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Linwood Barclay
No Time for Goodbye
Book #1 of the No Time For Goodbye series
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No Time for Goodbye

Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family–mother, father, brother–had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she’ll learn the devastating truth.

Sometimes it’s better not to know. . . .

Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family. But the story of her old family isn’t over. A strange car in the neighborhood, untraceable phone calls, ominous “gifts”–someone has returned to her hometown to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And no one’s innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time Cynthia discovers her killer’s shocking identity, it will again be too late . . . even for goodbye.

Praise for the masterful No Time for Goodbye:

‘You won’t get up until you’ve turned the last page’ Michael Connelly

‘Utterly riveting’ Tess Gerritsen

‘A terrific page-turner that keeps you in suspense’ Peter Robinson

Author: Linwood Barclay
Published: 2007
Page Count: 496

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