Linwood Barclay - Take Your Breath Away

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World Book Club

2026-02-03

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Harriett Gilbert welcomes master of suspense, the Canadian author Linwood Barclay in the World Book Club Studio, to answer your questions about his thriller 'Take Your Breath Away'. The story centres on Andrew Mason, whose wife Brie vanished six years ago, making him the prime suspect. But just as he’s beginning to rebuild his life, a mysterious woman resembling Brie suddenly appears, forcing him to uncover the truth about what happened to his wife, uncovering secrets and lies at every turn. Linwood will be answering your questions, about how to craft a mystery that keeps readers hooked till the last page, how playing with different points of view can mask or reveal the truth, and why vivid settings can be just as important as characters to telling a compelling story.
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  • Hello, welcome to BBC World Book Club,

  • where you get to talk about their books with the world's most loved authors.

  • I'm your host, Harriet Gilbert,

  • and with us today to answer readers' questions is the best-selling Canadian writer,

  • Linwood Barkley, a man described by Stephen King no less as a suspense master.

  • Linwood's going to be talking about his ingenious page, Turner, Take Your Breath Away,

  • in which a woman who disappeared six years ago,

  • widely believed to have been murdered by her husband, seems to have turned up again.

  • It's a very clever novel with great twists and turns, and we will try to be careful about spoilers.

  • But if you'd rather read the book before listening to anything Linwood has to say,