Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
Barclay is one of my favorite authors and storytellers. Can’t Wait!
Description
New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay enters new territory with a supernatural chiller in which a woman and her young son move to a small town looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by disturbing events and strange visions when they find a mysterious train set in a storage shed.Annie Blunt has had an unimaginably terrible year. First, her husband was killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident, then one of the children’s books she’s built her writing and illustrating career on ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her son Charlie to a charming small town in upstate New York where they can begin to heal.
But Annie’s year is about to get worse.
Bored and lonely in their isolated new surroundings, Charlie is thrilled when he finds a forgotten train set in a locked shed on their property. Annie is glad to see Charlie happy, but there’s something unsettling about his new toy. Strange sounds wake Annie in the night—she could swear she hears a train, but there isn’t an active track for miles—and bizarre things begin happening in the neighborhood. Worse, Annie can’t seem to stop drawing a disturbing new character that has no place in a children’s book.
Grief can do strange things to the mind, but Annie is beginning to think she’s walked out of one nightmare straight into another, only this one is far more terrifying…
Book Info
- Release Date: June 10, 2025
- Audiobook Narrator: Eva Kaminsky
- Audio Length: ~12 hours, 45 minutes
- Print/Digital Page Numbers: 464
- Publishers: William Morrow (print & digital) HarperAudio (audio)
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Wonderful!
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Yay💜
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Hope June doesn’t feel like forever to wait!
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The way this month is zipping by, it will be here in no time.
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Great pick Jonetta! This one is on my list as well. I’m sure we will both enjoy it.
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Thank you, Jodie💜 He’s not failed us yet!
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Have to add to my list. Sounds so good.
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Barclay is an auto read!
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Such an enticing blurb!
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Isn’t it?
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This one sounds really good!
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I think so, too, Sarah💜
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I haven’t read this author yet but I have thought about it.
Anne – Books of My Heart
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Oh, Anne, you’d love his stuff💜
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I love Barclay. I will wait for this one to show up at the library in audiobook, but I will definitely be the first in line.
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I’m such a fan, too.
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I’m always a starter for a new Linwood Barclay, Jo. I’ll be watching for this on NetGalley. 💖📚
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I’ll have to wait for it to show up at the library on audio.
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Whoa, Linwood Barclay’s new supernatural thriller sounds like a spine-chilling read! I wish I’m brave enough to read it!
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Aw, you can do it💜
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