No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay

[Janet]

I've searched for a thread about this as I know quite a few of us were reading it, but there doesn't appear to be one so I thought I'd start the ball rolling. :)

No Time For Goodbye (http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Time-Goodbye-Linwood-Barclay/dp/0752893688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217434444&sr=1-1) by Linwood Barclay

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The ‘Blurb’
The house was silent. No sound of her parents getting ready for work, or her brother late for school. Were they punishing her for last night? She’d been out on a date when she should have been studying, and had a huge fight with her father. So where was everyone now? Why had her family disappeared?

Twenty-five years later the mystery is no nearer to being solved and Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions. Were her family murdered? Abducted? If so, why was she spared? And if they’re alive, why did they abandon her?

Then a letter arrives, a letter which makes no sense. Soon Cynthia begins to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made…

I really enjoyed this book. Okay, so it’s slightly obvious about half-way through how the story is going to pan out but that didn’t spoil the enjoyment of it at all. It’s an easy read (which is most likely why Richard and Judy chose it as one of their Summer Reads). I found it quite hard to put down, which is always a good sign.

It seems to have divided opinions on Amazon, but for me it was a good and enjoyable read and I shall definitely look out for more of Barclay’s work.

The paperback is 437 pages long and is published by Orion. The ISBN number is 978-0752893686.

8/10

(Read July 2008)

[happyanddandy]

I didn't get it Janet until nearly at the end!! I was completely foxed. I thoroughly enjoyed this and could not get my nose out of it! Subsequently passed to OH who is now also engrossed. I keep asking him where he is up to and then pull silent faces at him - we can't discuss it until he finishes. I put a reviw in the blog :smile2:

[madcow]

Sounds an interesting read, I'll keep an eye out for it.

[LG1976]

I absolutely loved this book. Really hard to put it down. Like a PP said, I didn't work out the plot until the end.

I would recommend it to anyone.

[supergran71]

I thought it was fantastic read, despite too much gratuitous swearing at the beginning. The ending was one I had in my mind as I got closer to the end, after I had discounted the obvious ones. In the end it couldnt be anything else could it?

[Gyre]

I really enjoyed this one too and I agree with SG there was a lot of cursing at the start :)

[madcow]

Starting this one tonight :)

[Lilywhite]

Funny, I started this one today as well..... I'm 200 pages in already :D

Very intriguing read.

[madcow]

Great minds think alike :lol:

[lopeanha]

I liked that one, too. I read it in german though. It was this kind of book you finish fast, entertaining but not too much to think about.

[Colin Jacobs]

I guessed the ending fairly early on. It was not what I expected but will read many more of the authors books