Linwood Barclay_20

"The best Barclay so far..." said Stephen King on the cover. Starting from a very low base, I gather, having now read Linwood Barclay's 'Trust Your Eyes'. "Barclay is such an old pro you feel he can write these terrific thrillers standing on his head," said the [snarky] Daily Mail. In 'Trust Your Eyes', autistic Thomas spots a murder on Whirl360 (a Google Street View equivalent) and his nice brother humours him with a half-hearted investigation, and so on until the inevitable kidnapping and car chases. The Street Library delivers as many regrettable distractions as it does wonders.