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No Safe House by Linwood Barclay

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No Safe House

Author
Linwood Barclay
Narrator
Brian O'Neill, Graham Winton
Publisher
Orion
Publish Date
25 September 2014
Run Time
12 hours 41 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Crime and / or mystery fiction

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Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal that nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals.

But when Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. They must stay alive. Because now they have all been unwillingly drawn into the shadowy depths of their seemingly idyllic hometown.

For there, they will be reconnected with the man who saved their lives seven years ago, but who still remains a ruthless, unrepentant criminal. They will encounter killers for hire working all sides. And they will learn that there are some things people value much more than money, and will do anything to get it.

Caught in a labyrinth between family loyalty and ultimate betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation he still doesn't fully comprehend. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable . . .


Read by Brian O'Neill and Graham Winton

(p) 2014 Recorded Books LLC

Critics Review

  • Barclay takes the didn't-see-it-coming twist (of which he is master) to cosmic levels here and has the reader open-mouthed at his ingenuity throughout. His protagonists have depth and complexity and he is even prepared to tackle what is something of a rarity in the crime genre - forcing his readers to change their minds characters safely consigned to the moral outer darkness

    FINANCIAL TIMES

  • The follow-up to the smash hit No Time For Goodbye revisits the Archer family, who are unwittingly drawn into a web of violent crime. 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

  • The surviving characters from No Time For Goodbye, Linwood Barclays besteller, are back and the past seven years haven't been kind to them. The Archer family are fractured and, in No Safe House, tihngs just get worse. Late one night, daughter Grace is coerced by her boyfriend to steal a Porsche for a joyride, but in darkened house someone gets shot ... Now read on. I did and couldn't stop. Barclay never misses!

    BUZZ MAGAZINE

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Details
Author
Linwood Barclay
Narrator
Brian O'Neill, Graham Winton
Duration
12 hours 41 minutes
Release Date
25 September 2014
ISBN
9781409150046
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Orion
Genre
Crime and / or mystery fiction

Synopsis

Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal that nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals.But when Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. They must stay alive. Because now they have all been unwillingly drawn into the shadowy depths of their seemingly idyllic hometown.For there, they will be reconnected with the man who saved their lives seven years ago, but who still remains a ruthless, unrepentant criminal. They will encounter killers for hire working all sides. And they will learn that there are some things people value much more than money, and will do anything to get it.Caught in a labyrinth between family loyalty and ultimate betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation he still doesn't fully comprehend. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable . . .Read by Brian O'Neill and Graham Winton(p) 2014 Recorded Books LLC

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