No Time For Goodbye

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College Professor Paul Davis is a normal guy with a normal life. Until, driving along a deserted road late one night, he surprises a murderer trying to dispose of a couple of bodies. That's when Paul's "normal" existence is turned upside down. After nearly loosing his own life in that encounter, he finds himself battling with PTSD, depression and severe problems at work. At the time "Sara" was at position #9 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks later it would peak at #1 {for 1 week}, and it spent twenty weeks on the Top 100...

I was surprised by how vividly No Time for Goodbye captured the inner turmoil of its protagonist as she searched for answers about her past." They say that cats have nine lives. They're always on the heels of disaster roaming the neighborhoods. But they seem to know when it's time to retreat in the other direction. Maybe Professor Paul Davis should have listened to the felines that night. Next thing he recalls is waking up with a head injury that has robbed him of some of his short-term memories. But maybe there’s more damage than just missing memories.Barclay’s 2011 thriller, The Accident, has been turned into the six-part television series L’Accident in France, and he adapted his novel Never Saw it Coming for the movie, directed by Gail Harvey and starring Eric Roberts and Emily Hampshire. Several of his other books either have been, or still are, in development for TV and film. Like my earlier read of King's" The Outsider" this book blindsided me by starting off rather interesting (if middling writing) and then deteriorating to a ridiculous conclusion. This book was even more disappointing as it happened around 70 percent into the novel rather than King's halfway point. No Time For Goodbye opens with teenaged and hung-over Cynthia Bigge waking up to an empty home. Her family - father, mother and brother - having disappeared without so much as a note. Fast forward 25 years, Cynthia is now married with a daughter of her own and the story takes off from there. Well, actually it creeps along from there - never a good thing for a "thriller" - one of the major problems with this book. There was something freaky-creepy-and peculiar about the cold blooded murder of Jill and Catherine who were forced to write an apology letter before they were killed. Barclay lives in Oakville, Ontario, with his wife of more than three decades, Neetha, with whom he has two children - Spencer and Paige. [3] Bibliography [ edit ] Non-fiction [ edit ]

Told from the perspective of Cynthia's husband so you never know if Cynthia is involved, if she's nuts. It was a really great mystery, very well told. Basically 3/4's of the way through I was still totally in the dark about what was going on and decided the only conclusion I would be upset with was "Alien Abduction" The story of No Time for Goodbye is gripping and suspenseful, with plenty of unexpected twists throughout." But when Charlotte brought a vintage typewriter home for Paul – so he could record all the events in a cathartic way, perhaps turning it into a book – his problems became much worse. The noises from downstairs were coming from his think room, where the typewriter had been put – but there was no one there. Charlotte didn’t hear a thing. As Paul formed ideas, then discarded them, then formed more, he decided he would talk to people involved, to see if he could make any sense of what was happening to him. There had to be a rational explanation – didn’t there? I only recently discovered this author's books when I read THE ACCIDENT. since I loved that, I then read TOO CLOSE TO HOME and loved it too. I then started reading this clunker and was surprised to find that Barclay had written such a dud.

Linwood Barclay is one of my favourite authors and his books, and I have some history together. I loved listening to his books and his story kept me entertained on some long runs. Lately, I have been missing out on some of his newer books and I am happy to say I am glad I didn't miss out on this one. A friendly book discussion hosted by Oakville Public Library, Ontario, Canada. Our library staff will review two books every month. Please feel free t A friendly book discussion hosted by Oakville Public Library, Ontario, Canada. Our library staff will review two books every month. Please feel free to add your thoughts about the books we review. New members always welcome! He uses an old manual typewriter (if you don’t know what that is, don’t worry Paul will explain it to you, along with his son), that his wife found at a yard sale, and almost immediately spooky things start to happen. First, Paul thinks he hears the typewriter keys tapping away at night on their own, and pretty soon he’s finding typed messages that appear to be written by the two dead women. Is he going crazy? Is someone trying to make him look like he’s crazy? Or, is he actually receiving communication from beyond the grave? Nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award, the Barry Award, and short-listed as best novel by the International Thriller Writers

When I finally finished reading No Time for Goodbye, I sat in silence for a moment, my caffeine-addled thoughts wrapped around the incredibly touching journey I had just traversed. This novel reminds me of the suburban nightmares plotted by Stephen King’s “double,” Richard Bachman, and Thomas H. Cook. It’s reminiscent, too, of the novels of Harlan Coben ( The Woods), though Barclay’s work is much, much darker.

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It may be a cliché to say that this novel is impossible to put down, but for me that was true. I started reading No Time late one evening -- a mistake -- and I was damned if I was going to let my fatigue stop me from finishing. This meant brewing a mug of very strong coffee past midnight, just so I could finish Barclay’s haunting tale. However, Paul's digging around in the past, visiting with the victim's families, and coming face to face with the man who nearly killed him, might not be as healthy as Paul anticipated.