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mmc6661's review against another edition
4.0
I have never read a bad Linwood Barclay novel, he always delivers edge of your seat suspense ! P I Cal Weaver is out to avenge his son Scott's suicide when he happens to pick up a young girl needing a ride on a rainy night. That's where it starts as you take a wild ride along with Weaver into some unexpected twist and turns. Barclay is among the best when it comes to great suspense !
lia_trn's review against another edition
4.0
So much tragedies intertwined with one and another. Such a small town with all its people and hidden secrets. My heart goes to the main character. Such a sweet father, a honest and righteous man. All the things he did and went through for others despite the events happened to his son.
jannenemarie's review against another edition
3.0
This was the first book I've read of this author. A friend of mine tells me it isn't his best. I think the story and characters were well developed. I have to be honest I feel disappointed and let down. All this time trying to find out what happened to his son and then finding out the truth seems anticlimactic. The other story line with Officer Haines seems the same way. I can't believe someone would go to all the lengths they did for what appeared to be in self defense or an accident. The book was okay and the story was very thought out but a bit of a letdown.
sk24's review against another edition
4.0
**A big thank you to NAL and Edelweiss for providing me with this eARC!**
I was in no way compensated for this review. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I've been a fan of Linwood Barclay ever since I read his book, No Time For Goodbye, many years ago. I have been meaning to read more of his books since then, but never actually got around to it (you know how it is!) until I saw this book on Edelweiss. So, I was pretty excited to read another of his books! I thought the story was very well done. Very mysterious, suspenseful, and had a bit of an eerie sense to it. The story is narrated by Cal Weaver, a private detective, who starts out looking into who sold the drugs to his son that caused him to take his own life. Cal does some very questionable things on his search to uncover the truth. It's safe to say that Cal and his wife, Donna, are not dealing with their son's death in a healthy way. The story continues with Cal giving a ride to a girl, Claire, who knew his son. And things go very awry from there on and Cal spends the rest of the novel investigating the strange happenings.
I'm not sure what exactly my opinion of Cal is. It was definitely easy to sympathize with him and his wife, after losing their son. But, as I said, he does not deal with the tragedy very well and, in turn, does some questionable things that may cause a person not to like him very much or relate to him. However, he is not a completely unlikeable character either. He's just kind of there and tells a very interesting and suspenseful story that you will want to keep reading about.
Barclay is an excellent storyteller. He does not give anything away and keeps everything very mysterious right up until the end. Even when you think you've got it all figured out, along with the narrator, then boom! Nope. Wrong! You are completely taken aback and surprised at the final discoveries. I love that. I love it when novels can surprise me and constantly keep me on my toes.
I would recommend A Tap on the Window to lovers of Mystery and Suspense. Barclay is very good at what he does and I can't wait to read more of his books in the future! Once I got to about the halfway-mark of this book, I could not put it down. Everything just went crazy and things were being uncovered, while also keeping other things a mystery...and I just had to keep reading!
I was in no way compensated for this review. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I've been a fan of Linwood Barclay ever since I read his book, No Time For Goodbye, many years ago. I have been meaning to read more of his books since then, but never actually got around to it (you know how it is!) until I saw this book on Edelweiss. So, I was pretty excited to read another of his books! I thought the story was very well done. Very mysterious, suspenseful, and had a bit of an eerie sense to it. The story is narrated by Cal Weaver, a private detective, who starts out looking into who sold the drugs to his son that caused him to take his own life. Cal does some very questionable things on his search to uncover the truth. It's safe to say that Cal and his wife, Donna, are not dealing with their son's death in a healthy way. The story continues with Cal giving a ride to a girl, Claire, who knew his son. And things go very awry from there on and Cal spends the rest of the novel investigating the strange happenings.
I'm not sure what exactly my opinion of Cal is. It was definitely easy to sympathize with him and his wife, after losing their son. But, as I said, he does not deal with the tragedy very well and, in turn, does some questionable things that may cause a person not to like him very much or relate to him. However, he is not a completely unlikeable character either. He's just kind of there and tells a very interesting and suspenseful story that you will want to keep reading about.
Barclay is an excellent storyteller. He does not give anything away and keeps everything very mysterious right up until the end. Even when you think you've got it all figured out, along with the narrator, then boom! Nope. Wrong! You are completely taken aback and surprised at the final discoveries. I love that. I love it when novels can surprise me and constantly keep me on my toes.
I would recommend A Tap on the Window to lovers of Mystery and Suspense. Barclay is very good at what he does and I can't wait to read more of his books in the future! Once I got to about the halfway-mark of this book, I could not put it down. Everything just went crazy and things were being uncovered, while also keeping other things a mystery...and I just had to keep reading!
scraig04018's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
lizevans's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
alexgranger's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0