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  • Look Both Ways

  • A Novel
  • Written by: Linwood Barclay
  • Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
  • Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Look Both Ways

Written by: Linwood Barclay
Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
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Inspired by his decades-long love of cars, internationally bestselling author Linwood Barclay envisions a world in which automotive technology outpaces our wildest dreams—and our darkest nightmares—in a gripping new novel of action and suspense

These headlights are watching you…

The media have descended on Garrett Island, a small, isolated community that is the setting of a visionary experiment. All the residents’ cars were sent to the mainland and for the past month the islanders have been “driving” the Arrival, a revolutionary autonomous vehicle. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go and, because the fleet is networked and aware of one another, car travel is now 100% safe. The future, it seems, has arrived.

As the excitement reaches a fever pitch, Sandra Montrose—islander, single mom, and public relations executive—prepares for Arrival Inc.’s flashy press event. Sandra is more than ready for this new world. Her husband died after falling asleep at the wheel and she’s relieved that her two teens, Archie and Katie, will never need driver’s licenses.

But as the celebratory day gets underway, disaster strikes. A visiting journalist has vanished, possibly murdered. Before long, the Arrivals run amok, no longer taking orders from their passengers. They’re starting to organize. They’re beginning to hunt. And they seem hell-bent on killing any human they encounter.

Is this all just a tragic accident, a technological malfunction with deadly consequences? Or were the vehicles programmed to act this way in a cruel act of corporate sabotage? Or could it be that the Arrivals have a mind of their own?

Fasten your seatbelts—it’s going to be a bumpy ride

©2022 Linwood Barclay (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers
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A thriller with a touch of humour

I am a huge Linwood Barclay fan who enjoys his writing style. I listened to this over two days. Even though I guessed how it might end, I didn’t sneak a peak at the ending. It was an enjoyable listen.

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Not A Typical Linwood Barclay

This was my fourth Linwood Barclay book and I only got it because it was on sale. I had been so impressed by the others of his I had read, that I really didn’t hesitate. It was, however, a big disappointment and I found myself just wanting the end to come so I could move onto something else. Really, it just gets way too hokey and far fetched. There is one good twist that I didn’t see coming, but that isn’t nearly enough to salvage this one. Barclay has many hits, but this one is a miss. It wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t good. On top of that, the narration wasn’t to my taste. A good narrator can actually be a factor in buying an audiobook. The opposite is also true and I will likely avoid any future books by this one.

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