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Say You're Sorry Hardcover – October 2, 2012

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Two missing girls. Two brutal murders. All connected to one farmhouse. Who is to blame?

When pretty and popular teenagers Piper Hadley and Tash McBain disappear one Sunday morning, the investigation captivates a nation but the girls are never found.

Three years later, during the worst blizzard in a century, a husband and wife are brutally killed in the farmhouse where Tash McBain once lived. A suspect is in custody, a troubled young man who can hear voices and claims that he saw a girl that night being chased by a snowman.

Convinced that Piper or Tash might still be alive, clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin and ex-cop Vincent Ruiz, persuade the police to re-open the investigation. But they are racing against time to save the girls from someone with an evil, calculating and twisted mind . . .
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    Joe O'Loughlin
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"Never-lets-up suspense and beautiful writing."―Stephen King (Best Books of 2012 pick)

"Piper Hadley tells her story with the urgency of a modern-day Scheherazade....an uncanny approximation....Robotham is a writer of many voices, sounding exactly like a spoiled teenaged girl one minute and, in the next breath, exactly like a frustrated parent."―Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

"Suspenseful and intriguing."―People

"Chilling."―Entertainment Weekly

"Subtle, smart, compelling and blessed with both an intelligent storyline and top-notch writing, this book will grab readers from page one and not let go until the final sentence."―Kirkus Reviews (a Fall Fiction Top Ten Pick)

Praise for Michael Robotham:

"Remarkable....crime fiction of the highest order."―Booklist, starred review

"Michael Robotham is the real deal and we can only hope that will write faster."―David Baldacci, on The Wreckage

"The most suspenseful book I read all year."―Stephen King, on Shatter

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Michael Robotham has been an investigative journalist in Britain, Australia and the US. One of world's most acclaimed authors of thriller fiction, he lives in Sydney with his wife and three daughters.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0316221244
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mulholland Books; First Edition (October 2, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780316221245
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316221245
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.75 inches
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Two-times Gold Dagger winner (2015 and 2020), twice Edgar best novel finalist (2016 and 2020) and winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2021), Michael Robotham began his writing career as an investigative journalist working across Britain, Australia and America. Later he became a ghostwriter, collaborating on 15 'autobiographies' for politician, pop stars, soldiers and adventurers. Twelve of these books became Sunday Times bestsellers.

Michael's psychological thrillers have been translated into twenty-five languages and his Joe O'Loughlin series is are currently in development for TV by World Productions. A six-part TV series based upon his standalone novel THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS was aired on BBC1 in 2020.

Michael has twice won the prestigious Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for GOOD GIRL BAD GIRL (2020) and LIFE OR DEATH (2015). He has twice been shortlisted for the Edgar Award for best crime fiction novel in the US, and twice won the Ned Kelly Award for Australia's Crime Novel of the Year. Having twice been shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, he won the thriller prize with WHEN SHE WAS GOOD (2021).

Michael lives in Sydney with his wife and a diminishing number of dependent daughters.

His website is: www.michaelrobotham.com

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[SPOILERS!]A good read indeed, with the Piper Hadley narrative handled especially admirably. Bravo!That said, the author's set-up of Philip Martinez (Emily's father) near the denouement is v. nicely arranged...but the aborted take-down is not. The hero deserves (and probably needs) to have his ears bent back by the innocent Martinez, towards whom he has been prejudiced from the outset and has gratuitously defamed, as it turns out, to third persons. Someone as introspective as Ace Shrink O'Loughlin should get some real comeuppance -- maybe just Martinez giving him the finger back at the station, and O'L wincing -- in the last chapter wrap-up. But he skates.The rationale offered for the real villain's dastardliness is also a bit thin. As a young adult he comes back from successful surgery, can now hear as well as anybody else, but finds that hottt chixxx don't flock to him anyway -- and that renders him so frustrated he decides to kidnap one (and her friend)? Philip Martinez had a more suitably crafted back-story than Grievous, whose flip-out seems a little forced/hurried.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I've been hoping for!
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2017
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Now this is a psychological thriller! Twists, turns, fast paced and wonderful writing. I've been searching for an author who could trip me up and truly stump me or surprise me, and I've found him. As a lover of thrillers and mysteries since I could read chapter books, I often find myself solving as I read whether I want to or not, then being dissappointed when I'm proven right. That was not the case at all with this amazing book. First off, it is a definite page-turner. The pacing is right on, and the only thing that slowed me down was having to highlight many lines of poignant observations of human nature that I knew I'd want to write down in my book of quotes. In addition to the fast paced nature, this story nailed descriptions perfectly. The scenes and characters were thouroughly crafted without slowing the pace or being overly wordy.

There is only one thing that upset me with this book. I didn't realize it was book 6! I saw it as a recommendation all over and jumped into it without even noticing it was a series. As the main character talked of his past I thought, that would make a great book too... then it dawned on me. I never read a book I know the ending to... but for the first time ever, I must go back and read this entire series despite knowing information before hand. Based on this book, I can't wait to see how the beginning of this series goes. I fully expect to enjoy the twists and turns and thrills awaiting me in his other works.

Overall, best psychological thriller I've read all year. I've been searching for a new (to me) author who can really spin a story and I think I've found him in Michael Robotham. Five stars for sure.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping Psychological Thriller... Didn't See the Ending Coming At All!
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I bought this book from a Kindle Daily Deal sale, having never heard of this author before. After reading it, I'm surprised that I hadn't read anything by him before. I usually love psychological thrillers, and Robotham's SAY YOU'RE SORRY was not a disappointment. Even though I didn't read Robotham's earlier novels in which the main character, Joe O'Laughlin, is introduced and developed, I was still able to like and relate to his character, although I wasn't as attached to him as I wish I'd been. I also thought that his psychologist work was probably a little far-fetched.

One thing that I really liked about this book was that I honestly had NO clue who the kidnapper was going to be. Usually I'm fairly decent at seeing things like that coming, but I was truly surprised when it was finally revealed. Although I liked not being able to figure it out, I think that the author could've done a better job with the kidnapper's character. The main reason I was so surprised was that he was such a minor character in the novel. Maybe it's just me, but I was almost like, "Wait, who is this again?" I think that the author could've fleshed out his character a tiny bit more without being so obvious as to give him away.

Along those same lines, after you figure out who it is, the author does little to resolve the lingering questions. There is an explanation as to why he kidnapped the girls, but I wish that it had gone into a little bit more detail. It just seemed a tiny bit far-fetched. There is also an event (which I won't give away) that occurs at the beginning of the book that has no resolution. We find out about who was responsible for this event, but don't ever learn why or how it happened.

The rest of the novel was pretty good, though. Piper's chapters were really creepy and I found myself having a hard time reading this book alone in the dark, particularly as it got closer to the end. I thought that the character development between the minor characters in the book — specifically the parents of Piper and Tash and their "friends" from the town — was interesting and very well done. We learned a lot about each of them, which made pinpointing who the kidnapper was going to be even harder.

Ultimately, it was a good, thrilling read, although I wasn't jumping up and down about it. But I am interested in reading more from this author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great O'Loughlin novel
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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England is blanketed by a layer of snow from a recent blizzard, whilst Joseph O'Loughlin, the Parkinson's inflicted psychologist we got to know in Robotham's earlier novels, is looking forward to spending a few days with his teenage daughter Charlie in Oxford. His plans are rudely interrupted, however, when he is asked by local police to assist with the investigation into the brutal slaying of a middle-aged couple in a nearby farmhouse overnight. Joe quickly makes the connection between the murder and a crime-scene Charlie spotted from the window of their train on the trip to Oxford, that of a young girl found frozen in the thick ice of a nearby lake. Bur who is the girl and what is her connection to the murdered couple? When Joe digs deeper, he discovers that the daughter of the farmhouse's previous tenants was abducted several years earlier together with a friend from school, never to be seen again. Sensing a connection between the "Bingham girls" and some clues found at the crime scene, Joe must try to convince police to re-open the investigation into the girls' abduction. And if the dead girl was indeed on of the Bingham girls, is there a chance that her friend could still be alive?

With Say You're Sorry, Robotham has once again delivered a well-plotted suspenseful murder-mystery in the style which has firmly cemented him on my list of favourite crime writers. From Robotham's first O'Loughlin novel Suspect I have been intrigued by psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin, a family man who not only has to fight against the obstacles brought upon him by the cruel disease Parkinson's, but who also brings a unique new perspective into the police investigations he is involved in. Following a growing trend of crime writers using protagonists from professions outside the police force to solve murder cases, Robotham uses his knowledge of psychology to pepper his novels with unique insights into the human psyche, which allow his character O'Loughlin to make headway in investigations where police efforts have failed. Although sometimes there is a danger of stereotyping human behaviour, I really enjoy O'Loughlin's characterisations of both the victims and the perpetrators in this case.

Part of the story of Say You're Sorry is being told in the first person by Piper, one of the Bingham girls, an ordinary everyday teenage girl who has fallen victim to the twisted mind of a sadistical child abductor and murderer.

My name is Piper Hadley and I went missing three years ago on the last Saturday of the summer holidays. Today I came home.

The topic of abduction and keeping young girls prisoner for years in dank basements seems to have grown in popularity amongst crime writers and their audiences, undoubtedly fuelled by real-life events covered in the news in recent years. It is hard not to be deeply affected by events like the Natascha Kampusch imprisonment, for example, especially the fact that an unspeakable crime against human rights can happen right under our noses without anyone suspecting anything (or acting on their suspicions). Robotham not only delves into the dynamics of the crime and the mind of the perpetrator, but also its effects on the victims' families, friends and communities.

There are enough red herrings amongst the investigations' clues to throw the reader off track, and I admit that the ending of the novel came as a complete surprise to me. And although the subject matter is as dark and chilly as Robotham's atmospheric description of the English winter, the author spares the reader some of the more unnecessarily gruesome and graphic scenes found in other novels with similar themes.

As with Robotham's previous books in the series, I thoroughly enjoyed Say You're Sorry and highly recommend it to all lovers of contemporary crime fiction - especially those looking for a different kind of protagonist. Robotham's attention to detail and his well-plotted storylines where nothing is left to chance or coincidence make him one of the top English crime writers of our time. I can't wait to get my hands on the next instalment in the Joseph O'Loughlin series!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Robotham at his best
Reviewed in Germany on October 28, 2021
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I have read this novel many years ago and stumbled upon it just last week - even reading it for the second time, I was completely captured since turning the first page. I do not only love Robothams protagonists, who seem to me like old friends whom I’ve accompanied over their years, but also admire his love to detail when introducing us to new characters. Magnificent, as always.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book
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Despite mindless sadism & gore, the language & underlying, heart- moving empathy for the victim/s, the ailing protagonist's valour in the rescue ops impresses. Language outstanding.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculously good
Reviewed in Australia on January 15, 2022
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I’m running out of ways to say how much I love Michael Robotham and his books. I will admit the last Joe O’Loughlin I read, The Wreckage, was not my favourite but for Say You’re Sorry, number six in the series, he certainly got his mojo back.

This time Joe, a psychologist who is semi retired due to his Parkinson’s Disease, helps out with a case of two missing teenage girls. As usual, he becomes far too involved in the case until his investigation threatens his already precarious relationship with his family.

Apart from Joe’s point of view, we also get the first person point of view of Piper, one of the girls. This does mean we get quite a lot of detail of the girls’ kidnapping and imprisonment. Maybe too many depressing details for my faint heart.

For a bit of comic relief from the relentless disturbing nature of the crimes committed in the book, my beloved Ruiz, Joe’s ex-police detective mate, makes a very welcome appearance again. He always gets the best lines.

I have three more Joe books to read and I’m delaying them until next year. To quote Bill Adama, I don’t want it to end. Joe is one of those characters that you just can’t help but adore in just about every way. I like Robotham’s leads of his new books (Cyrus and Phil) but in the grand scheme of things they don’t hold a candle to Joe.

Unlike some other books of series, this one can be read as a standalone, so if you do pick this up somewhere cheap (not in Australia, Robotham’s books are snapped up quick smart in second hand book shops) don’t feel like you must go back and read in order. However, I recommend you do as this series is ridiculously good.

I’m obviously a Robotham fangirl 5 out of 5
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Greg Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Say You're Sorry - Great price, great novel
Reviewed in Singapore on June 23, 2020
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Love Joe O'Laughlin stories!!
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