If you enjoy Robert Goddard, reach for Linwood Barclay’s debut novel. No Time For Goodbye is a tightly plotted thriller that neatly ties up all the threads and brings the 25 year mystery of the disappearance of Cynthia Bigge’s parents and older brother to a satisfying and believable conclusion. Was it an alien abduction or an FBI conspiracy? Did the 14 year old Cynthia know more than she admitted? No, the answer is something far more understandable but you’ll have to read the book to discover what. This is a genuine page-turner and justifiably on Richard and Judy’s summer list