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Find You First

Written by: Linwood Barclay
Narrated by: George Newbern
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The New York Times best-selling author of Elevator Pitch and master of psychological suspense returns with a riveting thriller in which the possible heirs of a dying tech millionaire are mysteriously being eliminated, one by one.

"Find You First starts with a bang and ends with an even bigger one.... It’s the best book of his career.” (Stephen King)

Tech millionaire Miles Cookson has more money than he can ever spend and everything he could dream of - except time. He has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and there is a 50 percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. For Miles, this means taking a long hard look at his past....

Two decades ago, a young, struggling Miles was a sperm donor. Somewhere out there, he has kids - nine of them. And they might be about to inherit both the good and the bad from him - maybe his fortune, or maybe something much worse.

As Miles begins to search for the children he’s never known, aspiring film documentarian Chloe Swanson embarks on a quest to find her biological father, armed with the knowledge that 22 years ago, her mother used a New York sperm bank to become pregnant.

When Miles and Chloe eventually connect, their excitement at finding each other is overshadowed by a series of mysterious and terrifying events. One by one, Miles’ other potential heirs are vanishing - every trace of them wiped, like they never existed at all. Who is the vicious killer - another heir methodically erasing rivals? Or is something even more sinister going on? It’s a deadly race against time....

©2021 Linwood Barclay (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers
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Barclay at his best

Linwood Barclay, by this point, has a formula he uses to pen down nail-biting suspense thrillers. There are several people from different walks of life. Rich and poor, politically influential and the barely noticeable, old and young to name a few. All live their separate lives but at some point, their lives intersect all at once and something always goes wrong. Barclay has definitely honed his skills in the art of finesse and provides minute, sometimes mundane, details that add that little bit extra to character development and build-up towards a great climax.

This book is no exception. There are no Cal Weaver and Barry Duckworth but its another roller coaster ride that you don't want to stop.

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Excellent. Couldn’t put down.

Love the voice. The story. The ending. Just a great read. Lots of twists and turns.

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Great story

Don’t miss a second of this narrative. It has more twists than a snake with arthritis.

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Amazing

Loved this book first time reading this author
Didn’t want it to end
Will totally read others

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Another great book

Linwood Barclay didn’t disappoint! Didn’t want it to end and had me guessing right to the end! Can’t wait for my next credit to find another if his books.

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Loved it!

Great storyline! Was sad that it ended. Would have liked more differentiation between character voices, but overall loved it! My favorite Barclay book so far!

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Great book!

This author continues to deliver a terrific story. It’s full of twists and turns, compassion and empathy, and suspense.

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Gaspingly good story! Misophonics beware.

Story: The story itself was very enjoyable. Like most of LB's other books, it's an easy listen with interesting characters and a fairly compelling storyline. I wasn't bored once while listening to it.

Narration: I have a touch of misophonia; I'm quite sensitive to certain sounds like sniffing, mouth-smacking when eating, and of course heavy breathing noises, to the point that I get unreasonably tense/anxious/irritated. Unfortunately this narrator had the habit of gasping loudly for breath after most sentences, and sometimes even in the middle of a sentence. It drove me nuts and made me want to return the book multiple times. I only kept going because I was really enjoying the story and wanted to see how it ended. I basically could only listen while driving and at a low volume, so the background driving sounds toned down or partially drowned out the gasping noises. I'm really surprised that the sound editor didn't notice this, or that the narrator wasn't instructed early on to stop gasping. Seriously, at some points it sounded like someone had been holding his head underwater and he had been unable to breathe for several minutes.

Other than that, the narration was passable. His voice was pleasant to listen to but there was very little effort made to distinguish between the voices of all the different characters.

It's totally worth a listen if you can ignore the gasping!

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Entertaining

I spent over 20 hours in the car and was delighted with my choice of this book
it made the time fly by
Linwood Barclay does NOT disappoint with this story and the narrators performance of the characters was fabulous
i read over 100 books each year and this was one of my favourites this year
highly recommend

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Really Enjoyed it

Good twists and turns and modern interesting story with a view into a pretty ugly underworld. Kept me interested throughout the plot with good pace and movement. Many groups of people and locations to keep track off but all comes together seamlessly in the end.

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