NO TIME FOR GOODBYE

Book ID/图书代码： 12844008B20570

English Summary/英文概要： 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. She isn’t. Instead, the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. At first she just thinks it’s weird, then more and more scary, until finally the terrifying reality hits her: in the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply 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? 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 knows that without answers - however shocking they might prove to be - she will never be emotionally or psychologically whole, living in daily fear 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...First nothing. Then just a few crackpots and scam artists coming out of the woodwork. And then the letter, a letter 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...

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Cynthia Archer永遠無法忘懷少年時期的夢魘。在過去的那一天早晨醒來，她發現父母和弟弟離奇失蹤，沒有留下任何線索，就是一夜之間音訊全無，只留下驚魂未定的她。
過去的25年來，Cynthia家人神秘的消失，始終是一道解不開的謎，也在她心中留下了陰影，到底是什麼原因家人棄她而去。如今她已結婚生子，卻害怕過去的往事再次發生。
為了挖掘過去，Cynthia參加電視記錄節目重臨此案，希望當時有人知道家人真正失蹤的原因，然而卻收到了一封信，讓她終於明白回憶往事是她這輩子所犯下最大的錯誤…

Awards/获奖情况：Michael Connelly 麥可‧康納利
"No Time for Goodbye just flies off the page. It’s a one-sit thriller. You sit down with this book and you won’t get up until you’ve turned the last page."
Tess Gerritsen, 泰絲‧蓋瑞森 New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Garden
"No Time for Goodbye is one of the best thrillers of the year! Utterly riveting, it will grab you on page one and won’t let you go until the final, stunning conclusion."
Robert Crais 羅伯‧克里斯
"No Time for Goodbye is a high-speed emotional roller-coaster. The surprises will leave you breathless."
Joseph Finder 喬瑟夫‧芬德
"No Time for Goodbye is a turbo-charged, nonstop thriller that got me with every twist and turn. Linwood Barclay has written a mesmerizing, addictive page-turner that I just couldn’t put down. It’s one of the best suspense novels I’ve read in years."
Charlaine Harris 莎蓮．哈里斯
"No Time for Goodbye is a great suburban thriller---and that’s not a contradiction in terms. Linwood Barclay doesn’t make one false step, and the surprises just keep on coming. Don’t start reading No Time for Goodbye late at night: you’ll stay up to finish it."
Alafair Burke, author of Dead Connection 阿菈菲‧勃克
"No Time for Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I’m jealous I didn’t write it."
Peter Robinson, author of Piece of My Heart
"A terrific page-turner that keeps you in suspense until the very end. If you like Harlan Coben, you’ll love Linwood Barclay."
David Hewson, author of The Lizard’s Bite
"No Time for Goodbye begins as an intriguing mystery then shifts with a sinister grace into a race-against-time thriller that begs to be read in a single sitting. Barclay sets his dark tale in the most familiar of surroundings, a decent, loving family, on the verge of being torn apart by tragic events 25 years old. The author’s unique voice finds terror in the most mundane of environments, an ordinary home, and thereby makes his shocking and original tale all the more compelling."
Alex Gordon, Peterborough Evening Telegraph
"This is the thriller equivalent of shooting down a sheet of ice clinging to a bobsleigh as it slews round tricky corners and hurtles to a climax." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Laura Wilson, Guardian
"Barclay succeeds in both banging the gong and serving up a riveting, rewarding and, for the most part, plausible three courses, though you may need to take a deep breath somewhere around the coffee stage." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph
"...he has introduced some twists and produced a genuinely mystifying puzzle with tense moments." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Sharon Wheeler, Reviewingtheevidence.com
"NO TIME FOR GOODBYE clops along at a good lick... Barclay juggles the flashbacks neatly alongside the fast-moving present-day action... Barclay is undoubtedly a writer to watch." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Ali Karim, Deadly Pleasures
"One of the top delights in book reviewing is discovering a gem; a book that pushes the bar just a little higher, and that is exactly what NO TIME FOR GOODBYE does." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
CRIMESQUAD.COM
"...impossible to put down." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author/作者介绍： Linwood Barclay is a columnist for the Toronto Star. He is the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including Stone Rain and Lone Wolf. He lives near Toronto with his wife and has two grown children.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：

原文第一章内容：有

手稿：暂无

大纲：暂无