Back Before Dark
Sometimes rescuing a friend from darkness ... means going in after them
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5.0 • 10 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Praise for Code of Silence:
“Deliberate, plausible, and gritty whodunit.” –Booklist Starred Review
Taken!
A detour through the park leads Cooper, Gordy, Hiro, and Lunk straight into a trap, and Gordy is abducted!
For the kidnapper, it’s all a game, a way to settle an old score, with no one getting hurt. But evil has a way of escalating, and once his identity is discovered, the rules change.
Despite the best of police efforts, the hours tick by without a clue or a ransom call, leaving everyone to their own fears. Gordy is gone. Cooper descends deeper into a living nightmare, imagining the worst for his best friend and cousin. Hours stretch into days, and talks of a memorial service begin to surface. But Cooper still feels his cousin is alive and develops a reckless plan, changing all the rules. Now the one who set out to rescue his friend needs to be rescued himself. Sometimes rescuing a friend from darkness means going in after them.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the second Code of Silence novel (and sequel to Code of Silence), Shoemaker offers another tale of mystery, suspense, and the peril that can accompany loyalty. Friends Cooper, Gordy, Hiro, and Lunk think they are doing the right thing when they try to help someone near the park. But the good deed results in Gordy's being abducted. When the police are stymied by the crime, Cooper and the other kids do their own investigating, and Cooper's powerful motivation to save his cousin Gordy leads him into a terrifying predicament. The author largely succeeds at building tension and creating truly harrowing situations, though several repetitive scenes and an abundance of descriptive detail add some extraneous bulk and occasionally slow the pace of the central plot line. Readers may guess the kidnapper's identity (aided by some foreshadowing) but they will still be on the edge of their seats anticipating the fate of Cooper and Gordy right till the book's end. Shoemaker gives the proceedings a moral grounding as characters pray, question why God lets bad things happen, and ponder the true meaning of friendship. An author's note and questions for discussion also focus on these themes. Ages 8-12.
Customer Reviews
Never surprised me
I really enjoyed the first two books as some of the best for the masterful writing and the twists that just completely floored me so I was very disappointed when I finished this book. There are some parts I enjoyed because of the great writing and character development but the main problem for me was the mystery. There were no good twists that I couldn’t predict, you can infer what will happen in the rest of the book after the first half and nothing really floored me like in the first book. Although I might be being to harsh because of the standards I put this book at being the third book in a series of absolute masterpieces I never was floored by this book. I would still recommend this book though if you really enjoyed the first two books and if you haven’t read the first two books please do, they’re some of the best books I have ever read.
Knowing the author !!!!!!
I know Tim Shoemaker and he is a
Really nice guy and I read Code of
Silence and it was amazing and
I just read this book and same
It was amazing so I would
Read this book if I where you
And I am 11 years old so this book is
No hard to read
Back before dark
It is a thrilling and exiting Christian book and how you need to stop thinking of yourself and think about others. I would really interest people reading this book for all ages.