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Book Review of A Noise Downstairs

A Noise Downstairs
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This is the first book I've read by Linwood Barclay, but won't be the last. The plot was full of complexities that had me guessing until the last page. It involves an ancient typewriter that seems to be transmitting messages from two dead women who were killed on the very night that the main character confronted their purported killer, and was gravely wounded. The supernatural element was initially off-putting, but then evolved into a mystery with many suspects.

Thank you to LibraryThing and to William Morrow for an advance copy of this intriguing novel.