The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something wasterribly wrong. Fourteenyearold Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to findherself alone. Her... » 

The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something wasterribly wrong. Fourteenyearold Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to findherself alone. Her familymother father and brotherhad vanished without aword without a note without a trace. Twentyfive years later Cynthia isstill looking for answers. Now she is about to learn the devastating truth.From critically acclaimed author Linwood Barclay comes a new suspense thrillerthat strikes to the core of our most primal fear. What if you woke one day tofind your entire life had changed? If everyone you loved had disappearedovernight without so much as a chance to ask why? Cynthia and Terry Archerstill live in Milford Connecticut not far from the old Bigge house on HickoryStreet. With a solid marriage and a young daughter the Archers seem on trackfor a successful future. But the questions raised by Cynthias past still haunther and her obsession to find the answers threatens to destroy everythingtheyve worked for. For Cynthia there can be no closure until she finds outwhy her family disappearedand how they could have left her behind. Terrythinks the segment on the popular TV crimestopper program Deadline is amistake. But his wife hopes that someone watching will have a lead to hermissing family. Sure enough its Cynthia who spots the strange car cruisingthe neighborhood hears the untraceable phone calls and discovers the ominousgifts. And as Cynthias nerves begin to unravel no ones innocence isguaranteed not even her own. By the time the first body is found its clearthat her past is more of a mystery than she ever imaginedor may ever survive.Someone has returned to this Connecticut town to finish what was startedtwentyfive years ago. And by the time Terry and Cynthia discover the killersshocking identity it will be too late even for goodbye. «