Keep Quiet

by Lisa Scottoline

One decision. One family's future in ruins.

When Jake Buckman decides to let Ryan, his sixteen-year-old son practice driving home along a deserted street, he has no idea of the deadly consequences.

But in the darkness of night, a runner comes from nowhere and the hit is fatal.

Now Jake and Ryan have two options: admit Ryan's responsibility ... or drive home as though nothing happened. What follows is not a clear-cut hit and run, but a split-second decision by a father who will do anything to protect his son.

How much should a parent sacrifice for their child?

And could any family survive the burden of such a terrible secret?

• ISBN10: 1250010098
• ISBN13: 9781250010094
• Publish Date: 8 April 2014 (first published 1 February 2014)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 23 August 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 338
• Language: English

Reviews

[ibeforem]

Jake Buckman is a regular suburban dad with a wife who is a successful judge and a teenage son that he struggles to connect with. When an ill-fated attempt to bond with his son results in a tragedy, that one incident threatens to ruin their lives forever.

There were a number of things that rubbed me wrong about this book. First, I just get really uncomfortable with story lines that start with one bad decision that just keeps snowballing into worse and worse decisions until there is really no way out (except the extremely manufactured one imagined by the author). Once I see that snowball start to roll, my anxiety rises and I wonder if a book is worth finishing.

Second, the mother/wife is written very oddly. For most of the story she is cold and non-empathetic, yet the climax of the story hinges upon her worry for her husband. It really didn't connect for me and left me scratching my head and wondering if I missed something.

I'm giving it 3 stars because the story was compelling enough to pull me through the finish, but I'm side-eyeing myself a bit for it.

[Molly J(Cover To Cover Cafe)]

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[noqas]

I absoutely loved this book! It's impossible to put it down for a second. Each chapter is better than the other and it doesn't have "dead parts". It's always happening something that could bring the story to a whole new level, which is great! I truly recommend it.