Famous Last Words - Large Print by Gillian McAllister (Paperback)

About the Book

"It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla's life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But after she arrives at the office, police officers storm the foyer: in the city, just near her work, a man has taken three hostages and is now in a tense standoff with law enforcement. And Luke, the person she's loved for more than a decade, the father of her child, is involved. But he is not a hostage. He is the kidnapper"--

Book Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"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

From the author of Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new mother's world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?

It is June 21^st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla's life is about to change forever. After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent. Finally. But, when she wakes, her husband Luke isn't there, and in his place is a cryptic note.

Then it starts. Breaking news: there's a hostage situation developing in London. The police arrive, and tell her Luke is involved. But he isn't a hostage. Her husband - doting father, eternal optimist - is the gunman.

What she does next is crucial. Because only she knows what the note he left behind that morning says...

Famous Last Words is the story of a crime, a marriage, and more secrets than Camilla ever could have imagined. This novel cements Gillian McAllister's reputation as "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)

Review Quotes

"[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