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Famous Last Words

Gillian McAllister

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
07 October 2025
The man you love just took three people hostage... The edge-of-your-seat thriller from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller.

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. 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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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   500g
ISBN:   9781405957243
ISBN 10:   1405957247
Pages:   416
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

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.

Reviews for Famous Last Words

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 A totally fresh read that left me guessing until the very end! -- Ashley Flowers 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 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 Praise for Gillian McAllister * - * It's perfection, every word, every moment. A masterpiece . . . I had my mind blown apart. After I finished it I sat with my mouth hanging open in awe. One of the best books I've ever read * Lisa Jewell * A spellbinding 'whydunnit'. A novel with a difference. Richly layered * Sunday Times *


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