Reviewed by Brenda Casto for Readers' Favorite

When best friends Tash McBain and Piper Hadley wind up missing from the Bingham fair on the last day of their holiday, they quickly become known as the Bingham girls. The media is all over it, and the eerie thing is that in the beginning the kidnapper allows the girls to watch the media coverage. After an extensive search shows up nothing, people start assuming that the Bingham girls just ran away. Fast forward three years later and a couple is murdered at a farmhouse and it turns out to be the farmhouse that Tash McBain lived in. Are the crimes connected? The police have a suspect in the couple's murder and they ask psychologist and police profiler Joe O'Loughlin to talk to him. Joe is convinced the cases are connected and even thinks the girls may still be alive. Could this be possible after three years, and if they are alive, what happened to them and where have they been?

Say You're Sorry is a compelling story that grabbed me from the beginning pages when Piper announces that she has been missing for three years. With an opening like that how could I not have been drawn in! We learn that she and Tash have been kidnapped but ultimately the story is about the fact that one of them escapes. I was left wondering whether the other would be rescued. The author allows the reader to see the story unfold through Piper's eyes as well as Joe O'Loughlin. The author smoothly transitions between the characters, giving each a distinctive voice, making the story easy to follow. Mr. Robotham creates a unique character with O'Loughlin; he is easy to like and really knows his business. It's quite interesting to glimpse the work involved in catching a killer, how the most insignificant thing is sometimes what will ultimately break the case. While parts of the story were hard to read, it was also one of those books that once started just couldn't be put down until I knew the end. The author provides a shocking twist of an ending that I would never have guessed.

Anyone who enjoys a fast paced psychological thriller where the characters get inside your head and the author provides more twists and turns that you can ever see coming will find this book to their liking. I listened to the audio version and found the narrative to be well done and easy to listen to. After listening to Say You're Sorry, I have found a new favorite author and plan on reading all of Mr. Robotham's work.