The Next Accident - Lisa Gardner [155]
—Romantic Times Bookclub
“A wickedly riveting novel.” —St. Petersburg Times
“If this doesn’t throw a chill into your summer, check your pulse.” —Ottawa Citizen
THE SURVIVORS CLUB
“Showing a flair for lip-biting suspense, bestselling novelist Gardner combs out a tangled plot to an engrossing effect. . . . Riveting action . . . This club is worth the dues.” —People, Beach Book of the Week
“A high-octane, nerve-jangling tale of suspense.”
—Harlan Coben, author of Tell No One
“I love Lisa Gardner’s hot, fast thrill rides. For my money, when it comes to suspense, nobody does it better.” —Jayne Ann Krentz
“A book seething with suspense and violence, one that will snatch your attention and attach your emotions to the characters.” —Columbia (SC) State
“Rocks and rolls right up to a nail-biter ending.”
—Publishers Weekly
“The Survivors Club has it all—provocative plotting, an astute eye for detail, engaging characters, and a razor-sharp emotional edge.” —Stephen White
“Lisa Gardner knows how to produce a hair-raising mystery thriller, and this offering is no exception. . . . Gardner keeps the reader guessing with twist after ingenious twist.”
—Charleston (SC) Post and Courier
“There’s a whiff of The Silence of the Lambs in this gripping new crime novel. . . . A suspenseful page-turner.” —Toronto Sun
THE THIRD VICTIM
“Riveting, hold-your-breath suspense!”
—Iris Johansen
“Gardner deftly probes the psychology of school shootings while developing a cast of complex, compelling characters. . . . A suspenseful, curl-up winter read, this thriller teems with crisp, realistic dialogue and engaging characters.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[A] heart-stopping novel, a story to get under your skin and haunt you. The action and the tension never let up from first page to last. As timely as today’s headlines, this is a one-of-a-kind book.”
—Romantic Times
THE OTHER DAUGHTER
“Once again, Gardner serves up suspense at a furious pace.” —Publishers Weekly
“Sheer terror . . . a great read.” —Iris Johansen
THE PERFECT HUSBAND
“A streamlined bang-up addition to the oeuvre of Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Powell and, these days, even Nora Roberts.” —Publishers Weekly
“Scary, gritty, terrifying. Lock the door, leave on a light.” —Oakland Press
“An unforgettably evil villain and a throat-gripping climax make The Perfect Husband a real page-turner!”
—Tess Gerritsen
Dear Reader,
I hope you loved THE NEXT ACCIDENT, and now I’d like to share with you a sneak peek at my next novel, ALONE. I’m very excited to be working on such a dark, twisted tale, this one featuring a homicidal cop, a manipulative widow, a vengeful father, and a happy-go-lucky psychopath. I like to think that it’s psychological suspense at its finest, where the person you love the most should be the person you trust the least. . . .
Read on for a thrilling preview of Lisa Gardner’s
latest novel of suspense, ALONE,
coming in hardcover from
Bantam Books in January 2005!
ALONE
ON SALE JANUARY 2005
CHAPTER ONE
HE’D PUT IN a fifteen-hour shift the night the call came in. Too many impatient drivers on 93, leading to too much crash, bang, boom. City was like that this time of year. The trees were bare, night coming on quick and the holidays looming. It felt raw outside. After the easy camaraderie of summer barbecues, now you walked alone through city streets hearing nothing but the skeletal rattle of dry leaves skittering across cold pavement.
Lots of cops complained about the short, gray days of February, but personally, Bobby Dodge had never cared for November. Today did nothing to change his mind.
His shift started with a minor fender bender, followed by two more rear-enders from northbound gawkers. Four hours of paperwork later, he thought he’d gotten through the worst of it. Then, in early afternoon, when traffic should’ve been a breeze even on the notoriously jam-packed 93, came a five-car