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  • Bad Move

  • A Zack Walker Mystery, Book 1
  • By: Linwood Barclay
  • Narrated by: William Hope
  • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (202 ratings)

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By: Linwood Barclay
Narrated by: William Hope
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Summary

Paranoia-fuelled Zack Walker has trouble convincing his loved ones to obey his rules for keeping them out of harm's way.

He's even uprooted his family and headed for the tranquillity of the suburbs. But then Zack stumbles upon a body, and a trail of deceit and murder leads right back to his own front door. Suddenly the 'burbs is not looking nearly so safe....

With a killer roaming around their neighbourhood and Zack's overactive imagination in overdrive, he's sure things can't get any worse. But then another local is murdered - and Zack's paranoid tendencies get him implicated in the crime. To protect his family - and avoid being busted for a crime he didn't commit - he's going to have to override his instincts and track down the killer himself.

©2004 Linwood Barclay (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group

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Good story told well

Very easy to listen too, slow build up but makes you all the more informed when things start happening and the end had me surprised
Another cracking book from Linwood Barclay

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Good read

I love the long descriptions with tiny details, that really bring the story to life.

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Brillant

Stick with the build up and you're in for a fabulous journey...William Hope portrays the book perfectly.

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I love this…

.....a little bit different from the usual Linwood Barclay style, but definitely worth a listen!

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Brilliantly funny, departure from normal Linwood B

Brilliantly funny, departure from normal for Linwood B. Very dry humour, made me laugh out loud

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A very unusual hero

Zack will drive you crazy because he's so darned stupid. You'll be shouting at him to stop being such a bonehead, but he just goes on, ultimately digging an ever deeper hole for himself.
Yet Barclay, again, makes it work. It's way more kooky that the normal mystery, but if you go the distance with Zack its worth the effort.
I can't say I'm on the edge of my seat for the next in the series, but I know that ultimately I'll read it!

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Classic Linwood Barclay

Great to hear his first published work. Different style to his newer stuff but just as enthralling. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

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Its extremely long winded.......

At the end of this book
(great ending by the way)
I can say I enjoyed it, and I'm glad I stuck with it,but it takes dragging a story out to a whole new level, and that's such a shame because the actual plot, characters and narration are excellent.
I could put this down to it being the first in quite a long series, maybe the next one won't be as unnecessarily lengthy.....
I'm really not sure I'll want to find out though.

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Excellent series of books!!

Writing this review on all 4 books in the Zak Walker series. I’m just coming to the end of my 2nd listen to this series and it’s just as good this time as the 1st. I admit I’m a big fan of Linwood Barclay and he doesn’t disappoint here with great fleshed out characters brilliantly brought to life by William Hope and storylines with genuine laugh out loud moments. No doubt I’ll listen again at some point. Highly recommended

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Funny and thrilling

I read this series many years ago before I got into audio books. It is a little slow to get going but the funny stuff keeps you interested. I had forgotten mostly what it was about so it was likely starting a new book. It’s very well narrated too, a good holiday read. I definitely recommend.

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