Linwood Barclay - Take Your Breath Away
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Harriett Gilbert welcomes master of suspense, the Canadian author Linwood Barclay in the World Book Club Studio, to answer your questions about his thriller 'Take Your Breath Away'.
The story centres on Andrew Mason, whose wife Brie vanished six years ago, making him the prime suspect. But just as he鈥檚 beginning to rebuild his life, a mysterious woman resembling Brie suddenly appears, forcing him to uncover the truth about what happened to his wife, uncovering secrets and lies at every turn.
Linwood will be answering your questions, about how to craft a mystery that keeps readers hooked till the last page, how playing with different points of view can mask or reveal the truth, and why vivid settings can be just as important as characters to telling a compelling story.
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The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.