No Time for Goodbye

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 Cynthias past still haunt her, and her obsession to find the answers threatens to destroy everything theyve worked for. For Cynthia, there can be no closure until she finds out why her family disappearedand 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, its Cynthia who spots the strange car cruising the neighborhood, hears the untraceable phone calls, and discovers the ominous “gifts.” And as Cynthias nerves begin to unravel, no ones innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time the first body is found, its clear that her past is more of a mystery than she ever imaginedor may ever survive.

Someone has returned to this Connecticut town to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And by the time Terry and Cynthia discover the killers shocking identity, it will be too late even for goodbye.

From the Hardcover edition.

Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family. But the story of her old family isnt 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 ones innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time Cynthia discovers her killers shocking identity, it will again be too late . . . even for goodbye.

From the Hardcover edition.