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holl3640's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
luellen1990's review against another edition
5.0
Gone by Lisa Gardner
Title: Gone
Author: Lisa Gardner
First Published: Oct '12
Publisher: Headline
Genre: #Crime #Thriller #Mystery
Pages: 416
Price on Amazon: Paperback £8.99 Kindle: £4.99
ISBN: 0755396472
This is the fifth book in the Quincy and Rainie series by Lisa Gardner. It's a terrible night, the rain is pouring down and its 2 am when a call comes in about an abandoned car, lights on, engine running, doors wide open but the driver is nowhere to be seen. The driver turns out to be Rainie. When Quincy receives the news Rainie is missing, he phones his daughter Kimberly and her partner for help to track her down.
As the guilt mounts about being estranged from his wife, Quincy has the hunt of his life ahead of him to find Rainie.
I really enjoyed this book, it was great to have Kimberly and her partner in the book too. This book kept you on the edge of your seat, desperate to know if Rainie is okay and if Quincy and Kimberly can find her in time.
Wonderfully written, very suspenseful and gripping, keeping you hooked throughout the book. The pace helps build the suspense up. With an easy to follow and a great plot.
Overall a really interesting and fun read.
Rating - Four out of Five Stars
Would I Read Again? - Yes
Would I Recommend? - Yes
Would I read other books by the same author? - Yes
Reviews for this book can be found on:
Amazon (UK) under Lu's Reviews
Goodreads,
Net Galley (If a NetGalley Book)
My Blogs at http://www.readingbeyondobsession.co.uk/
Links to this review can be found at:
Twitter: @lusreviews
Facebook: @lucyluisbookreviews
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Title: Gone
Author: Lisa Gardner
First Published: Oct '12
Publisher: Headline
Genre: #Crime #Thriller #Mystery
Pages: 416
Price on Amazon: Paperback £8.99 Kindle: £4.99
ISBN: 0755396472
This is the fifth book in the Quincy and Rainie series by Lisa Gardner. It's a terrible night, the rain is pouring down and its 2 am when a call comes in about an abandoned car, lights on, engine running, doors wide open but the driver is nowhere to be seen. The driver turns out to be Rainie. When Quincy receives the news Rainie is missing, he phones his daughter Kimberly and her partner for help to track her down.
As the guilt mounts about being estranged from his wife, Quincy has the hunt of his life ahead of him to find Rainie.
I really enjoyed this book, it was great to have Kimberly and her partner in the book too. This book kept you on the edge of your seat, desperate to know if Rainie is okay and if Quincy and Kimberly can find her in time.
Wonderfully written, very suspenseful and gripping, keeping you hooked throughout the book. The pace helps build the suspense up. With an easy to follow and a great plot.
Overall a really interesting and fun read.
Rating - Four out of Five Stars
Would I Read Again? - Yes
Would I Recommend? - Yes
Would I read other books by the same author? - Yes
Reviews for this book can be found on:
Amazon (UK) under Lu's Reviews
Goodreads,
Net Galley (If a NetGalley Book)
My Blogs at http://www.readingbeyondobsession.co.uk/
Links to this review can be found at:
Twitter: @lusreviews
Facebook: @lucyluisbookreviews
Instagram: lusreviews
novelesque_life's review against another edition
4.0
4 STARS
"When someone you love vanishes without a trace, how far would you go to get them back?
For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, it's the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the driver's seat. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate.
Did one of the ghosts from Rainie's troubled past finally catch up with her? Or could her disappearance be the result of one of the cases they'd been working-a particularly vicious double homicide or the possible abuse of a deeply disturbed child Rainie took too close to heart? Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions he's been afraid to ask.
One man knows what happened that night. Adopting the alias of a killer caught eighty years before, he has already contacted the press. His terms are clear: he wants money, he wants power, he wants celebrity. And if he doesn't get what he wants, Rainie will be gone for good.
Sometimes, no matter how much you love someone, it's still not enough.
As the clock winds down on a terrifying deadline, Pierce plunges headlong into the most desperate hunt of his life, into the shattering search for a killer, a lethal truth, and for the love of his life, who may forever be…gone." (From Amazon)
This was my first novel by Lisa Gardner and it turned out that this book was part of a series. I plan to do a reread as I want to read to series. Gardner is a great suspense novelist.
2014 - I reread this novel while reading the Quincy/Rainie series in order and enjoyed it much more now that I know the background of the characters and how they came to be at these crossroads.
"When someone you love vanishes without a trace, how far would you go to get them back?
For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, it's the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the driver's seat. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate.
Did one of the ghosts from Rainie's troubled past finally catch up with her? Or could her disappearance be the result of one of the cases they'd been working-a particularly vicious double homicide or the possible abuse of a deeply disturbed child Rainie took too close to heart? Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions he's been afraid to ask.
One man knows what happened that night. Adopting the alias of a killer caught eighty years before, he has already contacted the press. His terms are clear: he wants money, he wants power, he wants celebrity. And if he doesn't get what he wants, Rainie will be gone for good.
Sometimes, no matter how much you love someone, it's still not enough.
As the clock winds down on a terrifying deadline, Pierce plunges headlong into the most desperate hunt of his life, into the shattering search for a killer, a lethal truth, and for the love of his life, who may forever be…gone." (From Amazon)
This was my first novel by Lisa Gardner and it turned out that this book was part of a series. I plan to do a reread as I want to read to series. Gardner is a great suspense novelist.
2014 - I reread this novel while reading the Quincy/Rainie series in order and enjoyed it much more now that I know the background of the characters and how they came to be at these crossroads.
nbolden's review against another edition
4.0
Whoa. 😲😲 Talk about suspense!! This book kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire story. Had a few plot twist that I honestly didn't see coming at all. This was my first time reading any books by Lisa Gardner but it won't be my last.
xxreggaeloverxx's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
mazarine2761's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
miruna_bezi16's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
em_gauts's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Addiction, and Alcoholism
Minor: Mental illness, Murder, and Grief
skiracechick's review against another edition
3.0
3 1/2 stars. Good, entertaining, but didn't blow me out of the water. I was surprised by the ending, which I always appreciate. And it was set in Tillamook County, OR, which I'm pretty familiar with (pretty much why I chose to read the book).