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No Time For Goodbye by: Linwood Barclay List Price: £7.99 City Travel Guides Price: £3.86 You Save: £4.13 (52%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780752893686 ISBN: 0752893688 Label: Orion Manufacturer: Orion Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: June 12, 2008 Publisher: Orion Studio: Orion Sales Rank: 8 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Review: "a fast-moving roller-coaster of a read" (Emma Lee-Potter DAILY EXPRESS ) "Barclay's enjoyably creepy tale...certainly keeps one turning the pages" (TIMES ) Product Description: 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. Twenty-five years later 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 fears 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... Then a letter arrives 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... 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. 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. Twenty-five years later 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 fears 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...Then a letter arrives 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... About the Author: Linwood Barclay is married with two children and lives in Toronto. He has written a popular column for the Toronto Star since 1993. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Ehh...Where to start?Don't waste your time on this, I gave up on it two-hundred and something pages in. Some of the main points: >basically juvenile, >predictible plot, >Poorly Written, >Obvious plot explanations in character dialogue...etc This could be forgiven if you cared about the characters, or even what happens, sadly however, this is not the case. Rating:  - A book written for TV Movie In MindNo Time For Goodbye The opening chapters get off to a great start, sadly followed by too much character explanation of emotions that have no real depth and frankly become less believable as time goes on, inevidably half way through not only do you know how it's all going to end, you can't help but feel you are immersed in a screenplay for a TV movie. As crime thillers go... this is pretty disappointing. Rating: - A great idea poorly executedMost books have a beginning, a middle and an end. The high point of this novel turned out to be the beginning, which of course expanded on the intriguing premise of the story: a teenage girl wakes up to find her parents and brother missing, and like most readers (I assume) I wondered what on earth was going on. Then there was 'the middle', which in a nutshell was much too long because after perhaps 300 pages I was none the wiser as to the reasons behind the family's disappearance and apart from the mildly mysterious goings-on the only real point of interest remained the basic plot. Then there was 'the end', which I won't describe here but I will vent my opinion that it was pretty awfully written and in dire need of professional editing. Read More: Rating:  - worth a readThis book has a good storyline that keeps you interested to the end. Although its a thriller, it is definately one for the ladies, as the male charactor that narates the book is unnaturally sensitive, tolerant,and a bit too good to be true, and would put most males off reading it. I wouldn't say it was as good a thriller as a harlen coban books as he is the best thriller writer i have read, But all in all a pretty good read Rating:  - More than excellent!This is absolutely an unputdownable book! It attracts your attention immediately from the beginning and never bores you till the very end. The way the plot unfolds and the way all the different aspects of the plot melt together are brilliant. This is the best book that I've read over the past several years! I just cannot wait for his new book. |
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