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Fear the Worst

By: Linwood Barclay
Narrated by: Buck Schirner
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 The worst day of Tim Blake's life started out with him making breakfast for his seventeen-year-old daughter Sydney. Syd was staying with him while she worked a summer job - even if he wasn't entirely sure what her job at the Just Inn Time motel actually was - and Tim hoped this quality father-daughter time would somehow help her deal with his divorce. When she didn't arrive home at her usual time, he thought she'd probably gone to the mall to hang with her friends. When she didn't answer her phone he began to worry. When she didn't come home at all, he began to panic. And when the people at the motel said they had no Sydney Blake working there, and never had, he began to see his life going into freefall.

If she hadn't been working at the motel every day, what had she been doing? Something she couldn't - or wouldn't - tell her own father about? To find his daughter Tim doesn't need to simply track her down - he needs to know who she really was, and what could have made her step out of her own life without leaving a trace.

Only one thing has him convinced the worst hasn't already happened: the fact that some very scary people seem just as eager as he is to find her. The question is, who's going to find her first?

Read by Buck Schirner

(p) 2010 Brilliance Audio©2010 Linwood Barclay Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense

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I'm new to this author and somewhat enjoyed the first book I listened to so got another. This one is basically the same as the first with a few small differences. After reading the synopsis for another book I was considering don't think I'll bother. The book is not bad but it's so similar to the first I got confused when I mixed the characters since I listened to them one after the other.

One trick pony..?

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the book was ok, performace was ok but the ending was left very open, with too many ends not tied up for my liking.
wouldnt be opposed to reading another book by the author though

ok

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Took me a while to get used to the narrators voice, but it didn’t stop me from enjoying this story. Not the best Linwood Barclay I’ve read (listened to) but it’s worth your time.

Not the best Linwood Barclay

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I found the narration of this book rather irritating, some of the voices are awful and off putting. The story was OK, a different narrator could have made it so much better.

OK story poor narration

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Loved this book .... so glad I found this writer I’ve listened to lots of his books and have enjoyed every one of them.

Great story

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