Book Review: No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay

If you would want to give your system a shock or a jolt then this book is for you. If you are facing a reader's block and thrillers are your thing then read this book. Pick this book if you want to have a good time page after page.

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The Plot

No Time for Goodbye by the Canadian author Linwood Barclay is a nail biting thriller that is as simple and humane as it is complex. As a 14 year old Cynthia Bigge is dragged from her boyfriend's arms by her father who finds her sloshed in his car one night. Next morning Cynthia wakes up to find that her parents and brother have disappeared without leaving a single trace or note for her. The house is spic and span as her mother likes to keep it, nothing is out of place or amiss to suggest any kind of foul play and still no one can seem find anything about her family. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of this event, Cynthia agrees to feature in a documentary about this. A few days later strange things begin to happen to her and the people around her, which make her wish, she had let sleeping dogs lie. To find out what became of the Biggest family and how layers unfurl, you have to get your hands on this 2006 (if I am not mistaken) release.

The book kept me hooked throughout largely, though in the end I had a few misgivings about a certain episode in the book. But having said that, I can't say I wasn't entertained. Though nothing heinous happens as the plot progresses the credit must go to the author for maintaining the tension that he builds up with the plot description on the cover.

It was almost like watching a movie unfold. I finished the book in one day, reading it in spurts and gushes, as and when I could make time and that is saying a lot for a book being a mum of two kids and all. So grab it this weekend for a definite dose of thrills and chills.


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