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A review by ncrabb
The Accident by Linwood Barclay
4.0
Sheila Garber is dead; worse still, she has, apparently in a drunken stupor, parked her car on a freeway onramp such that, at night, someone could easily slam into it. Someone did. The occupants of the other car were killed instantly, as was Sheila Garber. Her grieving husband, Glen, is left to raise an eight-year-old girl and try to keep his struggling contractor business from collapse.
Why would his wife, who rarely drinks, behave that way? Within two weeks of his wife’s death Glen gets word that the mother of his daughter’s friend has also died in an accident at a nearby harbor. Glen wonders whether the two deaths are related, and he begins an unofficial investigation that will endanger his life, terrorize his daughter, and uncover corruption on a scary scale.
I didn’t see the end of this coming; it is written such that you constantly move through it without knowing where you’ll ultimately land. You may even begrudge the time you have to spend away from the book. You'll also be forced to think about the consequences of counterfeit items and their impact on all of us.
Why would his wife, who rarely drinks, behave that way? Within two weeks of his wife’s death Glen gets word that the mother of his daughter’s friend has also died in an accident at a nearby harbor. Glen wonders whether the two deaths are related, and he begins an unofficial investigation that will endanger his life, terrorize his daughter, and uncover corruption on a scary scale.
I didn’t see the end of this coming; it is written such that you constantly move through it without knowing where you’ll ultimately land. You may even begrudge the time you have to spend away from the book. You'll also be forced to think about the consequences of counterfeit items and their impact on all of us.