Avail Yourself Não Digas Nada Narrated By Brad Parks Readily Available As Audiobook

Sisters Group Read by Norma, Brenda, Kaceey and Holly

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SAY NOTHING by BRAD PARKS is a wonderfully blended tale with an extremely engaging storyline that includes child kidnapping, a legal thriller, and a psychological thriller that was tense, thrilling, and gripping that kept us guessing and wondering right to the very end.
 This book really grabbed our attention quite early on and the ending was so powerful that it had a few of us actually weepy and having to grab that box of Kleenex!  I think this is the first time that Kaceey amp Norma have actually cried while reading a thriller which we think is actually a first and quite unheard of!  

BRAD PARKS delivers a fastpaced and

tensionfilled read here as we were feeling the desperation and overwhelming fear from the characters as they were helpless to do anything to save their children.
 Say nothing and do nothing we couldnt even imagine the anguish that the parents would be going through as they were powerless to do anything.
 As we were reading this some of the parents reactions and actions had Holly looking for Lindsay our believability police but she wasnt on the case with us for this read.
BRAD PARKS does a really good job at creating and placing some good red herrings here that had us asking each other a few questions.
 How would we react and what would we do if we were told to Say Nothing  

Brenda and Kaceey found some of the legal jargon a little longwinded, with a few too many political players to keep track of and some of it just went over their heads.


The ending is powerful and emotionally charged with no loose ends that left some of us feeling sad and heartbroken but we thought the ending came together perfectly leaving us feeling completely satisfied.
 We couldn't read it fast enough!  Highly recommend!  

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sitelink twogirlslostinacouleereadi Gripping is the word best suited to describe this wonderful phsychological thriller from Brad Parks,

Alison thinks her husband Judge Scott Sampson has picked the kids up from school as he usually does on a Wednesday, but Scott received a text from Alison saying that she'd pick them up the only problem being, it wasn't Alison who sent the text! When Alison arrives home without the kids, Scott is about to ring the school when he receives a call saying the kids have been kidnapped and that he must do exactly as he's told in a drug case that he's about to rule on or the kids will be harmed.


This call is only the beginning of the most unimaginable journey of terror that a parent could ever have to suffer, The anguish turns Scott and Alison's lives upside down, and cracks begin to appear in their once loving marriage, with suspicion and jealousy rearing their ugly heads.
As if all this isn't enough for them to contend with, fate has yet another cruel blow to deliver,

Oh gosh! This was a heartbreaking journey to follow, and their were times when I thought "for God's sake give these people a break!"

It was a well thought out plot, the characters were well developed, and it was utterly compelling.
I haven't read Brad Parks before, but I'll have to have a look at his earlier work now, A great read!

Thank you to Netgalley and Faber amp Faber for my ARC for which I have given an honest review
A Traveling sister read with Norma, Brenda and Holly!

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Scott and Allison are living the ideal life, Both highly successful in their careers and blessed with adorableyear old twins named Sam and Emma,

Receiving a text from Alison that shell be picking the twins up from school, Scott doesnt think twice about it, That is until Alison arrives home without the children,

“What text”

When the phone suddenly rings the true nightmare begins!

“You will do nothing, You will say nothing. ”

This is a very fast, intense read! There were portions in the beginning I found long winded and had some difficulty keeping track of all the players.
But then the momentum really ramped up and became absolutely impossible to put down! You feel personally involved in the desperate struggle to get the children back home alongside their loving parents.
The ending was fantastic! Exciting, actionpacked and wrapped up extremely well with no loose ends, I was actually brought to tears at one point! That never happens in a thriller!

I highly recommend!

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The book begins with every parents worst nightmare, Judge Scott Sampson amp wife Alison get a phone call one afternoon amp just like that, life as they know it is over, Someone has snatched theiryear old twins, The instructions are simple: say nothing,

The next call concerns a drug case Scott is due to pass sentence on, Its pretty open amp shut but if he wants to see the twins again, he has no choice but to follow the kidnappers directions, He doesnt know it yet but its just the first step in his dealings with a very organized amp resourceful enemy,

This is a stand alone novel by the author of the popular Carter Ross series, Chapters alternate between the bad guys amp theMCs so we get both sides of the story, Scott amp Alison are in full on fight or flight mode amp as the book progresses, cracks begin to appear as they struggle to make the right decisions.
Theres more emphasis on action than character development but thats a minor complaint for a book in this genre,

Its a fast paced amp emotionally charged read that should appeal to fans of straight up suspense/thrillers, And it might make wonder what youre capable of if pushed too far, “Say Nothing” by Brad Parks started out with a wild situation that any parent should never have to deal with having their kids kidnapped and then being blackmailed.
Right from the start, this novel pulls you in and does a pretty good job at keeping that suspense going to build up an incredibly tough situation to be in and try to get out of.


I enjoyed the characters and how things unraveled over time as the main protagonist, a judge by the name of Scott, did what he could in order to get his kidnapped children back.
As I kept reading, the way situations played out was pretty interesting but things did drag on a bit when it came to the court cases.


Im not all that into federal court cases, legal jargon, and the politics behind it as it did take me away from this mystery novel for a bit.
There were some decent thrilling and creepy moments but for me, when I read a mystery novel that flirts with the genres of suspense and thriller, I was hoping for the big reveal to be a drop the mic moment but that wasnt the case here.


I wont ruin anything for you but the final reveal and the purpose behind it were okay but not anything that blew me away or was an authentic OMG moment.
I was hoping with such a buildup it would have been an insane reveal but it felt very safe in the grand scheme of things.
The ending was satisfying as it was something I didnt expect coming and it was a nice way to finish this novel off,

Overall, I give “Say Nothing” by Brad Parks a/as it was a wellwritten mystery novel that had some thrilling moments here and there which made it a decent read.
Some parts dragged on a bit and the final reveal didnt live up to what I was hoping, This novel wasnt terrible but it definitely wasnt anything memorable, The tension in Say Nothing is palpable and that is what you want from a decent thriller, for it to actually feel like you are right on the edge of a cliff.
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This novel featured many nail biting cliff hanging moments and is written beautifully to drag the reader into an impossible decision making process taking place within the pages.
Judge Scott Sampson is stuck between a rock and hard place, from the moment he and his wife Alison realise their children are gone, you are hook line and sinkered into the rest of the tale which bangs along at breakneck speed, barely giving you a chance to breathe.


At the heart of it is an intriguing and thought provoking theme how far as parents would you go to save your children, well all the way of course, but this tale also has a lot of twists and turns that make it more edgy and dynamic and the ultimate resolution was perfectly plotted to maximum effect.


It is the ultimate moral dilemma whatever Scott does there will be consequences and as the couple try to find a solution, you will be utterly gripped and totally rooting for them.
Great characterisation, genuinely riveting storytelling and a bang on target writing style means Say Nothing really is a top notch read,

Recommended. Say Nothing, by Brad Parks, is a crime thriller about a federal judge whose two young kids are kidnapped, He and his wife must do exactly as the kidnappers say and they certainly have reasons they've planned it out very thoroughly or else,

This is a fine novel, It has all the elements of addictive crime reading, but, . . it just never came together, for me, The writing isn't emotional the prose is very pedestrian, matteroffact, I couldn't warm up to any of the characters and, therefore, wasn't scared or really thrilled,

I just didn't feel myself pulled to this one, The premise itself is good it's what made me buy this novel at full price and the execution is, . . okay. It could have certainly been worse, I just wish the author hadn't gotten caught up in legalese, Any scenes dealing with the court cases almost made me fall asleep, They're so dry, listless. I couldn't keep up with who was involved and when and why I should care, I skimmed those parts, honestly,

This isn't a bad book, It's okay. I don't regret reading it, but it's one I will never visit again, Check it out if you can score a free or discounted copy, .