Title: Famous Last Words
Author: Gillian McAllister
Publication: February 25, 2025
Publisher: William Morrow
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 336
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SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads)
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, 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…
REVIEW
**A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.**
Gillian McAllister is well known for her psychological thrillers. I’ve read her books a few times and have always loved them. I was very intrigued to read this one because it seemed more domestic than her other books.
This story follows Camilla as she is a new mom and ready to return to work, only for her entire world to crumble. Her husband is holding a hostage and then disappears, and she just doesn’t understand what is happening.
I really liked the twists of this book. It was kind of nice for it to stretch over time. We got the current issue and then Camilla, a long while later as you see what her life looks like now. I really wasn’t expecting that and really thought it would be just the hostage situation. This gave it a unique twist that I hadn’t seen in other books. What I didn’t love was the pace of the book. I really felt it could have moved faster and just flowed a bit quicker. I felt like it had lulls that were boring at times.
With that being said, overall this book was good. I really like Camilla and how she handled things and her strength. I really liked the progress of the story and the uniqueness was definitely a winning point. I will continue to read Gillian McAllister going forward because she is very good at what she does and I’m always entertained by her stories.
