Famous last words : a novel / Gillian McAllister.
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. All she has is a half-written cryptic note that Luke left for her. Seven years after the crime that shocked the nation, and her husband's subsequent disappearance, Camilla has slowly accepted that she will never have answers about what really happened that day. But just as she prepares to let Luke go for good, an anonymous location, sent to her by text message, reignites her suspicions about the kidnapping and sends her on a dangerous search for the truth.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063338425
- ISBN: 0063338424
- Physical Description: 326 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2025 by Penguin Michael Joseph. |
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| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- 29 of 116 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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- 69 current holds with 116 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Mitchell County Public Library | FIC MCA (Text) | 32222002856179 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Spruce Pine Public Library | FIC MCA (Text) | 34444003191731 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC McAllister (Text) | 31010000887895 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 05/13/2025 |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F MCALLISTER (Text) | 39493110135367 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 05/09/2025 |
| Alexander Main Library | F McAllister (Text) | 34269001454231 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/21/2025 |
| Andrews Public Library | F MCA (Text) | 80605003744710 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F MCA (Text) | 50503300493279 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 04/30/2025 |
| Beaufort Main | F MCALL (Text) | 34208900244285 | Adult New Fiction | In transit | - |
| Bogue Banks | F MCALL (Text) | 34208900244871 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | F MCALLISTER (Text) | 31781068380201 | Adult Fiction | On holds shelf | - |
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