No Time for Goodbye
Author(s): Linwood Barclay
On the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared. Twenty-five years later Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions. Were her family murdered? If so, why was she spared? And if they're alive, why did they abandon her in such a cruel way? Now married with a daughter of her own, Cynthia fears that her new family will be taken from her just as her first one was. And so she agrees to take part in a TV documentary revisiting the case, in the hope that somebody somewhere will remember something - or even that her father, mother or brother might finally reach out to her...Then a letter arrives which makes no sense and yet chills Cynthia to the core. And soon she begins to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made...
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A lightning-paced psychological thriller of secrets, lies and obsessive love. NO TIME FOR GOODBYE is a truly compulsive page-turning psychological thriller with echoes of Harlan Coben's TELL NO ONE. The combination of ingenious plotting and a heartfelt depiction of a family in crisis gives it wide appeal Linwood Barclay really delivers with a sensational pay-off to mark him as a brilliant new talent in the world of suspense writing. He has already received excellent reviews: 'Barclay is the master' Wall Street Journal. 'NO TIME FOR GOODBYE just flies off the page. It's a one-sit thriller. You sit down with this book and you won't get up until you've turned the last page' Michael Connelly. 'If you liked Harlan Coben, you'll love Linwood Barclay' Peter Robinson. 'Utterly riveting. It will grab you on page one and won't let you go until the final, stunning conclusion' Tess Gerritsen. 'NO TIME FOR GOODBYE is a high-speed emotional roller-coaster. The surprises will leave you breathless' Robert Crais.
Shortlisted for Galaxy British Book Awards: Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year 2009.
"a fast-moving roller-coaster of a read" -- Emma Lee-Potter DAILY EXPRESS "Barclay's enjoyably creepy tale...certainly keeps one turning the pages" TIMES
Linwood Barclay is married with two children and lives in Toronto. He has written a popular column for the Toronto Star since 1993.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.3
- : 29 February 2008
- : 198mm X 129mm X 27mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 July 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 448
- : 813.6
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Linwood Barclay