Gillian McAllister

eBook, ePUB

Famous Last Words (eBook, ePUB)

The Thrilling Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Beschreibung

He's Your Husband. A Father. A Friend. And Now He's Live on TV... as a Hostage-Taker.

THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME

'What an incredible, gripping, thrilling read' LISA JEWELL

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It's Camilla's first day back at work. And her daughter's first day at nursery. But where is her husband Luke? The only trace of him is an unfinished note.

Then she sees the breaking news: a hostage situation just streets away. Next the police arrive: Luke is caught up in it.

But he isn't a hostage. Luke - doting father, successful writer, eternal optimist - is the gunman.

What Camilla does next will be crucial. Because only she can figure out what clue lies in the note he left behind . . .
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PRAISE FOR FAMOUS LAST WORDS

'Few things make me happier than a new Gillian McAllister book, and Famous Last Words did not let me down. Complex, surprising and utterly gripping' JANE FALLON

'An incredibly page-turning mystery wrapped up in a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of a most unusual kind of grief. Absolutely outstanding, one of my books of the year' ANDREA MARA

'Completely addictive. I was as desperate to find out the truth as any of the characters in the book ? if not more so!' SOPHIA HANNAH

'A totally fresh read that left me guessing until the very end!' ASHLEY FLOWERS

'McAllister is an expert in taut, twisty thrillers' i PAPER

'A thriller full of unexpected twists and turns, packing a real emotional punch' RED MAGAZINE

'Famous Last Words blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping... A brilliant, brilliant book' JODI PICOULT

'Utterly effing magnificent. I could NOT put it down!' MARIAN KEYES

PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER

'A first-class thriller' SUNDAY TIMES

'A writer at the top of her game' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'Extraordinary' DAILY MAIL

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Autor

Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of nine stand-alone novels. Her books have been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club, Reese's Book Club and the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her previous novel, Wrong Place Wrong Time, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and was shortlisted for The British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Gillian's books are published in thirty-eight languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405957328
• Artikelnr.: 70261364

Rezensionen

"[In] McAllister's latest domestic stress-fest...the pieces of the puzzle emerge slowly, but they come together very nicely." - New York Times Book Review

"Only a Gillian McAllister thriller can make your heart race and then your heart melt from one page to the next! I'm a devoted fan!" - Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"As a fiction writer myself it's really, really hard to fool me-I always guess the ending of books-but this novel blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping...and with a poignancy about relationships and love that one rarely finds in the genre. A brilliant, brilliant book." - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York

Times bestselling author

"An incredible, gripping, thrilling read." - Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A totally fresh read that kept me guessing until the very end!" - Ashley Flowers, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here

"A gasp-inducing hostage thriller....Tense and twisty." - People

"Starts like a bullet-train that mellows out into a psychological thriller and gripping England-set why-dunnit." - Boston Globe

"McAllister is known for her addicting, adrenaline-fueled psychological thrillers, and [Famous Last Words] follows suit....A twisty, gripping page-turner about marriage, lies, and crime." - Woman's World

"Completely addictive. I was as desperate to find out the truth as any of the characters in the book - if not more so!" - Sophie Hannah, internationally bestselling author

"An incredibly page-turning mystery wrapped up in a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of a most unusual kind of grief. Absolutely outstanding, one of my books of the year." - Andrea Mara, author of Someone in the Attic

"A perfectly calibrated mix of the thoughtful characterization that book clubbers will adore and the twist-filled plotting that armchair suspense junkies crave.... A first-rate, fiendishly clever suspense novel." - Library Journal (starred review)

"McCallister hits another one out of the park....all the puzzle pieces click together for a satisfying ending." - Booklist (starred review)

"Gillian McAllister [is] one of my favorite authors working in the genre. McAllister is the best at putting her characters in impossible situations and making her readers not only contemplate but feel what it would be like to find themselves in those situations." - Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Marital secrets animate this heartrending standalone...the gut-wrenching plight of McAllister's three-dimensional heroine will keep readers flipping pages. This satisfies." - Publishers Weekly