Uncategorized 02 Jul 2007 10:32 pm
No Time for Goodbye
Now, most of my books are happy-go-lucky types. What if you like thrillers? My site might not be the most fun. Well, for all you scary thriller and murder mystery fans, fear not, I have read a thriller, a new author to me and lordy it was good!!!
Linwood Barclay, with about six books to his credit before this new standalone, PLUS being a very successful newspaper columnist (not to mention a father and husband), (well, quite a busy man eh?), has written a new standalone thriller set in a small town of Connecticut where a high school girl wakes up and finds her family gone. No word, no note, no blood, just G O N E. The book is set twenty-five years later as she tries to figure out what really happened. Told through her husband (who I really liked), this book REALLY shows that sometimes, the truth is better off not discovered. It may hurt not to know, but it the truth might be a killer!
No Time For Goodbye, wowsers…
From the back cover:
“High school student Cynthia Archer woke up one morning to discover that her entire family had disappeared. No note. No clue. Nothing. Twenty-five years later, Cynthia is still trying to make sense of it, and trying her best to lead a normal life with her husband and daughter. When she begins to notice odd and sinister signs, all pointing to her missing family, no one seems to believe her – even her husband doubts her. Could Cynthia be losing her mind? Was she involved with her family’s disappearance all those years ago? As dark secrets unfold, the shocking truth slowly emerges. Cynthia might finally get her answer, but sometimes it’s better not to know.”
Dave also read this one, and yeah, I pretty much agree with everything he said. I didn’t get to read it in one sitting, but hot damn did I want to!!!
It was just so GOOD. As I think about it, I am glad that I only read it in half hour intervals because I was able to formulate opinions about WHAT actually happened to her family. Were they all killed by serial killers? Did Cynthia kill them in a drunken blackout? What about the mob? This book went beyond my meager guesses and BLEW me away!!!
I even emailed Mr. Barclay through his site to let him know how good it was. I figure, more praise can never hurt eh?
SEPTEMBER 25th 2007, sorry for the delay, I don’t choose the dates! But keep your eyes peeled in the Bantam Dell monthly podcast program for October AND at bantamdell.com for their Mystery features, and it was selected for the Booked For Breakfast Book Club feature at DearReader.com. So check those places out, plus his website, Good times!
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