Author Linwood Barclay explores the fine line between benevolent mentorship and dangerous hero worship
The crime novelist's new thriller, A Noise Downstairs, follows an English professor who discovers a mentor he admires is in fact a dangerous killer.
In Linwood Barclay's new thriller, A Noise Downstairs, an English professor discovers a mentor he admires is in fact a dangerous killer. The novel takes readers deep into the dilemma of determining what it means when someone you look up to — someone you believe is a good person — does the unthinkable. Today, Barclay joins guest host Chris dela Torre live in the q studio to discuss the fine line between benevolent mentorship and dangerous hero worship.
A Noise Downstairs hits shelves tomorrow, Tuesday, July 24.
— Produced by Diane Eros