Say nothing : a novel / Brad Parks.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Dutton, [2017]Description: 440 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101985595
- 1101985593
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Parks, Brad | Available | 33111008592640 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"The work of an author who continues to raise his sights and refine his immense talent."-- Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Terrific book. Truly terrific. Tension throughout and tears at the end." -- Sue Grafton
Named both a Library Journal and a Kirkus Best Book of 2017.
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.
"Complications and twists build to an unexpected climax that is both perfect and gut-wrenching."-- Library Journal (starred review)
"Grips the reader from the get-go and doesn't let up until the final twist."--Associated Press
"Judge Scott Sampson doesn't brag about having a perfect life, but the evidence is clear: A prestigious job. A beloved family. On an ordinary Wednesday afternoon, he is about to pick up his six-year-old twins to go swimming when his wife, Alison, texts him that she'll get the kids from school instead. It's not until she gets home later that Scott realizes she doesn't have the children. And she never sent the text. Then the phone rings, and every parent's most chilling nightmare begins. A man has stolen Sam and Emma. A man who warns the judge to do exactly as he is told in a drug case he is about to rule on. If the judge fails to follow his instructions, the consequences for the children will be dire. For Scott and Alison, the kidnapper's call is only the beginning of a twisting, gut-churning ordeal of blackmail, deceit, and terror; a high-profile trial like none the judge or his wife has ever experienced. Their marriage falters. Suspicions and long-buried jealousies rise to the surface. Fractures appear. Lies are told. Through it all, Scott and Alison will stop at nothing to get their children back, no matter the cost to themselves . . . or to each other."--Amazon.com