The Things We Never Said

Ari Daniels has always believed that silence can protect a family. They grew up learning not to ask too many questions, not to challenge their mother's decisions, and most importantly, never to discuss the past. Then Noah, Ari's nineteen-year-old younger brother, disappears. At first, everyone assumes Noah has simply run away again. But Ari knows something is different this time. Noah leaves behind his phone, his university identification card and a notebook containing several strange names and dates. Determined to find him, Ari begins searching for answers. Their search leads them to Sam Carter, a charming freelance photographer they unexpectedly meet at a rainy bus stop. Sam seems like an ordinary stranger, but Ari soon discovers that their meeting was not as accidental as it appeared. Sam knows Noah. Worse, Sam knows something about Ari's family. As Ari and Sam grow closer, their friendship slowly becomes something deeper. But every answer they uncover creates another question. Why had Noah been investigating the Daniels family's past? Why does Sam possess an old photograph of Ari's family? What happened between Ari's mother and Sam's father twenty years ago? And why is Elias Grant, one of the city's most respected businessmen, so desperate to make sure the truth remains buried? The closer Ari gets to the truth, the more they realize that Noah's disappearance isn't simply about a missing young man. It is about a secret that destroyed two families years ago. A secret that several people would do almost anything to keep hidden. But secrets have a way of surviving. And eventually, somebody has to speak.