Say nothing : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0571332684
- ISBN: 9780571332687
- ISBN: 1101986522
- ISBN: 9781101986523
- ISBN: 1101985593 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781101985595 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1101985593 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781101985595 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781101985595
- ISBN: 1101985593
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Physical Description:
440 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2017]
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "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. |
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Subject: | Kidnapping Fiction Trials Fiction Spouses Fiction Judges Fiction Kidnapping Fiction |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 33 of 34 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 34 total copies.
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Rowayton Library | F PAR (Text) | 33625122807360 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Kirkus Review
Say Nothing
Kirkus Reviews
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A Virginia judge's 6-year-old twins are kidnapped by someone who wants to influence an important ruling he's soon to makeand doesn't mind putting him through the emotional wringer in the process.The abduction has all the hallmarks of a professional job. Someone convincingly impersonating Alison Sampson picks up Sam and Emma from their Montessori school in a vehicle that looks just like hers, transfers the children to another car a discreet distance away, and texts Scott Sampson to warn him to say nothing until he receives further instructions. These come in the form of a series of directives about how to conduct himself in the matter of Rayshaun Skavron, an excruciatingly unremarkable midlevel drug dealer. Sampson's dismay over the widening gap between how he's commanded to act and how he thinks he ought to be acting is matched by his increasingly frantic attempts to keep his dilemma secret from the police, the U.S. Marshals, even Alison's family members. Every step he takes enmeshes him even more deeply in danger from his boss's boss, from influential congressmen, from predatory online newshounds, and of course from the criminals themselves, who demonstrate early and often that they're not afraid to hurt his children to keep him in line. Parks (The Fraud, 2015, etc.) dispenses plot twists with a poisoned eyedropper, sparing no detail as Sampson describes his pain, his increasingly paranoid suspicions of people he'd been trusting for years with secrets now grown too hot to handle, and his supremely frustrating inability to take the direct counteractions that he gradually becomes convinced are absolutely necessary. The nerve-shredding never lets up for a minute as Parks picks you up by the scruff of the neck, shakes you vigorously, and repeats over and over again till a climax so harrowing that you'll be shaking with gratitude that it's finally over. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
BookList Review
Say Nothing
Booklist
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Parks' legal thriller gets off to a roaring start, plunking us immediately in the middle of things. Before we know who the hero is, we're bystanders in a plot to kidnap his two young children. The hero's identity becomes clear as we learn what the kidnappers are up to. Scott Sampson is a federal judge, and his children will be hurt unless he jiggers the verdict in a case he's hearing involving a lowlife drug pusher. Sampson makes an unusual lead in a genre that is often about lawyers slugging it out while a judge unleashes thunderbolts from Olympus. Here the setting is Olympus, and the thriller plot becomes an exercise in the manipulation of power. Sampson's decisions can make millionaires richer or send them to the poorhouse, and nobody is free of suspicion. Not even his wife. Readers may find credulity stretched a bit, as when the judge sneaks gun parts into the courthouse under his robe, and legal matters are resolved with gunfire. But we're here for the action, too, and Parks comes through.--Crinklaw, Don Copyright 2016 Booklist
Publishers Weekly Review
Say Nothing
Publishers Weekly
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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. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Library Journal Review
Say Nothing
Library Journal
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Parks ventures into suburban thriller -territory with his latest book. Judge Scott Sampson, his wife, Alison, and their twins Sam and Emma have a wonderful life until the day Scott receives a text message from his wife that she is picking up the kids. He arrives home to find Alison surprised since she thought he was going to get them from school. Soon the truth is revealed when the phone rings and the couple learn that their children have been kidnapped. Scott must follow the abductor's orders involving a drug case he's presiding over as judge if he and Alison want to see Sam and Emma again. Parks does a fantastic job conveying every parent's worst fear while also showcasing the marital conflict and mistrust that erupts in the midst of a crisis. The complications and twists build to an unexpected climax that is both perfect and gut-wrenching. VERDICT Parks's (The Fraud) previous novels have been good, but this is his best to date. Fans of Harlan Coben and Lisa -Gardner will love this thriller. Don't stay silent, tell everyone.-Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.