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Author: Lisa GardnerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-30
ISBN: 0553804324
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: "I learned to run away with the best of them."
Summary: 4 Stars
The opening chapter of Lisa Gardner's "Hide" grabs the reader's attention immediately. A first person narrator named Annabelle Granger recalls the horrifying day when her father, a professor of mathematics, tells her to pack her two favorite possessions, since she and her parents must leave town. They flee to Florida, and subsequently the Grangers keep relocating, always assuming new identities and making new acquaintances. The little girl grows up in fear; her increasingly paranoid father insists that Annabelle learn self-defense, and he teaches her to constantly look over her shoulder. After the death of both her parents, Annabelle decides to settle in Boston, where she lives a reclusive life with her dog, Bella. However, Annabelle is not destined to enjoy a peaceful existence for very long.
Someone makes a grisly discovery on the grounds of a former mental hospital in Mattapan: the mummified and bound remains of six little girls, who have been underground for decades. Former police sniper turned Massachusetts state detective Bobby Dodge and tough Boston Detective D. D. Warren are members of the task force investigating the crimes. The murder scene is reminiscent of an old case that Bobby remembers all too well--that of Catherine Gagnon, who at the age of twelve was abducted and abused for a month before she was miraculously rescued.
Gardner frequently switches back and forth between Annabelle's voice and the third person; the change in perspective is often jarring. By far the most effective chapters are the ones that Annabelle narrates. She is a fiercely independent and courageous woman who remains loyal to her father, although she admits that she bitterly resented him for uprooting the family so often. Annabelle is soon involved with the Mattapan case, since there seems to be a connection between her, the dead girls, and Catherine Gagnon. In the midst of all this angst, a bit of romance may be in store for Bobby Dodge. The hunky detective, who was once involved with Catherine and D. D., now finds himself attracted to the lovely Annabelle.
"Hide" has an intriguing premise and Annabelle is a sympathetic character who has suffered more than her share of anguish. Gardner builds suspense by raising a number of questions that are not answered until the very end: Why did Annabelle's father uproot his family so often? Was he right to be frightened or did he have a hidden and more sinister agenda? What is the link between the victims found in the pit at the mental hospital and Catherine Gagnon? Unfortunately, the answers to these and other questions turn out to be extremely far-fetched, and as the book draws to its disappointing conclusion, the plot becomes more and more contrived. Gardner tried to do too much in this book and the various elements of her overheated plot ultimately fail to converge in a satisfying and cohesive way.
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