No Time for Goodbye
Author: Linwood Barclay
Publisher: Bantam (2007)
ISBN: 055380555X
pages: 352
genre: Thriller suspense
4 (out of 5) STARS
Annotation: Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge wakes up one morning to find her entire family gone. Twenty-five years later, their unexplained disappearance still haunts her.
Summary: 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. (www.goodreads.com)
Evaluation: I am really enjoying the thriller suspense genre. I had not read any from this genre before taking this class. I usually prefer a book with depth and substance but have found these quick, page turning, suspense novels to be very enjoyable. This book was great because I could not guess what had happened to Cynthia's family at all. I had no idea nor even a guess as to what would happen next. I also liked the characters in the book and found them to be believable.
Read-a-likes:
The Anniversary by Amy Gutman
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer
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