- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Orion; Open Market Ed edition (4 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752865161
- ISBN-13: 978-0752865164
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,849,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A dark and disturbing thriller.' (IMAGE magazine )
'This is a terrific psychological thriller - and another novel with a clever final twist to send the reader away happy.' (Peter Guttridge THE OBSERVER )
'Gardner has written a fine novel full of twists and it could go all the way for her.' (Mark Timlin INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY )
'There is an impressive air of gathering menace in this thriller, and you begin to understand why the strap on the cover reads 'Don't turn out the lights!' This is not a book you'd want to read in alone in a dimly lit place.' (Matthew Lewin THE GUARDIAN )
'This fast-moving thriller is a notch above Gardner's previous books and makes her a match for many of her best-selling compatriots.' (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'This is a terrific psychological thriller - and another novel with a clever final twist to send the reader away happy.' (Peter Guttridge THE OBSERVER )
'Gardner has written a fine novel full of twists and it could go all the way for her.' (Mark Timlin INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY )
'There is an impressive air of gathering menace in this thriller, and you begin to understand why the strap on the cover reads 'Don't turn out the lights!' This is not a book you'd want to read in alone in a dimly lit place.' (Matthew Lewin THE GUARDIAN )
'This fast-moving thriller is a notch above Gardner's previous books and makes her a match for many of her best-selling compatriots.' (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Mark Timlin, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'Gardner has written a fine novel full of twists and it could go all the way for her.'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thrilling,
By Michael Brown (Greensboro, NC, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Alone (Hardcover)
Alone by Lisa Gardner is an amazing crime story. It al began with the death of Jimmy Gagnon, son of Judge Gagnon. Jimmy was killed by State trooper Bobby Dodge who with a tactical swat team was trying to defuse a supposedly domestic abuse hostage crisis. But the judge and his wife believe Jimmy's wife, Catharine Gagnon engineered the crisis to get rid of their son, so they want their only grandson taken from her. They start by suing Bobby Dodge and with that unfolded incidences which invokes Catherine's past as a victim of a pedophile half a century back.
Embroiled in the mystery of the unfolding drama is the lurking presence of the serial rapist, manipulation by the late Jimmy's parents, the helplessness of the grandson, Catherine's calculating nature and Bobby Dodge's determination to resolve the mysteries behind all the deaths around. Just like USURPER AND OTHER STORIES you are thrilled until the last pages of the book.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Taut family psycological thriller!,
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This review is from: Alone (Paperback)
A similar family pschological thriller to the popular 'Little Face' but I liked this better. The book delves into the extent a Mother goes to protect her son, amidst hostile in-laws and an abusive husband. The extra plot here is that the husband is killed by a police sniper during a domestic altercation, and the story considers the point of view from the policeman. Did he do the right thing or was he somehow set up?
Both Mother and cop have dark pasts which add to the psyche and keep the twists going to the last few pages. Good stuff!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Suspenseful page-turner.,
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This review is from: Alone (Paperback)
Trooper Bobby Dodge works for the Massachusetts Special Tactics and Operation Team (STOP) and is called to a domestic disturbance. Shots have been fired and from his vantage point Bobby sees a man raise a gun and point it at the woman in the room, threatening to kill her. In a split second Bobby decides to act and shoots the man. It transpires that the victim is Jimmy Gagnon, the son of powerful Judge Gagnon. There are theories that his widow Catherine, who Bobby acted to save, is actually the dangerous one of the couple. Judge Gagnon intends to remove his grandson from her care, accusing her of deliberately making the child sick. Such warped behaviour may be a consequence of her own damaged past; for Catherine was abducted as a child and held for a month underground before escaping. The Judge also believes Bobby Dodge was duped into the shooting and that Jimmy's death suits Catherine's schemes. With suspicion surrounding everyone, Catherine and Bobby are thrown together, but will she be his nemesis? Meanwhile sadistic criminal Richard Umbrio is released from prison and thirsty for revenge.
A slick tale from Gardner with clever play on the is-she-a-saint-or-a-sinner riff. There are one or two moments of purple prose, when dealing with love and lust, that felt like they'd wandered in from a Mills and Boon but skip over these - the rest is a suspenseful page-turner. Cath Staincliffe author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder
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