A Noise Downstairs

Linwood Barclay Orion. Out Thursday A master of the twist-packed thriller, bestselling Barclay has excelled himself with this superbly slippery tale. Eight months ago, Paul Davis stumbled upon the aftermath of a murder, nearly losing his life. Now he’s traumatised and living with a head injury. So when he starts to believe strange noises in his house have a supernatural cause, is he losing his mind? Or are darker powers at work? There’s a deliciously unsettling flavour to this nervejangling story. With a tight plot, delivered in short, punchy chapters, it’s hard to resist racing through – to the final twist.