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No Time For Goodbye

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No Time For Goodbye

by BARCLAY LINWOOD

Bantam Books | October 30, 2009 | Hardcover

The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something was terribly wrong. Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to find herself alone. Her family-mother, father, and brother-had vanished without a word, without a note, without a trace. Twenty-five years later, Cynthia is still looking for answers. Now she is about to learn the devastating truth.

From critically acclaimed author Linwood Barclay comes a new suspense thriller that strikes to the core of our most primal fear. What if you woke one day to find your entire life had changed? If everyone you loved had disappeared overnight without so much as a chance to ask why?

Cynthia and Terry Archer still live in Milford, Connecticut, not far from the old Bigge house on Hickory Street. With a solid marriage and a young daughter, the Archers seem on track for a successful future. But the questions raised by Cynthia's past still haunt her, and her obsession to find the answers threatens to destroy everything they've worked for. For Cynthia, there can be no closure until she finds out why her family disappeared-and how they could have left her behind.

Terry thinks the segment on the popular TV crime-stopper program Deadline is a mistake. But his wife hopes that someone watching will have a lead to her missing family. Sure enough, it's Cynthia who spots the strange car cruising the neighborhood, hears the untraceable phone calls, and discovers the ominous "gifts." And as Cynthia's nerves begin to unravel, no one's innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time the first body is found, it's clear that her past is more of a mystery than she ever imagined-or may ever survive.

Someone has returned to this Connecticut town to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And by the time Terry and Cynthia discover the killer's shocking identity, it will be too late even for goodbye.
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    Rating: 5/5

    Another masterpiece!

    Chrissy

    5 months ago

    Linwood Barclay is my new favorite author. Amazing work!

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    Rating: 4/5

    Kept my attention throughout.

    Ann Marie

    7 months ago

    For some reason my copy was published in the UK. It is a mystery and quite a lengthy read. The writing has a nice flow to it and I was pleased that by the end of the book all my questions were answered without the feeling that the author just wanted to end the story in a page or two. I think this is his first book. I would read more by this author. I was very impressed by how well thought out everything was and I feel he avoided a lot of mystery novel cliches. Great job!

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    Rating: 4/5

    really, really good.

    LibraryCin

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    2 years ago

    4.5 stars

    14-year old Cynthia, following a fight with her parents the night before, wakes up to find that her entire family - her parents and her brother, Todd - have disappeared. They are gone without a trace. 25 years later, Cynthia is married to Terry and they have an 8-year old daughter, Grace. Cynthia appears on a news tv program in hopes that someone who knows something will finally come forward.

    Except for the prologue when Cynthia is 14, the rest of the book is told from Terry's point of view. I thought this book was really, really good. I wanted to keep reading (though it was a little tougher to do on audio, so it still took a little longer to read, but that is no reflection on the book itself). I though the narrator was very good. He did so many different voices and they were done quite well, I thought. The way he did someone talking on the phone was done really well, too. I really liked this and will definitely be picking up more to read by Barclay.

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    I found that I could not put this book down. Imagine a young teenage girl waking up one morning, only to realize your entire family has vanished without a trace or even a note. Linwood keeps you guessing and hanging with each chapter.

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The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something was terribly wrong. Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to find herself alone. Her family-mother, father, and brother-had vanished without a word, without a note, without a trace. Twenty-five years later, Cynthia is still looking for answers. Now she is about to learn the devastating truth.

From critically acclaimed author Linwood Barclay comes a new suspense thriller that strikes to the core of our most primal fear. What if you woke one day to find your entire life had changed? If everyone you loved had disappeared overnight without so much as a chance to ask why?

Cynthia and Terry Archer still live in Milford, Connecticut, not far from the old Bigge house on Hickory Street. With a solid marriage and a young daughter, the Archers seem on track for a successful future. But the questions raised by Cynthia's past still haunt her, and her obsession to find the answers threatens to destroy everything they've worked for. For Cynthia, there can be no closure until she finds out why her family disappeared-and how they could have left her behind.

Terry thinks the segment on the popular TV crime-stopper program Deadline is a mistake. But his wife hopes that someone watching will have a lead to her missing family. Sure enough, it's Cynthia who spots the strange car cruising the neighborhood, hears the untraceable phone calls, and discovers the ominous "gifts." And as Cynthia's nerves begin to unravel, no one's innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time the first body is found, it's clear that her past is more of a mystery than she ever imagined-or may ever survive.

Someone has returned to this Connecticut town to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And by the time Terry and Cynthia discover the killer's shocking identity, it will be too late even for goodbye.

About the Author

Linwood Barclay is a columnist for the Toronto Star. He is the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including Stone Rain and Lone Wolf. He lives near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children.

Hardcover

352 Pages, 6.29 x 9.23 x 1.26 in

October 30, 2009

Bantam Books

English


055380555X
9780553805550

From the Critics

"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

"No Time for Goodbye is a high-speed emotional roller-coaster. The surprises will leave you breathless."-Robert Crais

"A terrific page-turner that keeps you in suspense until the very end. If you like Harlan Coben, you''ll love Linwood Barclay."-Peter Robinson, author of Piece of My Heart

"No Time for Goodbye begins as an intriguing mystery then shifts with a sinister grace into a race-against-time thriller that begs to be read in a single sitting. Barclay sets his dark tale in the most familiar of surroundings, a decent, loving family, on the verge of being torn apart by tragic events 25 years old. The author's unique voice finds terror in the most mundane of environments, an ordinary home, and thereby makes his shocking and original tale all the more compelling."-David Hewson, author of The Lizard''s Bite

"No Time for Goodbye is a turbo-charged, nonstop thriller that got me with every twist and turn. Linwood Barclay has written a mesmerizing, addictive page-turner that I just couldn't put down. It's one of the best suspense novels I've read in years."-Joseph Finder

"No Time for Goodbye is a great suburban thriller---and that''s not a contradiction in terms. Linwood Barclay doesn''t make one false step, and the surprises just keep on coming. Don''t start reading No Time for Goodbye late at night: you''ll stay up to finish it." -Charlaine Harris

"No Time for Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I''m jealous I didn''t write it."-Alafair Burke, author of Dead Connection

"No Time for Goodbye is one of the best thrillers of the year! Utterly riveting, it will grab you on page one and won''t let you go until the final, stunning conclusion."-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Garden

"Skilled characterization and convincing dialogue."-Publishers Weekly

"A top-notch thriller... doesn't stop until the last page."-Library Journal, starred review

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