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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I've read plenty of praise out there for Linwood Barclay's Too Close to Home and I haven't agreed with much of it. The novel is advertised as "a stunning thriller" and the cover states the author "Brings terror closer than ever before." After reading the novel, both of these claims are laughable. This is a good novel, but certainly not deserving of those descriptions.
Most of the book is predictable, there were one or two smaller twists nearer the end that surprised me, but I was ready for most of the developments long before they were revealed.
Harlan Coben, Dan Brown and Steve Berry are all commerical novelists who are much better at the modern thriller.
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I enjoyed this book and read it quickly... it's a breeze when the whole novel is written so well. This is also a reasonably short novel for it's genre (under 200 pages). The story follows the protagonist Wilson through an organized crime caper set in Hamilton with occasional flashbacks of how he became a career criminal. The novel seems like a hard-boiled noir to me. There were a couple of things that didn't add up. Besides the mention of a few Hamilton street names and street addresses, this could have (and probably should have) taken place elsewhere - perhaps New York or Chicago. The novel tells us nothing else about Hamilton, but those that know it know that… Read more
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This was the second John Cardinal Mystery I read from Giles Blunt. I loved both books. I'm often put off by writers who don't research the procedural aspect of law enforcement and the justice system as Blunt properly does. It makes a much better read. Of course, having such great characters, dialogue and an ever-developing plot helps this book too. I would certainly recommend it.
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