Reviews
"No Time for Goodbyejust 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 Goodbyeis 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 ofPiece of My Heart "No Time for Goodbyebegins 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 ofThe Lizard's Bite "No Time for Goodbyeis 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 Goodbyeis 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 Goodbyeis a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I'm jealous I didn't write it."-Alafair Burke, author ofDead Connection "No Time for Goodbyeis 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 ofThe Bone Garden "Skilled characterization and convincing dialogue."-Publishers Weekly "A top-notch thriller... doesn't stop until the last page."Library Journal, starred review From the Hardcover edition., "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, authorof "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
Synopsis
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. She isn't. Instead, the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. At first she just thinks it's weird, then more and more scary, until finally the terrifying reality hits her: in the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared. Twenty-five years later the mystery is no nearer to being solved and 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 knows that without answers - however shocking they might prove to be - she will never be emotionally or psychologically whole, living in daily fear 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... First nothing. Then just a few crackpots and scam artists coming out of the woodwork. And then the letter, a letter 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...