All Our Darkest Secrets, Martyn Ford
All Our Darkest Secrets, Martyn Ford
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All Our Darkest Secrets

Author: Martyn Ford

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2021


Synopsis

He’d do anything to protect his wife. But what if that meant making the biggest mistake of all?James Casper is one of the good guys. A DEA agent. A loyal husband. With his sights set on the man at the top of the city’s opioid crisis, James is about to make the biggest bust of his career.Then his beloved wife Rosie does something terrible, and James must choose: report it—or help her. He knows how this works, and he tells himself he’s smart enough to get away with murder. But James’s worst enemy knows what they have done—and he won’t hesitate to use it to manipulate him.James is dragged into a dark and dangerous world. As events spiral and loyalties are tested, he realizes there’s only one way out. And that is to be even more ruthless than the people he’s working for.Whatever happens, no matter how far he falls, at least he’ll still have Rosie.Won’t he?

About Martyn Ford

Martyn Ford is a journalist and author from the UK. His debut middle-grade children’s book, The Imagination Box, was published by Faber & Faber in 2015 to critical acclaim and went on to become a trilogy. This was followed by 2019’s standalone title, Chester Parsons is Not a Gorilla. Every Missing Thing was his first novel for adult readers, published in 2020, and All Our Darkest Secrets is his second.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Holly on February 26, 2022

5 Stars "This is bad. This is really, really bad." "We can fix it....." Oh my!! I wasn't expecting to be completely glued to this one, as well as shocked, surprised and if I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it. After reading Joey's review, I knew I had to read this one. I love when a friend's rev......more

Goodreads review by Joey on January 12, 2022

5.0 stars— I just finished “All Our Darkest Secrets” by Martyn Ford and I absolutely loved it. I have to admit that I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the book as much as I did, but the writing style, pace and unpredictability combined to make this one of the best thrillers I have read in quite a while. Th......more

Goodreads review by Nancy (playing catch-up) on April 03, 2022

Well, that was just nuts! All Our Darkest Secrets is a fast-paced thriller that starts off with a bang and never lets off the gas. It completely held my interest from start to finish. James is a DEA agent who is about the make the biggest bust of his career when his wife Rosie does something awful r......more

Goodreads review by Alex on July 01, 2021

Disclaimer: I received an advance electronic copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not paid for this review nor otherwise compensated, and it contains my thoughts and mine alone. Content Warnings for this book: gun violence, drug use/addiction, suicide In writing this review and considering this bo......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on September 04, 2021

"What do you do when you fall into a bottomless snake pit?" “I don’t know,” Nell says. “What do you do?” "‘You start killing snakes.’” That unassuming cover does not do justice for what a hidden gem this story is.James Casper is easy to like. He's a dedicated DEA team player and, slowly through the ba......more


Quotes

“Tension builds as the story twists and turns. A thoroughly engrossing and well-paced thriller.” —J. B. Turner, bestselling author of the Jon Reznick Thriller series“A masterly piece of writing, tightly delivered and played at an exhilarating pace. A compelling, addictive read and undoubtedly one of the best thrillers of 2021.” —Carol Wyer, USA Today bestselling authorAll Our Darkest Secrets is a terrific thriller, a mash-up of Ozark, Breaking Bad, and The Shield. Pacy and full of surprises.” —Tariq Ashkanani, author of Welcome to Cooper