Derrick Cutter has the perfect plan. His best friend's family is going on vacation. He'll hide out in the basement and then spend the next week using the house as a "love nest" for him and his girlfriend. It doesn't take long for the plan to go awry. First he hears his friends' family return. Before he can figure a way out of the house, he overhears gunshots and realizes that his friend and the parents have been killed. Things get even worse when evidence suggests that Derrick himself may have been the killer. Or, did the killer confuse the neighbor's house with the Cutter's. Who did they mean to kill? And maybe, is an old computer with a book on it the cause of the murders?
This is the second book that I've read by Linwood Barclay and I have really enjoyed both. This was a great "family" mystery with plenty of twists and turns. The book is told from the point of view of the dad who is essentially a good man just trying to figure out why his son is being accused of murder and who had a motive to kill the Langley's. The characters aren't perfect but likeable and their reactions are completely believable. I will certainly be checking out other books written by Barclay.
Rating - 5 stars
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