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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Lisa's best yet! Could not put it down, completely riveting from page one.
dark
mysterious
tense
I have never read a book by Lisa Gardner...I foresee reading many more in the future. I really enjoyed this book, I got hooked. Even though 2/3 of the parts in it, I foresaw who was the shooter I still couldn't figure out how the plot will detangle.
4.5 stars.
Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner is an enthralling mystery about a police hunt for a suspected spree killer. Although this latest release is the seventh installment in the Quincy & Rainie series, it can be read as a standalone.
Following the discovery of two murder victims at a local convenience store/gas station, Sheriff Shelly Atkins calls on retired FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy to help put together a profile of the suspected killer. Quincy is stunned to learn the identity of the suspect is his soon to adopted foster daughter Sharlah's seventeen year old brother Telly Ray Nash. After learning that Telly's foster parents, Frank and Sandra Duvall, have also been murdered, Quincy fears Sharlah might become his next victim. With a massive manhunt for Telly underway, Quincy, Rainie and Sheriff Atkins try to piece together a possible motive for Telly's apparent rampage. Why would Telly want to murder his foster parents? What reason could he have for gunning down two apparent strangers? And the biggest question of all: can they capture Telly before he harms Sharlah?
Eight years earlier, Telly killed his drunk and abusive father during a violent attack in which both Telly and Sharlah feared for their lives. With their mother also dead, Telly and Sharlah became wards of the state and they were sent to live with different foster families. Now, after bouncing from one bad home to another, both Sharlah and Telly are living with good families who care about them. Although she has been unable to verbalize her feelings, Sharlah is happy that Quincy and Rainie are adopting her. Meanwhile, Telly is less than a year away from aging out of the foster system but Frank and Sandra are making progress in preparing him for this next stage of his life. So everyone wants to know: what precipitated Telly's suspected killing spree? And after discovering evidence that he has apparently been stalking Sharlah, what does he plan to do to his sister? There are no clear cut answers to any of the investigators' questions and they are frantic to capture Telly before he kills again.
Initially, Sheriff Atkins and Quincy's suspect that Telly's killing spree has something to do with his and Sharlah's past. However, the deeper they dig into Telly's life with the Duvall's the less certain they are that his troubled childhood has anything to do with the current crimes. A few incongruous details turn the investigation in a completely new direction but Telly remains the focus of their investigation. As the manhunt for Telly continues, will newly discovered information prove he is innocent?
With fiendishly clever twists and turns, Right Behind You is a spellbinding police procedural that fans of the genre are going to absolutely LOVE. The storyline is intriguing with plenty of suspense as the chapters alternate between different perspectives including enlightening chapters from both Telly and Sharlah's points of view. The investigation moves at a fever pitch as Sheriff Atkins and Quincy feverishly follow every new lead while at the same time, the manhunt for Telly adds increased urgency to the storyline. Lisa Gardner brings the novel to a very dramatic and quite shocking conclusion with a plot twist that is impossible to predict. An absolutely outstanding mystery that I highly recommend to old and new fans of the Quincy & Rainie series.
Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner is an enthralling mystery about a police hunt for a suspected spree killer. Although this latest release is the seventh installment in the Quincy & Rainie series, it can be read as a standalone.
Following the discovery of two murder victims at a local convenience store/gas station, Sheriff Shelly Atkins calls on retired FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy to help put together a profile of the suspected killer. Quincy is stunned to learn the identity of the suspect is his soon to adopted foster daughter Sharlah's seventeen year old brother Telly Ray Nash. After learning that Telly's foster parents, Frank and Sandra Duvall, have also been murdered, Quincy fears Sharlah might become his next victim. With a massive manhunt for Telly underway, Quincy, Rainie and Sheriff Atkins try to piece together a possible motive for Telly's apparent rampage. Why would Telly want to murder his foster parents? What reason could he have for gunning down two apparent strangers? And the biggest question of all: can they capture Telly before he harms Sharlah?
Eight years earlier, Telly killed his drunk and abusive father during a violent attack in which both Telly and Sharlah feared for their lives. With their mother also dead, Telly and Sharlah became wards of the state and they were sent to live with different foster families. Now, after bouncing from one bad home to another, both Sharlah and Telly are living with good families who care about them. Although she has been unable to verbalize her feelings, Sharlah is happy that Quincy and Rainie are adopting her. Meanwhile, Telly is less than a year away from aging out of the foster system but Frank and Sandra are making progress in preparing him for this next stage of his life. So everyone wants to know: what precipitated Telly's suspected killing spree? And after discovering evidence that he has apparently been stalking Sharlah, what does he plan to do to his sister? There are no clear cut answers to any of the investigators' questions and they are frantic to capture Telly before he kills again.
Initially, Sheriff Atkins and Quincy's suspect that Telly's killing spree has something to do with his and Sharlah's past. However, the deeper they dig into Telly's life with the Duvall's the less certain they are that his troubled childhood has anything to do with the current crimes. A few incongruous details turn the investigation in a completely new direction but Telly remains the focus of their investigation. As the manhunt for Telly continues, will newly discovered information prove he is innocent?
With fiendishly clever twists and turns, Right Behind You is a spellbinding police procedural that fans of the genre are going to absolutely LOVE. The storyline is intriguing with plenty of suspense as the chapters alternate between different perspectives including enlightening chapters from both Telly and Sharlah's points of view. The investigation moves at a fever pitch as Sheriff Atkins and Quincy feverishly follow every new lead while at the same time, the manhunt for Telly adds increased urgency to the storyline. Lisa Gardner brings the novel to a very dramatic and quite shocking conclusion with a plot twist that is impossible to predict. An absolutely outstanding mystery that I highly recommend to old and new fans of the Quincy & Rainie series.
When I heard there was another book in the series, I was really excited. I have read all previous books in the series and really enjoyed it. This one did not disappoint, I was not sure where it was going and did not even figure it out. Lisa Gardner is a very talented authar and I have in joyed every think I have read by her.
I received an advance reading copy of this book from Dutton Books and Penguin Random House in exchange for an honest review.
4.5/5 stars
I can count the number of thrillers I’ve read in one hand but since I started reading them in 2016, it’s one genre I’ve enjoyed coming back to. Lisa Gardner’s Right Behind You was the thriller I didn’t know I was searching for.
Here’s what I loved about it:
I could tell a lot of research went into writing Right Behind You. From handling specific guns, tracking fugitives, background on the foster system, and mental disorders, I appreciated the amount of information the author provided without turning it into a dull info dump.
Readers who love seeing the behind-the-scenes of police/investigative work will have fun with this book. I loved watching the characters’ line of thinking with each theory they came up with, specially when they’d find contradicting evidence.
The best part about Right Behind You is that I cared about the characters. Any author who can get me invested in a character’s story is a must-read in my books. There’s being interested in how things turn out and there’s also the need-to-know kind where you can’t possibly sleep unless you know certain characters are going to be okay. Right Behind You did that which, being a thriller, I didn’t think was possible (I know, I’m new).
I did feel the book was repetitive and a touch dramatic in parts but these were very minor when it came to how much I loved reading it. Right Behind You is definitely a thriller you don’t want to miss. It felt like watching a multi-episode storyline of Law & Order and I was ready to cancel my plans and binge-watch all day. Right Behind You is one exciting page-turner that will leave Lisa Gardner on my watch list for years to come.
4.5/5 stars
I can count the number of thrillers I’ve read in one hand but since I started reading them in 2016, it’s one genre I’ve enjoyed coming back to. Lisa Gardner’s Right Behind You was the thriller I didn’t know I was searching for.
Here’s what I loved about it:
I could tell a lot of research went into writing Right Behind You. From handling specific guns, tracking fugitives, background on the foster system, and mental disorders, I appreciated the amount of information the author provided without turning it into a dull info dump.
Readers who love seeing the behind-the-scenes of police/investigative work will have fun with this book. I loved watching the characters’ line of thinking with each theory they came up with, specially when they’d find contradicting evidence.
The best part about Right Behind You is that I cared about the characters. Any author who can get me invested in a character’s story is a must-read in my books. There’s being interested in how things turn out and there’s also the need-to-know kind where you can’t possibly sleep unless you know certain characters are going to be okay. Right Behind You did that which, being a thriller, I didn’t think was possible (I know, I’m new).
I did feel the book was repetitive and a touch dramatic in parts but these were very minor when it came to how much I loved reading it. Right Behind You is definitely a thriller you don’t want to miss. It felt like watching a multi-episode storyline of Law & Order and I was ready to cancel my plans and binge-watch all day. Right Behind You is one exciting page-turner that will leave Lisa Gardner on my watch list for years to come.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It wasn’t bad. Just not my kind of book. I had the ending figured out before the half way point. Didn’t care for the way the main character was viewed by her foster parents. “We didn’t do it for the kids we did it for us” kind of attitude is really gross to me. Other than that the plot was decent. Side note I never want to hear another character speak about cheese ever again. That was so pointless I thought I was going insane