Famous Last Words: A Suspenseful Domestic Thriller with Shocking Twists, Unravel the Deception

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“This novel blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping…and with a poignancy about relationships and love that one rarely finds in the genre. A brilliant, brilliant book.”Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes 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 clue lies in the note he left behind...

Famous Last Words is the story of a crime, a marriage, and more secrets than Camilla ever could have imagined. This novel cements Gillian McAllister’s reputation as “the best at putting her characters in impossible situations and making her readers not only contemplate but feel what it would be like to find themselves in those situations.” (Emily Henry)

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Published Feb 25, 2025

336 pages

Average rating: 6.86

360 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Cookingwithmonny
Jul 01, 2025
8/10 stars
Great mystery, I couldn't really put this one down.
Larry Burns
Apr 24, 2025
6/10 stars
Not great.
Clead
Apr 06, 2025
8/10 stars
Good mystery! Nice plot twist. Easy read.
briannamichelle
Dec 19, 2025
8/10 stars
Loved it. Love her writing. Wrong place wrong time is my favorite so far of hers but wow I really love her writing style
JShrestha
Nov 15, 2025
3/10 stars
This book had all the set up for a edge of seat plot where it did start off as a page turner, but the author's separation of each section to portions in the future ruined it. The jumps in the chapters, the dramatic drop in sentences, and the timeline was properly meant to built drama but instead would confuse the reader on why the author decided to change the scene when it was just setting one. The ending felt unsatisfactory and thrown together.

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