Famous last words [large print] : a novel / Gillian McAllister.
Summary:
"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 after she arrives at the office, police officers storm the foyer: in the city, just near her work, a man has taken three hostages and is now in a tense standoff with law enforcement. And Luke, the person she's loved for more than a decade, the father of her child, is involved. But he is not a hostage. He is the kidnapper."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063386440
- ISBN: 0063386445
- Physical Description: 517 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: First William Morrow Large Print edition
- Publisher: New York ; William Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2025 by Penguin Michael Joseph."--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Literary agents > Fiction. Spouses > Fiction. Infants > Fiction. Kidnapping > Fiction. Hostages > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. London (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Large print books. Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. |
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- 5 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 3 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.
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Summary:
"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 after she arrives at the office, police officers storm the foyer: in the city, just near her work, a man has taken three hostages and is now in a tense standoff with law enforcement. And Luke, the person she's loved for more than a decade, the father of her child, is involved. But he is not a hostage. He is the kidnapper."--
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