No Time For Goodbye: A gripping crime thriller about a missing family for readers who love Harlan Coben

Linwood Barclay

Mar 2009 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

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 . . .

Ratings and reviews

On of the best novels I've read in recent times. I was getting tired of the "standards". This book has little physical violence, hardly any swearing, but it is one of the most thrilling and impenetrable novels I've read in years. I couldn't leave it down. The dialogues are priceless in places. I'm so happy to have discovered this writer (recommended by a librarian).

I'll have to learn speed reading. I just couldn't turn the pages of this thriller fast enough. The writing is superb, the characters finely drawn and credible and the ending is highly satisfactory. Cannot wait to get my hands on the sequel.

I couldn't put it down, when I looked up It was almost 5am. I will definitely be reading more by this author.

About the author

Linwood Barclay is the international bestselling author of many critically acclaimed novels, including NO SAFE HOUSE, A TAP ON THE WINDOW, TRUST YOUR EYES and the Richard & Judy 2008 Summer Read winner and number one bestseller, NO TIME FOR GOODBYE. He lives near Toronto with his wife.

www.linwoodbarclay.com.