WITHOUT A SOUND

Author: Carla Cassidy ISBN: 0451220021 12/2006 SUSPENSE Publisher: NAL/SIGNET

For eight-year-old Molly Ridge, it began as an innocent game of hide-and-seek. Then came the sound of a stranger in the darkness... her mother's stabbing screams and dying plea to the terrified child... Don't say a word... Haley Lambert has quit her job, packed up her life, and moved back to Kansas City, her childhood home. It's her duty to be a compassionate caretaker to her orphaned niece, Molly, and to find the monster who murdered her own sister. But whatever the little girl saw on that fateful day, she isn't saying. Then Haley asks for help form psychologist Grey Banes, and they struggle to break through the child's traumatized silence to find the truth locked in her shattering nightmares. But what little Molly knows could be the death of them, because someone else is watching Molly... and waiting. Now another game of hide-and-seek is about to begin.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

WITHOUT A SOUND is the new suspense novel by award-winning author, Carla Cassidy. I'll warn you ahead of time that this book is a real page-turner! Cassidy pulls no punches with keeping you guessing as to who the murderer is!

WITHOUT A SOUND is the story of eight year-old Molly, who witnessed her mother's brutal murder and is now too terrified and shocked to speak. The only problem is, Molly is the only one who can help them in finding the murderer. The police call in Molly's aunt, Haley Lambert, to provide custody for Molly and try to help the little girl speak again. Haley decides to take Molly to see Dr. Grey Barnes. As sparks fly between Grey and Molly, neither of them is aware that they are being watched closely, and that Molly is in grave danger.

Carla Cassidy mixed together the right combination of romance and mystery into WITHOUT A SOUND. The characters are compelling, the story is riveting and the ending is surprising! It's a book that you'll want to read in one sitting.

If you're a fan of romantic suspense, you're going to love reading WITHOUT A SOUND.

Julie Kornhausl