The Flack - by Brad Parks (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

His final warning: Don't take the job. Just run.

Curt Hinton and Angel Reddish are like a Hollywood buddy flick come to life: former college roommates turned lifelong best friends who always have each other's backs. So when Angel offers Curt the chance to leave his job at a failing newspaper and take a lucrative position as head of corporate communications at Balco, the Bay Area Logistics Company, Curt takes the leap.

Nothing bad can happen with Angel at his side.

That illusion is shattered on Curt's first day at Balco, when he learns that Angel was killed the night before during a carjacking. Tasked with writing a press release about the crime, Curt quickly discovers the carjacking wasn't random--it was a targeted attack by professional killers.

Who would murder Angel? And why? The Oakland Police don't have any answers. Neither does the FBI. As Curt is drawn into the mystery of his best friend's death, he discovers there are many possible suspects--and that there's a lot more danger swirling around his new employer than he could have ever imagined.

Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Jodi Picoult

Review Quotes

"The Flack opens with a bang and hurtles forward like a bullet. Murder, corruption, cover-ups--this Hitchcockian thriller kept me turning pages all night." --Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times best-selling author of At Midnight Comes The Cry

"Enjoy every bumpy moment." --Kirkus Reviews on The Flack

"[The Boundaries We Cross is] a full-throttle page-turner. Starts at a sprint and doesn't let up until the shocking conclusion." --Riley Sager, New York Times best-selling author of With A Vengeance

"With wonderful prose, witty observations and a relentless drive, this book held me hostage until the last page." --Michael Connelly on Eyes of the Innocent

"Parks excels at keeping the pages turning with brisk pacing, relentlessly high tension, and a knotty narrative." --Publishers Weekly

"Terrific book. Truly terrific. Tension throughout and tears at the end. What could be better than that?" --Sue Grafton on Say Nothing

"A fast, furious, fun and deliciously twisty tale told with the deft and accomplished hand of a veteran storyteller." --David Baldacci on Unthinkable

"A Brad Parks novel offers two pleasures. One is watching a stunning talent at work. The other--operating almost apart from the first--is getting wrapped in the coils of a fiendishly clever thriller." --Booklist

"Outstanding--starts with a bang and gets tenser and tenser. Say Nothing shows Parks is a quality writer at the top of his form." --Lee Child

"Brad Parks is a master at creating frightening, emotionally-overcharged stories that take your breath away." --Suspense Magazine

"Parks knows how to get readers to empathize emotionally with his characters while amping up the tension and suspense from the first page." --Library Journal

"Terrific." --Harlan Coben on Faces of the Gone

"Prepare to be surprised and astonished." --The Associated Press

"Parks' plotting in particular matches Grisham at his best." --The Sunday Times

"A textbook one-sitting read whose fiendishly inventive details only intensify its remorseless momentum." --Kirkus Reviews on Unthinkable

"The novel's final pages are exciting, surprising and deeply moving. How moving? Its ending brought me to tears, and, where books are concerned, such moments are rare." --The Washington Post on Say Nothing

"What makes Parks such a fantastic storyteller is his main cast of characters, all of whom feel real. Parks has quietly entered the top echelon of the mystery field." --RT Book Reviews

About the Author

International best-selling author Brad Parks is the only writer to have won the Shamus, Nero, and Lefty Awards, three of crime fiction's most prestigious prizes. His novels have been published in sixteen languages and garnered critical acclaim across the globe, including stars from many major review outlets. A former journalist with The Washington Post and The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), he is now a full-time novelist. He lives with his wife and two children in California and Virginia.