Famous Last Words

« Ce roman m’a pris au dépourvu avec des rebondissements et des surprises qui m’ont coupé le souffle… et avec une poignance concernant les relations et l’amour que l’on trouve rarement dans le genre. Un livre brillant, brillant. » —Jodi Picoult, auteur à succès n°1 du New York Times
De l’auteur de Reese’s Book Club Pick et du best-seller du New York Times Wrong Place Wrong Time vient un thriller addictif sur le monde d’une nouvelle mère bouleversé lorsque son mari commet un crime terrifiant. Dans quelle mesure connaît-elle vraiment l’homme qu’elle aime ? Et à quel danger est-elle confrontée si toute sa vie a été construite sur un mensonge ?
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…
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)