Published April 8, 2014
About the Book:
New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award winning author Lisa Scottoline is loved by millions of readers for her suspenseful novels about family and justice. Scottoline delivers once again with Keep Quiet, an emotionally gripping and complex story about one man’s split-second decision to protect his son - and the devastating consequences that follow. Jake Buckman’s relationship with his sixteen-year-old son Ryan is not an easy one, so at the urging of his loving wife, Pam, Jake goes alone to pick up Ryan at their suburban movie theater. On the way home, Ryan asks to drive on a deserted road, and Jake sees it as a chance to make a connection. However, what starts as a father-son bonding opportunity instantly turns into a nightmare. Tragedy strikes, and with Ryan’s entire future hanging in the balance, Jake is forced to make a split-second decision that plunges them both into a world of guilt and lies. Without ever meaning to, Jake and Ryan find themselves living under the crushing weight of their secret, which threatens to tear their family to shreds and ruin them all. Powerful and dramatic, Keep Quiet will have readers and book clubs debating what it means to be a parent and how far you can, and should, go to protect those you love.
My Thoughts:
I've loved every book I've read of Scottoline's, and I recently got her cute newsletter in the mail. She is an author who I love following online, and liking her as a person makes her books even better. Her latest book was no exception for me.
Wow! This book was D-R-A-M-A, but I LOVED it! I was furiously reading because I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. As the description of the book states, gripping and complex describes this one perfectly. While some of it was hard to read because the choices made by the main characters were so wrong, as a parent I can't help but wonder how far would I go to protect my own daughters. Until thrust into a situation, we really can't honestly say how we would handle something. We all think we would do what is right, but when it involves our children, what is right can become blurred. Scottoline writes family drama well, and the way she approaches moral questions in her books reminds me of Jodi Piccoult, another favorite author of mine. While her earlier books were more pure legal thrillers, her more recent books have evolved to still have that legal element but be so much more than that. For those who like audio books, I've read great reviews of the audio version for this one. Actor Ron Livingston is who narrates it, and he's supposed to be fabulous.
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