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Relative Silence

By: Carrie Stuart Parks
Narrated by: Piper Jones
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Publisher's summary

A powerful family with dark secrets.

After personal tragedy, Piper Boone retreats to her childhood home — a secluded mansion for the wealthy Boone family, who are practically American royalty. When catastrophe strikes, her family is put in the spotlight, and the line between victim and suspect gets blurred. A forensic artist with his own haunting past.

Tucker Landry is drawn to Piper in the midst of the trauma, but the connections being made to her family might prove to be their undoing. With a hurricane beating down on the private island, there isn’t much time to find answers.

The truth will determine whether she lives or dies.

Praise for Relative Silence:

“Danger and drama abide in this tale that takes a walk on the perilous side. With a flair for the macabre, the story will linger in your head long after the last page.” (Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author)

“One of the most engrossing suspense novels I’ve read in a long time. Pitch-perfect pacing and characterization along with Parks’s knowledgeable hand with forensics kept me on the edge of my seat.” (Colleen Coble, USA TODAY best-selling author)

“The perfect beach read! Relative Silence is an expert mix of family drama and slow-burning thriller, leavened with Parks’ trademark humor. You’ll be pulling for Piper and Tucker as the story builds toward a hurricane-force climax.” (Rick Acker, best-selling author)

“With skill and her ever-present wit, Carrie Stuart Parks has arranged puzzle pieces and woven story threads into an engaging and quick-moving read with tantalizing questions, quirky characters, and...oh yes, some well-placed fictional curve balls along the way. Enjoy!” (Frank Peretti, best-selling author, for Relative Silence)

Full-length, stand-alone suspense novel with a thread of romance

Award-winning, bestselling author

Includes discussion questions for book clubs

©2020 Carrie Stuart Parks (P)2020 Thomas Nelson

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Great narration of good book

good mystery.well worth the listen. Had no trouble staying up to finish this one !

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What a beautiful story

I have loved each one of your books, and there is no greater miracle than salvation, well worth listening to

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soooo much potential

I thought when reading the description - what an interesting story. It definitely has a few twists and turns overall and the plot was interesting -
I didn't appreciate the Christian propaganda being pushed - especially since it wasn't identified under genre/fiction with notes of "thriller suspense/women sleuth/suspense" not one note of pushing Christianity -

What I also found difficult to get past is the lack luster narration. I feel, I can normally can get past the narrator's styles of reading (especially by increasing the narration speed) but I was super disappointed in the lack of inflection and lilt to Ms Piper Jones reading. She did read flawlessly, but her poor performance took away from the suspense driven areas in the story with a tone like she was reading the local newspaper. 8 1/2 hours I won't get back.

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