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 ...
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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 hasreturned 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. From the Hardcover edition.
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I loved this book. I read it in 2 days. Very suspenseful, great storyline, great characters. I had a hard time putting the book down.
Marcia M
Sep 8, 2014
A good mystery
I really enjoy Linwood Barclay's style of writing. He weaves the story and keeps you connected in the mystery. You'll enjoy.
lilykat
Mar 28, 2009
I really liked this book. I just recently dis-
covered Linwood Barclay and have enjoyed
every book of his that I have read. I ordered
all the other books that he has written and
am looking forward to reading them.
lindacat
Jan 9, 2008
Excellent thriller
This is a must read for thriller lovers. Thrillers need to do just that...thrill and this fast paced read of a past that definitely comes back to haunt will do the trick. A teen whose family mysteriously disappears experiences all the horrors of that incident twenty five years later and there are no dull moments up until the crashing ending. Won't take you long to polish off this read.
Vamp1969
Sep 7, 2007
Don't Miss This Page-Turner!
Linwood Barclay knows how to masterfully integrate an intelligent, cleverly written thriller and proves this with No Time For Goodbye. From the very first page, you will be genuinely concerned with this family?s uncertain calamity. Cynthia Archer, has no idea what happened to her family one fateful night when she was 16 and came home drunk, fighting with her parents, only to awaken the next morning to find them all gone without even so much as leaving a note. For the past 25 years, she has been wrought with guilt and is still looking for answers, answers that may give any indication of what happened to her family that night. What the future holds for Cynthia, her husband and daughter, will have you gasping between the pages, and will leave you stunned when the truth is finally revealed.
