Bestselling Author Gillian McAllister “Famous Last Words”
Published March 11th, 2025
Monday, March 14th
2:00—3:00 PM
Online-Zoom.
In this installment of ” Author Hour in Massachusetts, ” bestselling author Gillian McAlister will discuss her new domestic thriller, Famous Last Words, in conversation with Massachusetts author Peter Swanson.
About Famous Last Words: An addictive thriller about a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?
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…