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Bad Guys
by Linwood Barclay
ISBN: 0553803867
ISBN-13: 9780553803860
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 2005
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.18 pounds
Pages: 318
Publisher's Notes
“Fans of the crime caper will rejoice” that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his “riotously funny and irreverent”* debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids to the tranquillity of the burbs–where planned communities prevail and fathers rest easy. Well, not quite…and now the Walkers have moved home only to find themselves living in the precarious crosshairs of urban sprawl once again, and Zack can’t help but be worried–really worried–that just around the corner lurks the presence of some really bad guys.
Zack is back, and much to his family’s relief, the work-at-home science-fiction writer has left the house to take a job as a features writer for the city paper. But now that Zack’s incessant plotting can no longer be hatched from the comforts of his own home, he must be ever more vigilant to outwit the evil at large, whether in the suburbs, the city, or his own imagination. Zack is ready…or so he thinks.
While researching his first feature article, Zack stumbles upon a real-life crime scene, but what seems like an ordinary hit-and-run may actually be a homicide linked to a gang that’s been burglarizing Crandall’s high-end shops. Suddenly Zack finds himself at the center of a violent crime wave and destined for a confrontation with Barbie Bullock, an unsettling figure infamous in the crime syndicate for his ruthless business tactics and peculiar proclivity for collecting dolls.
And all is not quiet on the home front either. Zack’s protective instincts launch into overdrive when he discovers that his daughter’s rejected suitor has been tracing her every step and may harbor a much more ominous motivation than winning a Saturday night date. Nor does his son’s strange behavior and recent friendship with a creepy computer recluse inspire joy in a father’s heart.
As worlds begin to collide and boundaries between family and foe blur, Zack goes on the attack, and heaven help the bad guys when this resourceful father comes to make good on a deal gone bad.
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Bad Guys
Linwood Barclay
Bantam, 2005-05-31. Hardcover. Very Good. Advanced Reader's Edition, Paperback, clean & tight pgs, light scuff to coverDelivery Confirmation on Media Mail orders, First Class shipping if available for faster service. Shipped in bubble mailers. ( more information)
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Bad Guys
Linwood Barclay
First edition first printing of the second novel in the Zack Walker mystery series. One of my favorite writers. SIGNED on the title page by the author. In fine / fine unread condition. ( more information)
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BAD GUYS - A Zack Walker Adventure
Barclay, Linwood
New York: Bantam Books, 2005. 318 pp. Signed by Linwood Barclay on the title page. Quarter-bound in blue on blue boards; lettered in pale green on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a faint crease on the upper right of the front panel and two small pinholes along the gutter on the rear panel; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings.. ISBN: 0553803867. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Author's Second Book. humour; humor; comedy mystery;. ( more information)
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BAD GUYS [ Signed 1st ]
Barclay, Linwood
New York: Bantam, 2005. Fine in a Dine dust jacket.. Signed By Author on Title Page. First Edition First Printing. ( more information)
Offered by Rare Book Cellar (United States)
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