“NEVER WAVE GOODBYE blasts right out of the chute with a terrifying premise and doesn't ease up until the final pages. It's a wrenching first novel that grips the reader personally and emotionally and makes one ask, 'What would I do in similar circumstances?'”

– C.J. Box, Edgar-winning author of NOWHERE TO RUN

“Don't get on the bus--unless you're looking for a terrifying read. Magee shifts the suspense into Drive in chapter one—and then we're off on a chilling ride.”

– R.L. Stine, author of the GOOSEBUMPS series

While trying to quell her fears of sending her only child to sleep away camp for the first time, Dr. Lena Trainor puts her nine year-old daughter Sarah on a van headed to Camp Arno. Having survived that moment, Lena prepares herself to spend the next two-weeks with her husband David working on their marital problems. When, half an hour later, the real Camp Arno bus arrives, Lena and three other family are thrown into their worst nightmare in Doug Magee's riveting debut novel.

“NEVER WAVE GOODBYE opens with one of the strongest dramatic twists I've read in a long time, but Doug Magee is truly just getting started. In this suburban nightmare scenario that brings to mind the best of Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay, Magee proves himself to be a powerful new voice who separates from the pack by paying as much attention to human relationships as he does to plot twists.”

– Michael Koryta, author of SO COLD THE RIVER

“NEVER WAVE GOODBYE is a moving love story, a searing family drama, a stomach-churning thriller and one hell of a tale well-told. Go ahead and try to put it down.”

– Bryan Gruley, Edgar nominated author of STARVATION LAKE