Patricia J. Parsons

The ghosts of the past are speaking-but she's the only one listening. In this Nancy Drew meets Robert Langdon mystery, a young professor finds herself enmeshed in a historical mystery whose unravelling will have both personal and professional consequences for her. Dr. Jillian Dayton is no ordinary history professor. With her hit blog and podcast, "The History Mystery, " she's become a media darling-celebrated by the public but shunned by many academic peers.
When she stumbles upon the mummified remains of a baby hidden in a century-old home, Jill is thrust into a chilling investigation that leads straight into the shadows of her city's-and her university's-darkest secrets. As she delves deeper, Jill discovers a shocking connection between unethical psychological experiments from the 1920s and a modern-day tragedy involving young mothers and their babies.
With the help of an unlikely team-a retired forensic anthropologist, a Sherlock Holmes-mad research assistant, and her trusted mentor-Jill fights to expose the truth. But as the stakes rise, she finds herself entangled in a web of lies, danger, and personal betrayal that threatens her career, her reputation, and her life. For fans of historical thrillers and investigative mysteries, DON'T SAY A WORD is a compelling exploration of the lengths people will go to bury the truth-and the courage it takes to uncover it.
Will Jill succeed in giving a voice to the silenced, or will the past remain buried forever?