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Say Nothing

A Novel

by Brad Parks
George Newbern
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Named a Best Book of 2017 by Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the 2018 Library of Virginia People’s Choice Award
Judge Scott Sampson doesn’t brag about having a perfect life, but the evidence is clear: A prestigious job. A loving marriage. A pair of healthy children. Then a phone call begins every parent’s most chilling nightmare. Scott’s six-year-old twins, Sam and Emma, have been taken. The judge must rule exactly as instructed in a drug case he is about to hear. If he refuses, the consequences for the children will be dire. 
For Scott and his wife, Alison, the kidnapper’s call is only the beginning of a twisting, gut-churning ordeal of blackmail, deceit, and terror. Through it all, they will stop at nothing to get their children back, no matter the cost to themselves . . . or to each other.

“Outstanding—starts with a bang and gets tenser and tenser. Say Nothing shows Parks is a quality writer at the top of his form.”—Lee Child
“Terrific book. Truly terrific. Tension throughout and tears at the end.”—Sue Grafton
“The work of an author who continues to raise his sights and refine his immense talent.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

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  • Release date

    March 7, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781524750442
      • File size: 359571 KB
      • Duration: 12:29:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from January 9, 2017
      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. Agent: Alice Martell, Martell Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      How far would you go to protect the people you love? This question--and all its possible complications--is at the heart of SAY NOTHING. From the first lines of the audiobook, listeners are drawn into the life of Scott Sampson, a federal judge whose twins are kidnapped in an attempt to manipulate the outcome of an upcoming trial. Narrator George Newbern gives Sampson a conversational yet compelling voice--at times vulnerable, at times furious but consistently determined. The story is fast paced, engaging, and heartbreaking. As the plot unfolds, listeners are forced to ask themselves how far they'd be willing to go--and what consequences they'd accept for it--if they were in Sampson's shoes. K.S.M. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

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