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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.As a fiction writer myself it’s really, really hard to fool me - I always guess the ending of books - but FAMOUS LAST WORDS 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,
What an incredible, gripping, thrilling read
- LISA JEWELL,
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,
Utterly effing magnificent. I could NOT put it down!
- Marian Keyes,
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!
- Sophie Hannah,
A totally fresh read that left me guessing until the very end!
- Ashley Flowers,
McAllister is an expert in taut, twisty thrillers
- ANNA BONET, i PAPER
A thriller full of unexpected twists and turns, packing a real emotional punch
RED MAGAZINE
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'Famous Last Words blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping... A brilliant, brilliant book' JODI PICOULT
'What an incredible, gripping, thrilling read' LISA JEWELL
'Utterly effing magnificent. I could NOT put it down!' MARIAN KEYES
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It’s Camilla’s first day back at work, her daughter’s first day at nursery.
But husband Luke is nowhere to be seen. The only trace of him is an unfinished note. Camilla tries to put it out of her mind; there must be a rational explanation.
At work, there are welcomes back, and too many distractions.
Then it starts.
Breaking news: there's a hostage situation developing in London.
The police arrive: Luke is caught up in it.
But he isn't a hostage. Luke - doting father, successful writer, enthusiastic runner and eternal optimist - is the gunman.
What Camilla does next is crucial. Because only she knows what the note he left behind says, and the clues it might hold . . .
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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
PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER
‘A first-class thriller’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A writer at the top of her game’ CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'Extraordinary' DAILY MAIL