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No Time for Goodbye
No Time for Goodbye | Linwood Barclay
Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire familymother, father,brotherhad vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, shell learn the devastating truth. Sometimes its better not to know. . . . 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 giftssomeone 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. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Linwood Barclay's No Safe House.
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swishandflick
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Damn, I love it when I randomly stumble on a new-to-me author and I just get more and more excited to devour their backlist! This is my third book of his and, while not my fav of the three I've read so far, I was still completely hooked and completely off balance the whole time. Let me put it this way, I love crime fiction. And the last two times I was this excited about discovering a new auther it was Karin Slaughter and Michael Connelly 👏🏽 4⭐️

Bklover I think this has a sequel - 2y
marleed I love reading down an author‘s backlist. …story here… My new grandchild is named Canon after a very specific camera his late grandpa always carried and son now uses professionally. Since his birth 10 weeks ago, I‘ve read the word ‘canon‘ in print numerous times when talking about someone‘s body of work - music, comedy, writing. I text them new examples every couple weeks. Cracks us up - I only thought of it as a word for the canon of saints. 2y
MyNamesParadise I loved this book so much back when I read it around the time it came out! So good! 2y
swishandflick @marleed I love that! What a unique and fun name! Agreed that it would make me chuckle as it comes up in other contexts though. One of those situations like once you're thinking of something you start seeing it everywhere. 2y
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Come-read-with-me
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A well written book with an interesting premise for a murder mystery. The story starts when a young girls‘ family vanishes from her life and then fast forwards 25 years to the anniversary of the disappearance. There are some good twists to the story and the ending is a nice surprise! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 #AxeTheStacks

Crazeedi Sounds good! 4y
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Lizpixie
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It only took me 4hrs to read this book, I couldn‘t put it down. Barclays 1st stand alone thriller(I think there‘s now a follow up book)while at times it struggled, turned into a cracking good read. Imagine as a teenager, waking up one morning to find your family has disappeared completely. For 25yrs you‘re left with the anxiety of not knowing what happened. What would you do? Great book👍 #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 11points #PointsTotal-1,658

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Lizpixie
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#LibraryHaul After enjoying Elevator Pitch, I decided to track down the rest of Barclays books. This is his first novel & it sounds very good. 14yrold old Cynthia wakes up the morning after an argument with her parents, to find them gone, along with her brother. Taken in by her aunt, she grows up & marries Terry and is happy. Until revelations about her family threaten everything she has now. #Scareathlon #TeamSlaughter 1point #PointsTotal-1,139

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chspraker
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I'm 65 pages in and so far so good!! I needed something to calm me down after reading No Exit! #bedtimereading

Kaylamburson This sounds so intense!! Stacking it! Welcome to Litsy!!!! 5y
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squirrelbrain
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I read this as a bit of a palate-cleanser on my commute during a difficult working week. I saw one of the ‘twists‘ coming, but not the other. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable book and then I realised that it would count towards #ReadingUSA2019 - yay! #connecticut

That‘s 15 states now for me...

Apologies to those who I haven‘t been tagging before and hi 👋

Kaye Great job. 6y
Velvetfur Great picture and I love that constellations cushion! Sorry to hear you had a difficult week at work though x 6y
TrishB Sorry to hear work is rubbish 😔 6y
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squirrelbrain Thanks @trishb @Velvetfur - work has been a bit blah for a while but I‘m leaving in 4 weeks anyway, so it just exacerbates all my frustrations! Then the payroll system decided to break this week... 😡. There‘s people far worse off though, and at least I‘m leaving soon! 6y
Velvetfur @squirrelbrain Wow, that sounds really crap, but I'm glad you're leaving soon - you're on the home stretch, just keep it together a little while longer...! X 6y
Cathythoughts Beautiful picture.. hope work gets better Helen 😘 6y
Cathythoughts Oh I see you are leaving soon - sounds like a good move 👍🏻 6y
tracey38 Sorry you had a rough work week. Happy to hear you get to leave a job that doesn't make you happy. Hope you have something you love coming up. This is a great picture. Love the pillow and blanket. 6y
BarbaraBB Wow, 15 states already! 6y
TrishB Hope whatever happens next is awesome! 6y
Librarybelle Sorry for the rough week! But, yay for the book! 6y
NatalieR Great job! 👏 6y
BethM Love your pillow! 6y
Samplergal Great job! I can never remember to tag anyone, so I‘m good without a tag. 😂😂😂. Hope work gets better. 6y
Hooked_on_books I‘ve read 2 of his books and really like him so far. Good choice! 6y
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Linda906
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As an avid thriller reader, it is surprising to me that I have never read Linwood Barclay. I really enjoyed this backlist title of the disappearance of a family that leaves a young girl behind who spends her life trying to find answers. I‘m looking forward to reading the follow up to this story and many more titles by this author. #LitsyAtoZ #TheLetterN

melbeautyandbooks I love him! I found him through a top ten books of the year article by Stephen King some years ago. I figured if Barclay was good enough for him, then he was worth a read. 6y
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JeaMar82
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This book did not turn out how I was expecting. I loved it! No sure why I put it off for so long. Need to find more books by this author.
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JeaMar82
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Me right now 😂😂

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JeaMar82
No Time for Goodbye | Linwood Barclay

I haven't been able to read at all today. 😭 Hope to get some major reading done tonight.

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JeaMar82
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I wasn't sure what to think of this book by Linwood Barclay at first but now it's really interesting now 😊😂

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JeaMar82
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Always like to sit in my car at work for my breaks and read. Even when it's raining. 😊

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sarajadeblogs
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This is undoubtably one of my favourite books on my bookshelf. I have just ordered the book set 7 years after this one. The twists and turns in the novel were incredible and always made me second guess myself. I cannot wait to fill my entire bookshelves with Linwood Barclays work.

DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy! 🎉📚👍😀Hope you enjoy it here! 7y
sarajadeblogs @DebinHawaii thank you so much! I've been looking for fellow bookworms!💕 7y
DebinHawaii @sarajadeblogs You will definitely find them here! Jump in, have fun, and ask any questions you have. Everyone here is great. It will send you #TBR pile out of control--if it isn't already! 📚📚📚😆📚📚 7y
sarajadeblogs @DebinHawaii It already has hahaha 7y
RaimeyGallant Welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon And here's a compilation of Litsy tips that some of us put together:
https://raimeygallant.com/2017/10/31/litsytips/
7y
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rabbitprincess
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A double bill of goodbyes, made especially appropriate by the fact that Ross Macdonald was Linwood Barclay's inspiration and mentor.
#emojinov day 17: 👋🏽

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BookishMel
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I was given this book by a friend and I could not put it down! this book had me hooked from the beginning. This book constantly kept me on my feet, linwood Barclay is an amazing author and I can not wait to read the rest of his books!

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Caroline2
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Meh! It's ok I suppose as murder mysteries go; it's unpredictable in places and obvious in others. But I just didn't care about any of the characters or what happened to them! Plus it was wayyyy toooo long winded! 🙄

MyNamesParadise When I read this in 2008 I loved it so much!!! I wonder if I would fee that way now! 8y
Caroline2 Yeah I think I might be a bit jaded! I have read too many murder mystery thrillers lately! They're all feeling a bit samey! 8y
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aefc1981
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Excellent page turner. Some parts I guessed, others had me guessing right to the last page. I always like how Barclay is able to tie up all the loose ends in his books. This is the third of his that I've read, though it was his first novel. A quick, easy read.