Winner of the Richard & Judy Summer Read 2008
Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 2 July 2008.
A fantastic opening plot that pulls you straight in to the story and makes you have to read in one or two sittings as curiosity just gets the better of you. Fourteen year old Cynthia wakes up one morning to find her mother, father and brother have all completely disappeared without trace. 25 years later Cynthia might just start to get some answers as to what happened to them.
The feelings of abandonment, doubt, anger and anguish that Cynthia feels are brought across through the main narrator of the book, Cynthia’s husband, which is clever way of getting the sense of frustration both feel, her because she needs answers and him because he wants her to be able to close that chapter of her life and move on.
Apart from a slight lull in the middle this book will sweep you up with it’s pace and intrigue, perfect for a holiday read.
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. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared.
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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. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd.
No Time for Goodbye features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, eBooks of the Month, Crime and Mystery, Fiction, Recommendations
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No Time for Goodbye was written by Linwood Barclay and published by Orion Publishing Co
No Time for Goodbye has 437 pages
