Not for the faint of heart. Excellent writing, suspenseful and unpredictable.

This book was my introduction to Michael Robotham and, in turn, he is one of my best author finds of the year. I alway love it when I read a book by an author that is new to me and it clicks. Say You're Sorry is just such a book. There are two stories here - one from the past and one in the present day. A terrible double murder has taken place in a remote farmhouse in the middle of a huge blizzard. This farmhouse happens to connect the two stories because a teenaged girl named Tash McBain lived there with her family before she and a friend named Piper Hadley disappeared without a trace three years ago. The stories are told by Piper and Joe O'Loughlin, a clinical psychologist and Robotham's series main character. The back and forth between the two characters builds great suspense and, in my opinion, makes this a definite page turner. The story sucked me in and didn't let go until the very end. Robotham's writing style is smart but very readable. This is the fifth book in the series and as soon as I finished it I sought out the first book. I will definitely read the rest of the series and will now look forward to each new Robotham book that is published. This is a smart, suspenseful read!
[I received this book as an advance reader's edition.]

This is a darker thriller than I usually read, but I loved the plot too much not to continue. Pipers POV really pulled me in, so much so that it was jarring to go back to the psychologists POV. Really great twists and turns and everything coming together in a way that made sense and felt earned. Nothing felt invented or retroactively added as far as hints from the start of the book, called together at the ending.

Also I had no clue it was #6 in a series, or in a series at all, but it does explain all the references to the earlier kidnapping of his wife and daughter that I assume was an earlier book

In many ways this a pretty regular who done it. Missing teen girls, icky gruesome crime, deflated flawed hero with a strong sense of right and wrong, all with fast paced action so you will read the book in a few sittings.

But Robotham manages to elevate it slightly. He was a ghost writer from past incarnations so he can write is story to fit the shoe, it ticks all the boxes. But Robotham is pretty tight on his characterisations, plus he is very very good on dropping suspects like bread crumbs for Hansel and Gretel leading you on a false trail. But what surprised me most, is that the writing has more texture than most murder mystery thrillers. Robotham knows how to control the pace shaping his sentences twisting them. Plus there was a couple of really good one liners. "His face looked liked like a chew pencil, with less personality" - I am paraphrasing.

But yeah it is a very good book, easy and entertaining, and still keeps you guessing.

Another excellent read in this series. I do find the one's based around Joe are better than the other 2 in the seres.

First book by this author. will read more. A very good psychological thriller that keeps you guessing till the end
I think you should read this.