Lone Wolf
by Linwood Barclay
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Author: Linwood BarclayEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-26
ISBN: 0553804553
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of Lone Wolf
Book Review: If You're a Lonely Wolf or Human, a Barclay Book is a Great Companion
Summary: 4 Stars
Although nothing major is given away in this one to ruin the two former novels in this series for you, a few minor happenings are so you should read them first. Plus you really need to read Bad Move to fully appreciate main character Zack Walker's personality.
Reader's have seen Zack in action in the suburbs (Bad Move), City (Bad Guys) and this time where in a rural fishing camp owner by Zack's father. Zack initially went there to identify his father's body as the incompetent Orville, a joke of a policeman didn't do the basics in ruling him out and just assumed as no guests were missing that he was a bear attack victim. Zack's therefore has no respect or faith in the local lawman and when he learns Orville is a complete coward as well, letting those he is questioning (who happen to be the tenants from hell on his dad's property) play piggy in the middle with his hat, he isn't too impressed. Zack's father has a broken ankle so Zack decides since he can't rely on the law, he better stick around to help out. While he's around he'll do something about the tenants too he thinks. However after meddling and getting them offside, Zack learns everyone in town is scared of them. Plus when Zack runs into his family's ex neighbour from his childhood days in his father's bathroom obviously having spent the night, Zack has some serious accusations in his mind involving why his now deceased mother walked out on the family years ago. Throw in small town bigotry about a couple of homosexuals wanting to march in the town's parade, a guest who wears adult diapers and wants to convert everyone else to do the same, the fact the tenants from hell have to vicious dogs and a photo of Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVey on the wall, and you know Zack's not just going to be spending his week sitting around fishing.
Third in the Zack Walker series, Lone wolf although still a very enjoyable read, just doesn't have that masterpiece standard and can't put down factor that Zack's introduction to us novel, Bad Move had. Zack doesn't do the paranoid parent stuff at all in this one (probably due to the fact that his family members only have brief cameos at the start and end). His cotton wool parent extremetism and lessons were what made him a unique character in Bad Move, we saw that factor lessen dramatically with Bad Guys and it's not evident at all here (although he does tell a story involving his father and the handbrake of his mother's car that indicates where he may have developed this outlook on life).
If you haven't already done so also check out his brilliant stand alone storylines written in the style of Harlan Coben stand alone novels such as No Time for Goodbye and Too Close to Home.
Summary of Lone Wolf
Newspaper writer, family man, and reluctant hero Zack Walker has stumbled onto some dicey stories before, but nothing like what he?s about to uncover when a mutilated corpse is found at his father?s lakeside fishing camp. As always, Zack fears the worst. And this time, his paranoid worldview is dead-on.While the locals attribute the death to a bear attack, Zack suspects something far more ominous?a predator whose weapons include arson, assault, and enough wacko beliefs to fuel a dozen hate groups. Then another body is discovered and a large supply of fertilizer goes missing, evoking memories of the Oklahoma City bombing. But it?s when he learns that his neighbor is a classic Lone Wolf?FBI parlance for a solo fanatic hell-bent on using high body counts to make political statements?that Zack realizes the idyllic town of his childhood is under siege. The fuse is lit to a catastrophe of unimaginable terror. And with time running out, Zack must face off with a madman.
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