Silent Run (Paperback)

by Barbara Freethy (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Freethy (Taken) hits the ground running as she kicks off another winning romantic suspense series. A nervous Sarah Tucker is speeding north out of Los Angeles in a driving rain, constantly checking her rearview mirror, when she loses control of her car and careens into a ravine. In the hospital next morning, she doesn't remember a thing, not her name or anything about the infant's shoe found in the wrecked car. No purse, ID or clues of any kind show up until an irate man appears and demands Sarah return his daughter, 16-month-old Caitlyn, to him immediately. The seriously p-o'd Jake Sanders identifies Sarah as the child's mother and believes Sarah is faking amnesia in order to keep Caitlyn from him. Needless to say Jake sticks to Sarah like glue as they search for hints to Caitlyn's whereabouts and uncover Sarah's mysterious past. Freethy's at her prime with a superb combo of engaging characters and gripping plot. (Mar.)
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"Hooked me from the start and kept me turning pages throughout all the twists and turns. Silent Run is powerful romantic intrigue at its best." -- Bestselling Author JoAnn Ross

"If you love nail-biting suspense and heartbreaking emotion, Silent Run belongs on the top of your to-be-bought list. I could not turn the pages fast enough." -- Bestselling Author Mariah Stewart

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Onyx (March 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451412532
• ISBN-13: 978-0451412539
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #110,577 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Silent Run is a book that you will definitely fall for!, April 6, 2008

By	Amy R. (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews

Barbara Freethy has created another entertaining and suspenseful book in Silent Run.

Sarah Tucker is a woman on the run when she gets into a car accident which she is lucky to have survived. She wakes up in a hospital bed as a Jane Doe with no memory of who she is. She had no identification on her and the police circulate her photo on the news with hope of someone she knows coming forth to identify her.

Someone does come forth and his name is Jake Sanders. He is the one who identifies her as Sarah Tucker, his former girlfriend and mother to his daughter, Caityln. It seems that they were together for two years and were living together. One day while he is out of town, she disappears with their daughter. Since that day seven months ago, Jake has been looking for her and their daughter. The problem is that she doesn't have Caitlyn with her and doesn't remember where she could be. Was she in the car with Sarah when it crashed?

Jake is angry and bitter at Sarah and his feeling is understandable. Sarah was the love of his life and who he wanted to marry as well as the mother to their child. One day she ups and disappears with their daughter and he never hears from her again. His primary objective is to find his daughter and the only way to do that is to work with Sarah. Jake realizes soon afterward that someone is truly after Sarah and is trying to kill her. The questions are many and of course the answers are few since Sarah can't remember any of it. She has flashes of memory but can't place them or understand what they mean to her. She has obviously been on the run from someone but for how long and why?

The journey to find the answers to her past and find her daughter keep the reader in suspense to the very end. Jake and Sarah are a believeable couple who had been obviously been in love at one point and maybe still are. Sarah can't remember their life together let alone the love that they shared and Jake's love is mixed in with all the bitterness and anger of her leaving with their daughter. Will they find out all the answers to Sarah's past? Will they find their daughter, Caitlyn? Will they have a future together? You will have to read this exciting and suspenseful book to find out. Don't miss the follow up to this book, Silent Fall, which I am currently reading.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars new fan, March 11, 2008

By	Still a Fan (Maryland) - See all my reviews

I have never read anything by this author before but I thought the plot sounded interesting so I decided to give it a try. I won't go into details since others have already done so. It takes a very special book for me to not only write a review but to also give it 5 stars!! This is one of them. I stayed up until 1 am reading this book. I finally had to put it down so that I could get some sleep because I have to go to work at 7 am. I have about 1/3 of the book left to read and I can't wait to get home tonight to finish it. Why is she running? Who got shot? Who has the baby? I can't wait to find out!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one sitting suspense thriller, March 6, 2008

By	Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Following a nasty car crash, a woman is rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in Santa Barbara County suffering a traumatic injury to her brain. To her shock she cannot remember who she is. Angry Jake Sanders arrives claiming Jane Doe is his lover Sarah Tucker, who vanished with their daughter Caitlyn. However, Sarah suffers amnesia and the emergency rescuers insist no baby was in the car or at the accident scene.

Although barely talking to one another, Jake and Sarah team up in a frantic hunt for Caitlyn. However, Jake who thought he knew Sarah when they were together revises his opinion when he concludes she was on the lam even when they lived together. When an unknown adversary tries to kill Sarah, Jake knows that Caitlyn is in jeopardy because of her mother's unknown past.

This is a one sitting suspense thriller from the moment that Jane Doe awakens in the hospital to the final altercation. The romantic subplot enhances the desperate search as she knows she has lived a life of lies but cannot recall them and he feels betrayed by the woman he loves, who might not exist. As they continue their SILENT RUN, readers slowly learn what Sarah forgot. Barbara Freethy provides a gripping romantic suspense.

Harriet Klausner