housewives peddling prescription drugs to lost money in Ponzi schemes.

The story did keep my interest, wanting to find out what the HECK is going on. Another nice read from Barclay- and even though this was not one of my favorites, I'm glad I read it and looking forward to reading more from him. Aug 22, Lisa rated it really liked it Shelves: A great thriller set in my area of Connecticut! And Linwood Barclay does his research, because he got everything right: I didn't think anything could follow Unspeakable in terms of a page-turning thriller with a shocking ending, but this one was very good!

I've heard that others by LB are even stronger, so I'm looking forward to becoming a full-fledged LB addict! View all 21 comments. May 07, Mathura rated it it was amazing. I would have never in a million years guessed the ending of this book. Linwood Barclay is just a genius when it comes to thrillers. Its a fast paced book and a real page turner. I even sneaked in 20 min reading time at work during my lunch break that i never take. Can't wait to read more books from this author.

I really can't say anymore about this book without giving away spoilers but I highly recommend this book. The Accident, by Linwood Barclay 1 17 Jun 03, He has also written two novels for children and screenplays. One star was as low as I could go!! So I rated it much higher than I would have otherwise. The best part was when the credits rolled Explore popular and recently added TV series available to stream now with Prime Video.

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