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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Queen stays Queen. Gardner is the queen of detective thrillers. This one was stressful. I read it in less than 24 hours. I did figure out who the bad guy/gal was, but that did not in any way detract from the story. Just a delicious thriller.
I thought this was a good read. I did figure out quite a few if the suspenseful angles way before the book ended! It's a quick easy read and the author is methodically in revealing info. There is some good good character pairing too. An enjoyable summer rad.
While I wasn't the biggest fan of Tessa Leoni, I was a big fan of Touch & Go. I was enthralled by the Denbe family's story and secrets and am just becoming a bigger and bigger fan of Lisa Gardner's work.
This one is a doozy, with the pace increasing throughout the book at a rapid speed.
Justin and Libby Denbe are kidnapped from their home along with their fifteen year old daughter. Justin and Libby are struggling to put their marriage back together, and this novel has a great deal of looking at an eighteen year marriage - what went wrong, what went right. Most of the book is written in the first person from Libby's point of view.
But it's mostly about the kidnapping. As the family struggles to survive, the FBI, New Hampshire Sheriff's Dept, Boston Police and private security consultant Tessa Leoni all work to locate them. Loved Wyatt :)
I will admit that i figured out the bad guy before it was revealed, but it didn't matter, especially since there were still more surprises. This was one book that, now that I've finished it, I'm not ready to just start another. I'll let this one percolate in my head for a little while.
4.5 stars, and i need to read the first Tessa Leoni book!
Justin and Libby Denbe are kidnapped from their home along with their fifteen year old daughter. Justin and Libby are struggling to put their marriage back together, and this novel has a great deal of looking at an eighteen year marriage - what went wrong, what went right. Most of the book is written in the first person from Libby's point of view.
But it's mostly about the kidnapping. As the family struggles to survive, the FBI, New Hampshire Sheriff's Dept, Boston Police and private security consultant Tessa Leoni all work to locate them. Loved Wyatt :)
I will admit that i figured out the bad guy before it was revealed, but it didn't matter, especially since there were still more surprises. This was one book that, now that I've finished it, I'm not ready to just start another. I'll let this one percolate in my head for a little while.
4.5 stars, and i need to read the first Tessa Leoni book!
Touch and Go was another great thriller from Lisa Gardner and just goes to show: Men are pigs. It follows a super wealthy family from Boston, who is kidnapped and eventually held for ransom, following the mother’s perspective, as well as following the perspectives of the various law enforcement individuals. Although it definitely tries way too hard to create a romance between two of the lead investigators (like seriously, it was so cringe and painfully awkward), it had a great twist at the end for who arranged the kidnapping. It was also interesting to see this wealthy family breakdown and expose their secrets to each other in a very painful way.
Having read this in one sitting I can honestly say I want to read some more of Lisa Gardner’s work: it really was, for me, a great introduction to her work. As of late I’ve found quite a few disappointing books in this genre, filled with far too many predictable moments but such was not the case with this read. There were one or two moments in which I worked things out but for the most part it is nothing but twists and turns which leave you unsure of what is to come – certainly much better than many I have read as of late. In fact, I feel as though I need to go and buy ‘Love You More’ to find out the backstory between D. D. Warren and Tessa Leoni as I certainly need more details on what happened there.
From the perspectives of different characters the story unfolds around us as we dig to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the missing family. Surrounded by liars and people who hold more secrets than any one person should have, it is a race against the clock to find the family before time runs out. With the first person narrative of Libby we find out what is going on with the family, the predicament they find themselves in, whilst the third person narratives change between the different investigators on the case: it is certainly a gripping read that you will find yourself unwilling to put down.
From the perspectives of different characters the story unfolds around us as we dig to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the missing family. Surrounded by liars and people who hold more secrets than any one person should have, it is a race against the clock to find the family before time runs out. With the first person narrative of Libby we find out what is going on with the family, the predicament they find themselves in, whilst the third person narratives change between the different investigators on the case: it is certainly a gripping read that you will find yourself unwilling to put down.
Holy. Crap. Lisa Gardner never disappoints me!!
Justin. What a complete bastard.
Justin. What a complete bastard.
This is book 2 in the Tessa Leoni series, but strangely, Tessa is just a minor character. There are a whole slew of police from Boston, to New Hampshire to the FBI. I enjoyed the plot and it had enough twists etc to keep you guessing, even when you guessed correct.
My biggest problem was this was an audio book and the woman who narrated was terrible. It was like she was reading to small children and had to do these way overdone voices for many of the characters. And the bad Boston accents were hard to listen to. But oddly enough, the main female character who grew up on the poor side of Boston did not have a Boston accent. Thank goodness, since her voice would have been 40-50% of the book. If this had been my first audio book, I probably would have never listened to another one.
My biggest problem was this was an audio book and the woman who narrated was terrible. It was like she was reading to small children and had to do these way overdone voices for many of the characters. And the bad Boston accents were hard to listen to. But oddly enough, the main female character who grew up on the poor side of Boston did not have a Boston accent. Thank goodness, since her voice would have been 40-50% of the book. If this had been my first audio book, I probably would have never listened to another one.