Alone: A Novel of Suspense
by Lisa Gardner
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Author: Lisa GardnerEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-27
ISBN: 0553584537
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: "Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter." Nietzsche
Summary: 5 Stars
Mass. State Tpr. Bobby Dodge, a sniper on the Special Tactics and Ops. Team is alerted about a hostage situation. He arrives and sets up surveillance just in time to see a man aiming a gun at his wife. With only seconds to decide, Bobby shots the man, Jimmy Gagnon, killing him.
We learn that Gagnon's wife Catherine had been abducted as a teenager and burried underground for almost a month while her abductor abused her. She was saved when hunters heard her cries for help.
Jimmy was an abusive husband and Catherine wasn't able to get help because Jimmy's father is a powerful judge who would use his power to stop Catherine's attempts to discredit his son.
With his son dead, and his grandson, Nathan, having a history of being in the hospital with sicknesses, the Judge files papers to gain custody. The judge claims that it wasn't his son who was the problem, it was Catherine. Further, Judge Gannon claims that Bobby knew Catherine and killed the judge's son because he, Bobby, had imporper feelings about Catherine.
The author sets the stage for what we will read next. It is as if she is a demolition expert because the story explodes with suspense in the final segments.
Bobby is a well described character. We learn of his past and this enables us to see why he is so determined to help this woman in distress. Catherine is such a sad character that we can't help but wonder how all of these bad things happen to her. However, again, the author provides the answers in a well polished, dramatic story.
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