- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Orion; First edition (7 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752852264
- ISBN-13: 978-0752852263
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 65,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cancel the weekend, put your feet up and immerse yourself in what is sure to become the number 1 crime read this summer. Lisa Gardner is back with a vengeance, offering a story so horrific that from the first pages you turn, you won't want to put the book down until you've finished. It is the summer of 2003 and another heatwave has hit the state of Virginia. At Quantico, the FBI training grounds, trainee FBI agent Kimberley Quincy stumbles across a body and is soon embroiled with the impossibly handsome Special Agent MacCormack in the hunt for a killer who has been taunting police for five years. Each year, in the blistering heat, the relentless serial killer kidnaps two girls, leaving one dead near a freeway whilst the second is dumped alive in one of the most inhospitable places nature can offer with a gallon of water and her purse. Left to fight nature itself and see if she has the strength to survive. Most don't. And now he appears to have struck again, this time personally targeting his main opponent - MacCormack. Fast-paced, flitting between investigator, murderer and victim, Lisa Gardner spins a compulsive tale, vividly described to ensure shivers down the spine whilst eyes widen at the horror of the deaths. Once more featuring Kimberley's dad, FBI profiler Quincy, and his girlfriend Rainie, this is a race against time, against authority and against nature. And that's only to find the victims and not the killer himself..... - Lucy Watson
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Summertime and the killing is easy... A chilling and mesmerising novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of HIDE.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This truly has to be one of the best books I have ever read, to use the old cliché I really couldn't put it down for a second!!! I have to admit I picked this book truly by chance as the title was bold and a clear statement of the books contents. The author Lisa Gardner is truly amazing at bringing you straight into the book, leaving no gory details out at the grime scenes.
The basic plot is about an intelligent psycho murderer who kidnaps women in 2s, killing one quickly but leaving the other to suffer. However the killer has been silent for 3 years, until a body is dumped on an FBI base to be discovered by Kimberly, a young trainee. There is so much more I want to write about the plot, but I can't stand the though of giving something away.
This book is gripping in its twists and turns, there's even a romantic relationship, which you just wish will workout, amid the killing.
A truly unmissable book, it's so much more than just murder. It's clever, chilling, sometimes down right scary, it's well worth reading!!!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Choose any superlative you like and apply it to this novel!!!
Character definition is FIRST CLASS.Dialogue is EXCELLENT.
The suspense factor is so WELL DONE I got "goose bumps"---and I have been reading suspense novels for thirty years!
I have read all Lisa Gardner's books and this is definately her best work to date.
In fact, the only problem I have with Lisa Gardner is that she can't write fast enough!!!
Character definition is FIRST CLASS.Dialogue is EXCELLENT.
The suspense factor is so WELL DONE I got "goose bumps"---and I have been reading suspense novels for thirty years!
I have read all Lisa Gardner's books and this is definately her best work to date.
In fact, the only problem I have with Lisa Gardner is that she can't write fast enough!!!
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was lucky enough to 'fall over' one of Lisa Gardners earlier books and have been hooked ever since.
This one is superb - she gets better every time.
If you haven't read any of her previous books; a few 'old' characters appear, but they are self explanatory and you will lose nothing from this plotline by meeting them for the first time.
As a rookie FBI agent Kimberley Quincy has a lot to live up to - her father being a legend in the service. From the moment she finds the first body and the very sexy Mac, the plot twists and turns at breakneck speed, the temperature rises and the race is on to find the killer.
The characterisation is superb and, in some places, I found myself holding my breath.
The FBI are used and in some parts abused in this book and I found it quite refreshing to have them dealt with other than as a knight on a white charger or inept busybodies.
Get rid of the children, send the partner out, have a bottle of wine - definitely put the light on, and enjoy a damn good read for someone whose books get better every time!
p.s. if you haven't read the Survivors Club (different set of characters) try it - it is excellent.
This one is superb - she gets better every time.
If you haven't read any of her previous books; a few 'old' characters appear, but they are self explanatory and you will lose nothing from this plotline by meeting them for the first time.
As a rookie FBI agent Kimberley Quincy has a lot to live up to - her father being a legend in the service. From the moment she finds the first body and the very sexy Mac, the plot twists and turns at breakneck speed, the temperature rises and the race is on to find the killer.
The characterisation is superb and, in some places, I found myself holding my breath.
The FBI are used and in some parts abused in this book and I found it quite refreshing to have them dealt with other than as a knight on a white charger or inept busybodies.
Get rid of the children, send the partner out, have a bottle of wine - definitely put the light on, and enjoy a damn good read for someone whose books get better every time!
p.s. if you haven't read the Survivors Club (different set of characters) try it - it is excellent.
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Brill
Brilliant series. Lisa Gardner is a fab author and writes gripping and absolutely enthralling novels. Read more
Published 6 months ago by klg21
Good enough but a bit too contrived
I'm a big fan of Lisa Gardner's Quincy/Rainie books but I'd missed this one until now.
It's a good read, and you really root for some of the characters - especially the... Read more
It's a good read, and you really root for some of the characters - especially the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Brian J. Cox
Fantastic, great read
After reading all of Tess Gerritsens novels(The Queen of crime), i have been at a loss. Ive read Karin Slaughter and enjoyed them, Kathyrn Fox too But Lisa Gardner is my favourite... Read more
Published 13 months ago by arlenekirk
Great Book
I really enjoyed this book my only criticism of it is that the story was progressing slowly and everything was slowly piecing together and all of sudden it ended within 5 chapters... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mark Weller
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Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quinn is after a serial killer who abducts two women each time he attacks. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2009 by Maggie Mae
Fast Paced - Gripping Read
Truely this is one of the best fast paced - gripping - cannot put down type of books. I enjoyd it and i would recommend it for sure.
Published on 26 Sep 2008 by SEOrocks
Nothing you do is random... everything you do has intent (Warning:...
To be totally honest, up until about two months ago, I had never even heard of Lisa Gardner, let alone read any of her books. Read more
Published on 13 May 2008 by Deanne Dixon
Fantastic reading!
Wow what a great, gripping, fantastic book.
Love the characters, great to see the Quincy & Rainie partnership back. Read more
Love the characters, great to see the Quincy & Rainie partnership back. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2008 by L. Thomas
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