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Famous Last Words: A Novel Audiobook
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“This novel 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, #1 New York Times bestselling author
From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?
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 clue lies in the note he left behind...
Famous Last Words is the story of a crime, a marriage, and more secrets than Camilla ever could have imagined. This novel cements Gillian McAllister’s reputation as “the best at putting her characters in impossible situations and making her readers not only contemplate but feel what it would be like to find themselves in those situations.” (Emily Henry)
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“The gut-wrenching plight of McAllister’s three-dimensional heroine will keep readers flipping pages. This satisfies.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“A gasp-inducing hostage thriller…Tense and twisty.”
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“A first-rate, fiendishly clever suspense novel.”
— Library Journal (starred review)
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A February 2025 LibraryReads Pick
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A New York Times Bestseller
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense
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About Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister is the New York Times bestselling author of nine mystery novels, including That Night, a Richard & Judy Book Club Pick, and Wrong Place Wrong Time, which was a Reese’s Book Club Pick and a finalist for the both the British Book Award and the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year award. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer.
About Emilia Fox
Emilia Fox has won three AudioFile Earphones Awards for her narrations. She is an acclaimed and award-winning actress, most notably played the title role in the play Katherine Howard at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and Clara Copperfield in a television movie production of David Copperfield. In 2004 she began playing pathologist Nikki Alexander on the television series Silent Witness. In 2006 she garnered much praise for her role in the independent comedy-drama Cashback.