Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defence and for Boston detective D.D. This book had a similar feel to the one Tess Gerritsen novel I’ve read, “ Girl Missing“, and I enjoyed it as much as I did Clare Mackintosh’s “I Let You Go”.Ĭlick here to read other opinions on GoodreadsĪ split-second decision and Brian Darby lies dead. Oh there’s some urgency in this book I can tell you! I thought I had it worked out, and then I didn’t, and then I had some parts but others were totally out of my reach and I loved it! Highly recommended 🙂

It’s all happening immediately, rather than a re-telling of events that happened long before and have no sense of urgency. I was right there, playing cop!Īgain the author put me right in the middle of the action and I really loved that. This is a slightly slower starter than the first Lisa Gardner book I read “ Right Behind You“, but after just a few chapters there’s this wonderful “OH!!!” moment where I realised something, and that changed everything! All of a sudden I got it, and the blue touch paper was lit! From then on I was constantly guessing, coming up with theories, cross-referencing the evidence etc etc. I haven’t read any others with DD Warren so I’m not sure whether reading number 5 first will be an issue, but it read fine as a standalone from my point of view. This is the 5th book to feature Detective DD Warren, but the first of 3 with Tessa Leoni so I’ll definitely be hunting down those two Tessa follow-ups. Did she kill him? Did she kill her daughter too? But where is the body? And is this all really just how it seems, or is there something else entirely going on? Massachusetts State Trooper Tessa Leoni is in a right pickle – her husband is dead in their kitchen, she’s been beaten to a pulp, and her 6-year-old daughter is missing. This is my second Lisa Gardner book and I’m racing through her novels now, snatching them up whenever I see them in charity shops! Don’t get in my way, you might get hurt… My honest review: * * * * (4 out of 5 stars)

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