Just a few short years from the dreadful death of her brother Boyd and Louvre murder, Claire Deveraux is once again thrust into a horrendous experience. Back with the second book of The Claire Deveraux Series, author Alan Brenham takes readers to Italy as yet another personal nightmare plays across the page.
Claire Deveraux continues to work for the U.S. Embassy, in her most recent escapades she is sent to Rome for a foreign conference where she once again puts her lip-reading skills to work. However, what she doesn’t realize is that she’s captured the unhealthy attention of Franco Lazzari. Lazzari, as he calls himself, kidnaps Claire from the conference convinced he is going to make her his wife. What follows is the whirlwind investigation, emergence of Claire’s twin Megan from her Luxembourg convent, and the frightening events that follow.
Brenham is exceptional in his French and Italian scenery. From the European train travel to the Italian countryside, return to Paris, and various rendezvous within, readers are expertly transported from their reading chair to the European culture. With a unique main character in the deaf and talented Claire Deveraux, eyes are opened to the silence and loneliness that encompass her life. “Never Say A Word” shines a light on the struggles of living deaf, from romance, to friendship, living alone, and situational awareness. I loved that readers are given a front row seat to walk in Claire’s shoes as she openly navigates the terror of her situation, her desire for love, and the loneliness that often accompanies her.
“Never Say A Word” is an incredible continuance of The Claire Deveraux Series as Brenham brings back the beloved Claire and her twin Megan in this nightmarish foreign kidnapping thrill ride.
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