Far From True
(Sprache: Englisch)
New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay delivers the second spine-chilling thriller in the Promise Falls trilogy.
When private investigator Cal Weaver looks into a break-in at the home of a recently deceased man, he...
When private investigator Cal Weaver looks into a break-in at the home of a recently deceased man, he...
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New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay delivers the second spine-chilling thriller in the Promise Falls trilogy.When private investigator Cal Weaver looks into a break-in at the home of a recently deceased man, he uncovers far more than he is prepared for after he finds a hidden room that was used for salacious activities. Perhaps something illegal...
Detective Barry Duckworth is doggedly trying to solve two murders, one of which is three years old. He believes the killings are connected, since each featured a similar distinctive wound. And the key to his mystery may lie with Cal Weaver s own case.
As the lies begin to unravel, and another murder occurs, Cal and Barry find themselves headed straight into the heart of dark secrets as they uncover more startling truths about Promise Falls...
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***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof***Copyright ©2016 Linwood Barclay
TWO
They decided Derek was the one who should get into the trunk.
Before heading off, the four of them, Derek Cutter included, thought it would be cool to smuggle someone in. Not because they couldn t afford a fourth ticket. That wasn t the issue. They just felt the situation demanded it of them. It was the sort of thing you were supposed to do.
After all, this was the last night they d ever have the chance. Like so many other businesses in and around Promise Falls these days, the Constellation Drive-in Theater was packing it in. What with multiplexes, 3-D, DVDs, movies you could download at home and watch in seconds why go to a drive-in, except maybe to make out? And given how much smaller cars had gotten since the drive-in was first conceived, even that wasn t much of a reason to watch a movie under the stars.
Still, even for people of Derek s generation, there was something nostalgic about a drive-in. He could remember his parents bringing him here for the first time when he was eight or nine, and how excited he d been. It was a triple bill, the movies becoming successively more mature. The first was one of the Toy Story flicks Derek had brought along his Buzz Lightyear and Woody action figures which was followed by some rom-com Matthew McConaughey thing, back when he was only doing crap, and then a Jason Bourne movie. Derek had barely managed to stay awake until the end of Toy Story. His parents had made a bed for him in the backseat so he could zonk out when they watched features two and three.
Derek longed for those times. When his parents were still together.
This night, the Constellation was showing one of those dumber-than-dumb Transformers movies, where alien robots inhabiting Earth had disguised themselves as cars usually Chevrolets, thank you very much, product placement and trucks.
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Morphing from car to robot involved a slew of special effects. Lots of things blew up; buildings were destroyed. It was the kind of movie none of the girls they knew were interested in seeing, and even though the guys tried to make them understand the movie itself didn t matter, that this was an event, that this night at the drive-in was history, they d failed to win them over.
Even the guys knew this was a dumb movie. In fact, there had been agreement among them that the only way to see a movie like this whether in a drive-in, at a regular theater, or at home was drunk. Which led to a discussion that they would try to sneak not only a person into the drive-in, but some beer, too.
Thing was, this was a milestone piled on top of a milestone. This the last night for the Constellation, and it was the end of the academic year at Thackeray College, which Derek had been attending for four years, and was now leaving. For what, he had no clue. He had no job prospects, other than maybe working for his dad again, cutting lawns, planting shrubs, trimming hedges. Did he go to college for four years to run a leaf blower? Even his dad didn t want that for him. And yet, there were worse things than working alongside his father.
For this one night, he wouldn t think about his job future, or a couple of other things that had been weighing heavily on him.
The first was the death of a friend, just about the most senseless thing ever. This guy, he comes to college, goes to class, writes essays, tries out for some school plays he s just doing his thing like everybody else and then one night campus security shoots him in the head while he s supposedly trying to rape somebody.
Derek still hadn t been able to get his head around it.
But then there was the other thing. Even bigger.
Derek was a father.
He had a goddamned kid.
A son
Even the guys knew this was a dumb movie. In fact, there had been agreement among them that the only way to see a movie like this whether in a drive-in, at a regular theater, or at home was drunk. Which led to a discussion that they would try to sneak not only a person into the drive-in, but some beer, too.
Thing was, this was a milestone piled on top of a milestone. This the last night for the Constellation, and it was the end of the academic year at Thackeray College, which Derek had been attending for four years, and was now leaving. For what, he had no clue. He had no job prospects, other than maybe working for his dad again, cutting lawns, planting shrubs, trimming hedges. Did he go to college for four years to run a leaf blower? Even his dad didn t want that for him. And yet, there were worse things than working alongside his father.
For this one night, he wouldn t think about his job future, or a couple of other things that had been weighing heavily on him.
The first was the death of a friend, just about the most senseless thing ever. This guy, he comes to college, goes to class, writes essays, tries out for some school plays he s just doing his thing like everybody else and then one night campus security shoots him in the head while he s supposedly trying to rape somebody.
Derek still hadn t been able to get his head around it.
But then there was the other thing. Even bigger.
Derek was a father.
He had a goddamned kid.
A son
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Autoren-Porträt von Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay is the New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of fourteen critically acclaimed novels, including Broken Promise, No Safe House, A Tap on the Window, Trust Your Eyes, Never Look Away, which has been optioned for television, and No Time for Goodbye.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Linwood Barclay
- 2016, 544 Seiten, Maße: 10,6 x 19 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: SIGNET
- ISBN-10: 0451472713
- ISBN-13: 9780451472717
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for Far from TrueExcellent. Impossible to put down. Stephen King
More Praise for Linwood Barclay
Some days, all you really want is for someone to tell you a wicked-good story. Linwood Barclay answers the reader s perpetual prayer. The New York Times Book Review
No one can thrill you and chill you better than Linwood Barclay. Tess Gerritsen
Barclay gets better and better. . .He keeps the reader guessing to the very last page. William Landay, bestselling author of Defending Jacob
Barclay pulls everything together expertly. The Washington Post
A suspense master. Stephen King
Twist-driven thrillers packed with emotion are a hallmark of Barclay s career. USA Today
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