The Accident: A Novel

by Linwood Barclay Narrated by Peter Berkrot

Overview

Glen Garber, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. With their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Grieving and in denial, Glen resolves to investigate the accident himself-and begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their Connecticut suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors. Propelled into a vortex of corruption and illegal activity, pursued by mysterious killers, and confronted by threats from neighbors he thought he knew, Glen must take his own desperate measures and go to terrifying new places in himself to avenge his wife and protect his child.

Editorial Reviews

APRIL 2013 - AudioFile

Glenn Garber's wife is killed in an apparent drunk driving accident, and, even worse, she was the one who was drunk. Then things keep getting worse. Linwood Barclay's novel is an amazing exercise in suspense and shock. But even as Garber's life threatens to spin out of control, the rock-steady building contractor manages to keep it together. Narrator Peter Berkrot’s voice reflects that semblance of control, though you can almost feel Garber cracking just below the surface as friends and neighbors fall prey to tragedy. Berkrot lets listeners into Garber's inner world as he hangs on—tenuously, at best. By the end of the audiobook, listeners will be exhausted by the twists and turns as Garber does what the police can’t —determine what is behind the deaths that shadow his New England town. M.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

APRIL 2013 - AudioFile

Glenn Garber's wife is killed in an apparent drunk driving accident, and, even worse, she was the one who was drunk. Then things keep getting worse. Linwood Barclay's novel is an amazing exercise in suspense and shock. But even as Garber's life threatens to spin out of control, the rock-steady building contractor manages to keep it together. Narrator Peter Berkrot’s voice reflects that semblance of control, though you can almost feel Garber cracking just below the surface as friends and neighbors fall prey to tragedy. Berkrot lets listeners into Garber's inner world as he hangs on—tenuously, at best. By the end of the audiobook, listeners will be exhausted by the twists and turns as Garber does what the police can’t —determine what is behind the deaths that shadow his New England town. M.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171328283
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	08/09/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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