Caller Unknown

By Gillian McAllister

Book Overview

"An unputdownable adventure that was both heartwarming and thrilling Everything I've come to expect from Gillian McAllister " --Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

"Only a Gillian McAllister thriller can make your heart race and then your heart melt from one page to the next I'm a devoted fan " --Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author

How far would you go to rescue your child? A mother races against the clock--and finds herself on the wrong side of the law--in a desperate fight to save her teenage daughter in this pulse-pounding thriller from the author of Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time.

There is nothing that Simone won't do for her daughter, Lucy. The two have always been close, and with Lucy about to leave home for university, they depart the UK for a vacation to Texas to spend some quality time together. But when Simone awakens on their first morning in the desert, Lucy is gone, missing from their rental cabin. In her place is a cell phone, and a voice on the other line issues a shocking ransom demand. Don't tell the police. Come to this location. And be prepared to do a deal...

Though Simone's husband urges her to bring in the authorities for help, she knows she can't take any chances. The kidnappers might kill Lucy if she tells anyone. No mother would take that risk. Instead, that night, she drives to the isolated meet-up.

What she finds there changes everything. The mysterious kidnapper doesn't want money. They want Simone to do something. The unthinkable.

A catastrophic chain of events is set in motion, with chilling consequences that extend beyond Simone and her family. What follows is a heart-pounding journey through the small towns and punishing deserts of remote Texas, in which Simone's courage--and morality--is pushed to the brink as she discovers what it truly means to be a mother.

Unbearably tense, compassionately told, and full of well-crafted moral dilemmas, Caller Unknown proves once again why Gillian McAllister's thrillers are "the best of the best" (Lisa Jewell).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063338475
• ISBN13: 9780063338470
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 352 Pages

Customer Reviews

Scary vacation!

Wow! Simone is the kind of mother that everyone needs! And this book is a wild ride of a nightmare that started as a simple vacation to Texas to pick up her daughter from camp and spend time with her before Lucy goes to university and ending up as fugitives on the run. Now, I live in Texas myself and can really attest to the vastness of it, especially for people who live in smaller countries and how there are large tracts of land where nothing is. I did kind of have an issue with Simone and Lucy walking through the desert area, which in September would be absolutely brutal especially with the humidity and I don't think they could have done it with so little water. That aside, it certainly heart pounding following them on the run, with everyone out to find them. Not to mention the original abduction and subsequent ransom crossing country lines to pick up contraband. I really admire Simone for being able to do all that! It really showed how much she loves her daughter. Now, it wouldn't be complete without a twist or two and I must say the twist was a good one that I did not expect and that added a nice punch to an ending that was neatly tied up (which was not too realistic considering all the pieces that were played) and I did enjoy this book. Gillian McAllister writes nicely twisty thrillers and I am glad I got the chance to read this have it be in an area where I live which added nicely to the realism, and nightmare of what could happen on a simple vacation! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read this thrilling story!