Say Nothing
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4.0 • 13 Ratings
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- €8.49
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- €8.49
Publisher Description
On a normal Wednesday afternoon, Judge Scott Sampson is preparing to pick up his six-year-old twins for their weekly swim. His wife Alison texts him with a change of plan: she has to take them to the doctor instead. So Scott heads home early. But when Alison arrives back later, she is alone - no Sam, no Emma - and denies any knowledge of the text . . .
The phone then rings: an anonymous voice tells them that the Judge must do exactly what he is told in an upcoming drug case and, most importantly, they must 'say nothing'.
So begins this powerful, tense breakout thriller about a close-knit young family plunged into unimaginable horror. As a twisting game of cat and mouse ensues, they know that one false move could lose them their children for ever.
Hugely suspenseful - with its fascinating insight into the US judicial system and its politics of influence and nepotism - Say Nothing is, above all, the poignant story of the terror these parents face, and their stop-at-nothing compulsion to get their children back.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Every parent’s worst nightmare is a reality for Judge Scott Sampson. His six-year-old twins—Sam and Emma—are taken and held hostage with orders for him to rule as instructed in a Virginia drug case. Gut-wrenching from start to finish, Brad Parks cleverly hands us a cliff-hanger to close out each chapter. The American crime author perfectly captures the desperate unravelling of Sampson and his wife Alison’s relationship as they desperately attempt to meet each demand the merciless abductors throw their way. With his reputation in tatters, marriage under intense strain and children gone, what else can Sampson possibly give?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Shamus Award winner Parks's excellent domestic thriller credibly portrays a family under severe stress. Federal judge Scott Sampson's tranquil and fulfilling personal life in rural tidewater Virginia with his wife, Alison, and twin six-year-olds, Sam and Emma, is shattered when someone impersonating Alison abducts Sam and Emma from their school. The kidnappers insist that Scott say nothing to anyone and that he await instructions about the impending sentencing of a minor drug dealer whose history merits severe punishment. The orders that Scott eventually receives threaten his professional position and prove to be but the prelude to extortion regarding another case with even greater consequences. The tension the catastrophe causes in Scott and Alison's marriage is palpable, and Parks (The Fraud and five other Carter Ross mysteries) makes even Scott's most paranoid suspicions reasonable in the circumstances. Veteran genre readers may anticipate some of the surprises, but they'll still find themselves on pins and needles awaiting the reveals. Five-city author tour.)
Customer Reviews
Awesome!!!
It’s been a long time since I read a book this addictive. When I woke in middle of night, I picked it up to read for an hour or more, woke up early and snuck in another half hour before getting up for work, had lunch in my car so no colleagues would talk to me in canteen while trying to read.
Written very well with lots of twists and turns so your brain is trying to work it out right to the end. I cried a lot through parts but thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this book from start to finish.