Unspeakable

By: Sandra Brown

Narrated by: John Henry Cox

Carl Herbold enjoys being bad. After all, he is terrifyingly good at it. Stimulated by violence, he and his brother, Cecil, had easily graduated from juvenile delinquents to full-blown killers. And Carl, now serving a life sentence in an Arkansas penitentiary, carries out a daring escape with a fellow inmate and is on his way back to where he began—Blewer County, Texas.

Ann Corbett had been widowed right before her son was born. Beset by debt and personal tragedy, she faces the toughest challenge of her life—holding on to the ranch that is her son's birthright—unaware that she is at the center of Carl Herbold's vengeful plan.

Ezzy Hardge is a retired lawman who is haunted by the one crime he sacrificed everything to solve, but could not. And Jack Sawyer, a seemingly easygoing cowboy and drifter whose past is shrouded in mystery, understands Herbold's twisted mind and his hate-filled lust for vengeance.

Risking exposure of his own troubled past, Jack arrives at Anna Corbett's ranch asking for work, but in reality hoping to protect the innocent deaf woman and her young son from Herbold's rage.

Carl Herbold's prison break draws them inexorably toward a day of reckoning: Ezzy, an over-the-hill peace officer seeking redemption; Jack, a man stalked by dark secrets he can no longer outrun; and Anna, a beautiful woman locked in silence and self-imposed isolation. All must grapple with their own demons before their tumultuous confrontation with a diabolical killer.

Realistic, sharp-edged, and complex, Sandra Brown's latest work is so suspenseful it zings like a high-tension wire. Unspeakable, with its haunting images and breathtaking pace, is the best Sandra Brown yet.

©1998 Sandra Brown Management, Ltd. (P)1998 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

Great book!

John Henry Cox is good narrator. The story is very intriguing, gets right to it instead of dragging along.
Whoever said the boy was presented as a brat clearly doesn’t have children, David is a lively boy who asks a lot questions because he’s 5. I find it endearing, reminds me of my daughter at that age.

Unique story

A few surprising twists and great love story with a few surprises along the way, too!

my favorite

I enjoy this book each and every time I listen to it, as if it
were my first time,,Sandra Brown is an amazing author I had probably 12 or 15 of her audio books before they were lost in the fire that took our house in July of 2017, So I'm having to start fresh ☺☺☺

ENTERTAINING BUT NOT ONE OF HER BEST

A modern day cowboy story with escaped convicts to make it more gruesome - it was good but not great.

Great Story, Not So Great Audio Quality

The story is very good and intriguing. However, the audio quality is very lacking. There is a lot of static and a lot of blank space like where different parts were spliced together.

Great story

The start was rough but it got better. Good story that kept you in suspense. Parts were too violate for me.

excellent captivating from start to end

moving, fast paced story with a good story line. well woven and excellent use of descriptive words helped visualize the book. highly recommended

Good Story

I liked this one good story with unexpected ending. Hard to figure what would happen throughout the story so that is good, keeps you wondering.

Unspeakable

Any additional comments?

Audiobook read by John Henry Cox, 14 hours of listening. The story arc, as a whole, is formulaic. Cowboy with mysterious past is hired by an old rancher with a widowed and deaf daughter-in-law and her small son. Guess what? Yeup, the cowboy and the widow fall in love … this was predictable early in the process of defining the characters. No surprise in a beautiful-woman-meets handsome-cowboy-scenario.

Given the predictable basics, Unspeakable is a good title, because the behavior of the bad guys will make you squirm. The interesting aspects of the story are in the peripheral characters, a retired sheriff obsessed with a 20-year old cold case, the old rancher and his love for his daughter-in-law, the absolutely Unspeakable acts of his psychopathic stepsons.

Unspeakable

Sandra Brown is one of my favorite authors and Unspeakable is my favorite Sandra Brown book. A good listen