{"product_id":"caller-unknown","title":"Caller Unknown","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An unputdownable adventure that was both heartwarming and thrilling! Everything I've come to expect from Gillian McAllister!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreida McFadden, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tense, twisty, and an emotional gut punch--\u003ci\u003eCaller Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-sitting read.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Karin Slaughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An utterly original kidnap story that throbs with tension--hard to put down.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShari Lapena, #1 Internationally Bestselling Author of She Didn't See It Coming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An auto-buy author.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman's World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Reader favorite McAllister is back with a pulse-pounding thriller....This is a knockout.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Come for the action, leave deeply moved by the fiercely beautiful meditations on maternal love.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beneath the breathless pacing, McAllister offers a thoughtful meditation on the evolving bond between mother and daughter: what it means to let go and what it costs to hold on too tightly.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gillian McAllister has done it again! This is such a clever, tense and twisty book, I inhaled it in under a day. The pacing is perfection and the twist, when it comes, is deeply satisfying, but it is the characters that elevate Gillian's books into the best of the best, and the family dynamics that are so richly described that it's hard to believe they don't continue long after the book ends.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As moving as it is gripping, this superior thriller is, more than anything, a testament to the power of a mother's love.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie Hannah, internationally bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The pacing in this is magnificent, relentlessly pushing this reader forward. I read it in two days. Utterly compelling, grippy mcgripping and so entertaining!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiz Nugent, internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Utterly HOOKED! I was journeying through that desert, living every twist, turn and surprise. Immersive, heart-pounding and astoundingly brilliant.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of One of the Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Gillian McAllister [is] one of my favorite authors working in the genre. McAllister is 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.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Just Another Missing Person\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As a fiction writer myself it's really, really hard to fool me--I always guess the ending of books--but 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.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Famous Last Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A totally fresh read that kept me guessing until the very end!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshley Flowers, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Good People Here, on Famous Last Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Completely addictive. I was as desperate to find out the truth as any of the characters in the book -- if not more so!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie Hannah, internationally bestselling author, on Famous Last Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCaller Unknown\u003c\/em\u003e sets a new standard for modern thrillers - you'll gasp, you'll cry, you'll never forget this story.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolly Seddon, internationally bestselling author of 59 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An incredibly page-turning mystery wrapped up in a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of a most unusual kind of grief. Absolutely outstanding, one of my books of the year.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea Mara, author of Someone in the Attic, on Famous Last Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A perfectly calibrated mix of the thoughtful characterization that book clubbers will adore and the twist-filled plotting that armchair suspense junkies crave.... A first-rate, fiendishly clever suspense novel.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review), on Famous Last Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"McAllister hits another one out of the park....all the puzzle pieces click together for a satisfying ending.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review), on Famous Last Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A high-concept mash-up of different genres that transcends its wackadoodle premise with an affecting portrayal of a family careening toward crisis.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times on Wrong Place Wrong Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliantly genre-bending, mind-twisting answer to the question How far would you go to save your child?\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Wrong Place Wrong Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Daring, inventive, exhilarating, twisted. This is virtuoso storytelling. Please dive in. It's the right place and the right time.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Wrong Place Wrong Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON \u003ci\u003eTODAY \u003c\/i\u003e- \"An unputdownable adventure that was both heartwarming and thrilling! Everything I've come to expect from Gillian McAllister!\" --Freida McFadden, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWrong Place Wrong Time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere 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. \u003ci\u003eDon't tell the police. Come to this location. And be prepared to do a deal...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat she finds there changes everything. The mysterious kidnapper doesn't want money. They want Simone to do something. The unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnbearably tense, compassionately told, and full of well-crafted moral dilemmas, \u003ci\u003eCaller Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e proves once again why Gillian McAllister's thrillers are \"the best of the best\" (Lisa Jewell).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780063338470, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2026 pg. 37 (EAN 9780063338470, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780063338470, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eMcAllister, Gillian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGillian McAllister\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick \u003ci\u003eWrong Place Wrong Time, Caller Unknown, Famous Last Words, Just Another Missing Person\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEverything but the Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Choice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Sister\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Evidence Against You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Disappear\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club pick \u003ci\u003eThat Night\u003c\/i\u003e. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular \u003ci\u003eHonest Authors\u003c\/i\u003e podcast. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496245756182,"sku":"9780063338470","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780063338470.jpg?v=1783058098","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/caller-unknown","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}