"A top-notch thriller, with surprises around every corner. The suspense comes in layer after layer and doesn't stop until the last page"

--Library Journal (starred review)

"A literate, well-constructed thriller that plays on the childhood fear of parental abandonment ... Barclay takes his time solving the puzzle, deftly building suspense?"

--Boston Globe

Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family--mother, father, older brother--had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she'll learn the devastating truth.

Sometimes it's better not to know....

Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family. But the story of her old family isn't over. A strange car in the neighborhood, untraceable phone calls, ominous "gifts"--someone has returned to her hometown to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And no one's innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time Cynthia discovers the killer's shocking identity, it will again be too late.., even for goodbye.