Find You First: From the international bestselling author of books like Elevator Pitch comes the most gripping crime thriller of 2021

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Meanwhile we meet some of the nine children who are all around 20 give or take a few years and we learn that some of them are being killed. Keeping the reader in suspense throughout the experience, Barclay crafts wonderful stories that tell an underlying story, while chilling those who venture to delve deeper. Having made up his mind to distribute the majority of his wealth to his children, for obvious reasons, there are some people who are not happy, like Gilbert. Other than that, it was a very convoluted plot with a lot of characters so you had to pay attention, but all in all a really good riproaring and exciting read.

Another —who becomes Miles’ ally—is funny and big-hearted Chloe Swanson, a diner waitress who drives a beat-up AMC Pacer and is far more interested in the billionaire’s wellbeing than his money. Short to mid-length chapters keep the reader guessing and wondering, all while trying to make sense of what’s really taking place, a trademark Barclay style. One by one, the people on his list of nine descendants begin to meet with strange or mysterious circumstances.It is a bit over the top and does require suspending some disbelief, but entertaining and fun right up to the last page. A ton of action in the last quarter or so of the story but it felt lackluster because I didn't like the direction the author went in. I have been reading this author’s books for years and I know I’m always guaranteed an exciting read when I pick up one of his books.

But if this were the sum and substance of the story of FIND YOU FIRST, you’d probably wonder where the suspense thriller part was going to come from – and, of course, you’d be quite right!He loves his brother but is inclined to leave him out of the will because of Gilbert's greedy, duplicitous, treacherous wife, Caroline. Linwood Barclay creates an enjoyable, fun, unique, complex story with some likeable, unlikable, some stereotyped characters and characters that defy stereotypes.

Prolific novelist Linwood Barclay delivers a clever twist on an old trope: heirs knocking off other heirs to inflate their own inheritance…Science meets megalomania in this up-to-date nifty entertainment. The premise of the novel—man seeks to find his long-long children and deliver news—may not be entirely unique, but Linwood Barclay found a way to add layers of excitement and intrigue from the opening pages. With the intrepid Chloe as the protagonist along with the help of “new father” Miles it’s a race against time for them to find their biological relatives before a pair of hitmen or should I say hit persons find them first. M. LOGAN 'Sharply drawn' SUNDAY TIMES 'Keeps the engine racing' THE TIMES It's a deadly race against time. Some of that success is likewise driven by all of the precise plot points that keep the engine revving and the story on track.Not only does he want to find them to have them get their DNA tested to see if they have the Huntingdon’s gene, but he also wants to start dividing his fortune out to them.