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.
Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family-mother, father,brother-had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she'll learn the devastating truth.
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Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family-mother, father,brother-had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she'll learn the devastating truth. Sometimes it's better not to know. . . .Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family.
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No Time for Goodbye was written by Linwood Barclay and published by Bantam Books an imprint of Random House Publishing Group
No Time for Goodbye has 480 pages
