Don't Say a Word

by Andrew Klavan

Book Overview

Intensely gripping and suspenseful . . . worthy of Hitchcock at his best ( Kirkus Reviews). A psychiatrist becomes trapped in the most dreadful circumstances imaginable when he, his wife, and daughter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671740083
• ISBN13: 9780671740085
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Pure adrenaline rush

First of all - don't watch the movie. It really butchered the book, changing its core elements into something quite different and less interesting.This book is the closest you get to Hitchcock, without watching the movies. The main character is an ordinary man, who is face with the order: "We have your daughter, we are watching you, do as we tell you and don't say a word, or we'll kill her". Thus he is sent on a task he doesn't understand, and he is trying to deduce the wereabouts of his daughter and the mystery of the number the villains are trying to get out of his patient in a mental hospital. The pace of the novel is superb, and the language is perfect for this kind of book. This is really the kind of book to keep you through the night.The situation the characters are put in is really your worst nightmare - when the violence shatters your cozy little world, and you have to fight for everything you hold dear.This book is equal to "Marathon Man" by William Goldman, shame it didn't manage to get as good movie version as that novel.

One of the best novels I have ever read!

I have only 3 syllables in order to describe this book...sus-pense-ful! I felt like i was on a nonstop roller coaster from the very first page! I had a very hard time putting this book down in order to get anything else done, and while I was engrossed in some chapters, things simply did not get done. This was a first novel by Andrew Klavin that I have read and it was worth every minute. I would recommend this book highly to anyone who can't get enough of heartstopping terror!

why is this out of print?

Considering all the blah boring garbage books out there today,I would think this book would still be in print and very popular. It is very entertaining, flows swiftly. Has all the extreme emotions a Great thriller should have. And it ends well.

Non-Stop intensity. Compelling from the first page

This book is highly exciting from the very begining. I literally could not put it down. I can't believe this was not made into a movie. This would be as good as anything Hitchcock or Brian DePalma ever did. I highly recommend this book. It is a great story which is incredibly written. Andrew Klaven deserves much more attention that he is getting. Awesome.

A nail-biter all the way.

Don't miss this one. All the characters are full dimensional and the main cop is a winner. I was reading so fast in order to find out how this would all end that I had to go back and re-read the final chapter! To show how much I like this author, I scoured the book racks for other of his works and bought two. So far I have passed this one on to a lot of people in hopes this author gets read. BUY THIS BOOK!