No Time For Goodbye
The million-copy-bestselling sensation from the #1 bestselling master of suspense
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4.2 • 138 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A reissue of Linwood Barclay's brilliant first thriller - the fastest-selling Richard & Judy title to date - from the author of FIND YOU FIRST
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 . . .
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Linwood Barclay’s debut novel opens with a chilling premise: 14-year-old Cynthia Archer awakens from a night of drinking to find her family missing. A quarter-century later, Cynthia’s a parent herself but still waiting for answers; when she goes public with her story, she unleashes a dangerous chain reaction. A domestic thriller that’s as relatable as it is suspenseful, No Time for Goodbye kept us fully invested through every twist and turn.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Barclay (Bad Guys) tugs hard on the heartstrings with the tragic tale of Cynthia Bigge, whose parents and brother vanished without a trace the day after she had a tempestuous teenage argument with her father. Twenty-five years later, raising a daughter with her husband, Terrence Archer, in Milford, Conn., but still haunted by her family's disappearance, Cynthia goes on TV to talk about what happened and plead for clues. A mysterious phone call leads her to believe her father, at least, may still be alive, but as her excitement grows, so do Terrence's worries. It soon appears that someone is playing a unexpectedly vicious game with Cynthia's emotions, and that her family held secrets she never suspected. Though some plot twists require significant suspension of disbelief, skilled characterization and convincing dialogue more than compensate.
Customer Reviews
Very entertaining
Enjoyed this book
No time to say Goodbye - Highly recommended.
Very well written, I couldn’t put it down!
I shed a few tears as it was sad and emotional and really put you in the heart of Cynthia.
Mary
Loved it! Fantastic story. Could not put it down!!