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A noise downstairs : a novel / Linwood Barclay.

Barclay, Linwood, (author.).

Summary:

"The internationally bestselling author of No time for goodbye returns with a haunting psychological thriller that blends the twists and chills of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe with the driving suspense of Dennis Lehane and Harlan Coben, in which a man hears sounds that quite possibly emanate from the dead. Paul Davis is hearing some very strange noises in the night. He hears the clickety-click of a manual typewriter--as if someone is vigorously tapping the keys. The eerie sounds began soon after his wife, Charlotte, bought him a classic antique Underwood. But only Paul can hear the noise coming from downstairs; Charlotte doesn't hear anything unusual. Is Paul losing his mind? Maybe. Or is something really there? Eight months ago, he stumbled upon Connecticut's infamous "Apology Killer"--a psychopath who forced his victims to typewrite personal apologies to him before he cut their throats--disposing of two mutilated bodies on Milford's Post Road. Most shocking of all, the killer was his colleague, someone he thought he knew. Paul's been seeing a therapist for months to recover from the nearly fatal encounter, but his nerves and short-term memory have suffered since the traumatic encounter. There's only one way to learn if the noises are real or a figment of his hyper-imagination. One night, Paul rolls a sheet of paper into the machine. The next morning, when he checks the page, there is a chilling message: "We typed our apologies like he asked but he killed us anyway." As he desperately searches to find a rational explanation for the note and the noises, Paul slowly begins to consider the unthinkable: The message is authentic, and the women butchered by his colleague are reaching out to him from beyond the grave."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385690249 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 356 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Doubleday Canada, [2018]
Subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder > Fiction.
Short-term memory > Fiction.
Typewriters > Fiction.
Channeling (Spiritualism) > Fiction.
Murder victims > Fiction.
Murderers > Fiction.
Adultery > Fiction.
Psychologists > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Stroud Branch. (Show)

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