New Releases by Lisa Gardner

In this “frightening, full of twists, and completely satisfying" thriller from a New York Times bestselling author, three women: a kidnapped young girl, a serial killer on death row, and a recovering alcoholic, are on a terrifying trajectory to save a life before the clock runs out (Karin Slaughter). Missing persons expert and nomadic loner Frankie Elkin travels the country searching for the lost ones the rest of the world has forgotten. Her specialty, cold cases that typically end in tragedy. But this one could be different. Kaylee Pierson, “The Beautiful Butcher,” confessed from the start to enticing 18 men home before slitting their throats. As the clock winds down to her death, Pierson has finally received a lead on her baby sister, abducted years ago. Kaylee’s dying wish: to know Leilani is safe and sound. Frankie is eager to possibly rescue a teenage girl, even if it involves flying to a remote atoll in the Pacific, where a charming tycoon is constructing an eco-resort—and possibly holding Leilani against her will. But now Frankie is trapped on an island with a dozen strangers and numerous deadly deceptions. As the danger mounts, Frankie faces her toughest challenge with no chance of rescue, no hope of escape, and a massive storm rolling in… “This book is a rocket. It had me upside down and inside out.” –Gregg Hurwitz

"Não sou policial. Não sou detetive particular. Não tenho nenhuma habilidade ou treinamento especiais. Eu sou só eu, uma mulher branca bem comum, de meia-idade, com mais arrependimentos do que pertences, mais histórias tristes do que felizes. Meu nome é Frankie Elkin, e encontrar pessoas desaparecidas – especialmente as que fazem parte de minorias – é o que eu faço. E não é por dinheiro nenhum, por reconhecimento nenhum, e, na maioria das vezes, com ajuda nenhuma também. Por que eu faço o que faço? Tantos de nossos filhos desapareceram. Muitos deles nunca serão encontrados, e tantas vezes apenas pela cor de sua pele. Talvez a pergunta não deva ser por que eu faço isso, e sim por que não estão todos procurando." Frankie Elkin é uma mulher comum. Seu passado complicado foi em grande parte preenchido pela luta contra o alcoolismo. A forma que encontrou de dar sentido à sua vida foi se dedicar a fazer o que ninguém mais faz: tentar encontrar pessoas desaparecidas que o mundo deixou de procurar. Quando a polícia desiste de investigar, quando a mídia deixa de noticiar o caso, quando o público não se lembra mais, é aí que Frankie começa a trabalhar. Um novo caso a leva a Mattapan, um bairro periférico de Boston com uma reputação perigosa. Frankie está em busca de Angelique Badeau, uma adolescente haitiana que desapareceu da escola meses antes. A resistência do Departamento de Polícia de Boston em aceitar uma civil na investigação e a cautela da família da vítima, que hesita em depositar esperanças em uma completa desconhecida, mostram a Frankie que ela está sozinha – e ela logo descobre que está fazendo perguntas que alguém não quer que sejam respondidas. Mas Frankie não vai parar até descobrir a verdade, ainda que isso signifique que a próxima pessoa a desaparecer seja ela mesma. " Antes de desaparecer apresenta o que pode ser a detetive mais poderosa da década: uma mulher ''comum'' determinada a descobrir a verdade a qualquer custo. Só há uma coisa a pedir a Gardner quando o livro termina: uma sequência e uma série." New York Journal of Books "Um thriller inquietante, com reviravoltas suficientes para manter até mesmo os leitores mais experientes do gênero na dúvida até o fim." Book Reporter "Os fãs de Tessa Leoni, D.D. Warren e Flora Dane abraçarão a garra e a empatia de sua nova heroína." Kirkus Reviews

Varje gång mördaren slog till tog han två offer. Ivrigt väntade han på att den första döda kroppen skulle hittas. Om polisen fann den skulle de automatiskt få alla ledtrådar de kunde tänkas behöva för att hitta offer nummer två – ett offer som ännu var vid liv, vettskrämt, i fångenskap och med svår dödsångest. Länge fanns det en liten chans att offer nummer två skulle kunna räddas. Men polisen hann aldrig fram i tid. Flera år har gått sedan de fasansfulla morden, men för mördaren verkar tiden ha stått stilla. Under den värsta värmeböljan på många år börjar han sin kusliga tittut-lek på nytt. Två unga flickor försvinner – och nu gäller det för polisen att hinna överlista honom ...

"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a thrilling new novel that sends missing persons expert Frankie Elkin into a national forest in Wyoming looking for a young man who disappeared without a trace. But when the search team encounters immediate threats to their survival, Frankie realizes she''s up against something very dark--and she''s running out of time"--

"A recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings, Frankie Elkin spends her life doing what no one else will - searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. A new case brings her to Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance from the Boston PD and the victim''s wary family tells Frankie she''s on her own. She soon learns she''s asking questions someone doesn''t want answered. Now the next person to go missing could be her."--Publisher.

Quatre membres d''une même famille sont sauvagement assassinés dans leur maison. Seule la fille de 16 ans reste introuvable. Aidée de Flora Dane, l''inspectrice D.D. Warren part sur la trace des indices laissés par l''adolescente pour la retrouver.

#1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner’s riveting suspense debut asks: What would you do if the man of your dreams hides the soul of a killer? “Lisa Gardner’s books come with a built-in set of hands. They reach up out of the pages, grab you by the lapels, and hold you until you’ve read to the final, suspense-filled sentence.”—Linwood Barclay Jim Beckett was everything she’d ever dreamed of. . . . But two years after Tess married the decorated cop and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for savagely murdering ten women. Even locked up in a maximum security prison, he vowed he would come after her and make her pay. Now the cunning killer has escaped—and the most dangerous game of all begins. After a lifetime of fear, Tess will do something she’s never done before. She’s going to learn to protect her daughter and fight back, with the help of a burned-out ex-marine. As the largest manhunt four states have ever seen mobilizes to catch Beckett, the clock winds down to the terrifying reunion between husband and wife. And Tess knows that this time, her only choices are to kill—or be killed.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner unites three of her most beloved characters—Detective D D Warren, Flora Dane, and Kimberly Quincy—in a twisty new thriller, as they investigate a mysterious murder from the past . . . which points to a dangerous and chilling present-day crime. FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D D Warren have built a task force to follow the digital bread crumbs left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When a disturbing piece of evidence is discovered in the hills of Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and true-crime savant Keith Edgar to a small town where something seems to be deeply wrong. What at first looks like a Gothic eeriness soon hardens into something much more sinister . . . and they discover that for all the evil Jacob committed while alive, his worst secret is still to be revealed. Quincy and DD must summon their considerable skills and experience to crack the most disturbing case of their careers—and Flora must face her own past directly in the hope of saving others.

#1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner returns with an unpredictable thriller that puts fan favorites D.D. Warren and Flora Dane on a shocking new case that begins with a vicious murder and gets darker from there. A man is dead, shot three times in his home office. But his computer has been shot twelve times, and when the cops arrive, his pregnant wife is holding the gun. D.D. Warren arrives on the scene and recognizes the woman--Evie Carter--from a case many years back. Evie''s father was killed in a shooting that was ruled an accident. But for D.D., two coincidental murders is too many. Flora Dane sees the murder of Conrad Carter on the TV news and immediately knows his face. She remembers a night when she was still a victim--a hostage--and her captor knew this man. Overcome with guilt that she never tracked him down, Flora is now determined to learn the truth of Conrad''s murder. But D.D. and Flora are about to discover that in this case the truth is a devilishly elusive thing. As layer by layer they peel away the half-truths and outright lies, they wonder: How many secrets can one family have?

Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren confronts the strangest case of her career in this exclusive eBook short story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner. A USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! D. D. Warren was pretty sure she''d seen it all. Then a man walks into police headquarters, attempting desperately to convince the squad that he''s dead. Explaining to him that he''s very much alive, they finally send him on his way...and then hours later, he turns up actually dead. And it''s on D. D. Warren to figure out how and why the dead man died...twice. Plus: An early look at Gardner''s next riveting thriller, Never Tell.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An utterly absorbing story about troubled families and twisted fates. You won’t be able to put it down—and it will haunt you long after you turn the final page.”—Shari Lapena “A complex crime scene, a missing girl, a ticking clock: no one writes a more page-turning, gut-wrenching thriller.”—Tess Gerritsen In #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner''s latest twisty thrill ride, Detective D. D. Warren and Find Her''s Flora Dane return in a race against the clock to either save a young girl''s life...or bring her to justice. The home of a family of five is now a crime scene: four of them savagely murdered, one—a sixteen-year-old girl—missing. Was she lucky to have escaped? Or is her absence evidence of something sinister? Detective D. D. Warren is on the case—but so is survivor-turned-avenger Flora Dane. Seeking different types of justice, they must make sense of the clues left behind by a young woman who, whether as victim or suspect, is silently pleading, Look for me.

Tessa Leoni vuelve con un nuevo caso. Una niña ha desaparecido... el único problema es que su padre afirma que la pequeña ni siquiera existe. Mi nombre es Nicky Frank. Aunque lo más probable es que no lo sea. Nicole Frank no debería haber sobrevivido al accidente de coche. Y mucho menos haber logrado escalar el escarpado barranco a oscuras, con lluvia y herida. Pero un pensamiento la hace seguir adelante: Vero. Busco a una niña. Debo salvarla. Aunque lo más probable es que no exista. Cuando llega al lugar, la policía comienza una búsqueda desesperada de la niña desaparecida. Hasta que su marido les informa de que Nicky sufre daños cerebrales y no deberían confiar en nada de lo que cuenta. Mi marido dice que hará cualquier cosa para ayudarme. Aunque lo más probable es que no pueda. ¿Quién es Nicky Frank y qué pasó la noche en que su coche se salió de la carretera? ¿Fue un accidente o algo más siniestro? Para el sargento Wyatt Foster y la investigadora Tessa Leoni nada está claro en este caso. Sobre todo cuando descubren que este puede no ser el primer accidente que sufre Nicky. Esta es mi vida. Aunque lo más probable es que no lo sea. Críticas: «Giros laberínticos y sorpresas nos esperan en cada página. Gardner ha escrito una novela de suspense que es una delicia.» New York Journal of Books. «En esta nueva entrega, la autora consolida su lugar en la primera fila de los maestros del thriller. Gardner tiene un puesto reservado en la mayoría de las listas de best sellers y con este libro va a reclamar su sitio una vez más.» Booklist «Escrito con mano experta... ¡Gardner obliga al lector a intentar adivinar hasta el final!» Publishers Weekly «Lisa Gardner ha escrito otro thriller atrapante... Esta historia es como una cebolla: cuando quitas una capa, otra parte del misterio sale a la luz.» Associated Press «Gardner ha pensado toda su trama de principio a fin y controla cada recoveco y cada detalle, cada giro y cada sorpresa. Sabe cuándo revelar nueva información y cuándo mantenerla oculta. Su escritura mantiene al lector enganchado y en busca de respuestas de principio a fin.» Huffington Post Los blogs dicen: «Una de las mejores lecturas de novela negra de este año.» Blog La utopía de Casiopea «Un thriller de suspense muy entretenido y absorbente. Se lee solo.» Blog El templo de la lectura

Dans sa nouvelle inédite, Le septième mois, l''auteur best-seller Lisa Gardner nous permet de découvrir un moment privilégié de la vie de son héroïne D. D. Warren : celui où elle va donner naissance à son enfant. Mais, inspectrice de choc, D.D. Warren ne peut résister au danger et cet accouchement pourrait bien être compromis par un meurtre... Enceinte de sept mois, D. D Warren devrait se reposer, mais, s''ennuyant ferme, elle accepte un petit job de consultante technique sur le tournage d''un thriller dans un cimetière de Boston. La fiction va tourner à la réalité quand on retrouve un des membres de l''équipe du film assassiné...

FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy and Officer Rainie Conner return in a baffling cold case in this short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner. A young woman is found strangled in the stairwell of a college library, only her sneakers missing. With no physical evidence, no signs of sexual assault, and no witnesses, all the police have to go on are the three men who were in the library with her: her boyfriend and two campus security guards...all of whom have secrets, none of whom can be proven guilty. Five years later, ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his wife, former police officer Rainie Conner, agree to consult on the still-unsolved case, delving into deep background to comb for any clue that will lead to the woman''s murderer. But with no leads and the case colder than the body, will they be able to build a case against one of the three suspects, or is there a fourth man out there? And if the killer has eluded the police this long, how far will he go to ensure justice is never served? Includes an excerpt of Lisa Gardner’s bestselling thriller, Right Behind You.

Boston Detective D.D. Warren faces her most brutal adversaries yet—a class of jaded thriller writers—in this short story from #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Gardner. Detective D.D. Warren takes on her most intimidating assignment yet: a fifty-minute class meant to educate a horde of bloodthirsty thriller writers on the ways of actual police work. Yet sometimes life really does imitate fiction, as D.D. takes the writers through the reality of one of her most twisted cases—a case that involves a seedy motel room, drugs, prostitution...and a severed leg. With Gardner’s trademark suspense, sharp observations, and thrilling storytelling, Three Truths and a Lie is a fascinating chapter in D.D.’s storied career. Includes an excerpt of Lisa Gardner’s shocking New York Times bestseller Find Her.

Contrainte de démissionner de son poste de shérif-adjoint de Baskerville dans l’Oregon, Lorraine Conner – Rainie – a ouvert à Portland un cabinet d’enquêtes privées. Quand Pierce Quincy, l’un des meilleurs profilers du FBI, vient la trouver, Rainie a du mal à imaginer qu’il a vraiment besoin de son aide. La fille aînée de Pierce, Amanda, vient de mourir. Un an plus tôt elle a provoqué un accident de la route qui l’a laissée inconsciente, le cerveau gravement endommagé. Quincy a des doutes sur les causes de l’accident et refuse que l’affaire soit classée. Son intuition ne tarde pas à se confirmer. A peine Rainie a-t-elle pris l’affaire en main que quelqu’un se fait passer pour Quincy, s’en prend à ses proches et tente de faire retomber sur lui tous les soupçons. Pour celui qui a juré la perte de Quincy, la vengeance n’est pas un plat qui se mange froid, mais glacé...

An unprecedented collective features pairings by 23 best-selling and critically acclaimed suspense writers, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.

Sophie Hannah says it''s ''the perfect thriller'', now read Sunday Times bestseller Lisa''s Gardner''s compulsive and unputdownable thriller CRASH & BURN. A WOMAN, UNABLE TO REMEMBER THE EVENTS OF A CAR ACCIDENT, JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHERE HER DAUGHTER IS.... If you love Karin Slaughter and Tess Gerritsen, you''ll love Lisa Gardner. My name is Nicky Frank. I''m in hospital, afraid. All I can think about is Vero. I have to save her but I can''t find her. She''s just a little girl. The man by my bed tells me we''re married and there is no Vero. He says that six months ago I suffered a brain injury, that I have dramatic mood swings and large gaps in my memory. I get angry and I drink. All of which explains the car crash that put me here. Now a Sergeant Wyatt Foster has questions about the accident. He has concerns about my husband. And he''s worried about a missing girl. He would like to know what happened to me. So would I. This is my life. Watch me crash and burn.

In this short story from the New York Times bestselling anthology FaceOff, Lisa Gardner and M.J. Rose—along with their popular characters D.D. Warren and Malachai Samuels—team up for the first time ever. Sergeant detective D.D. Warren gets called to a murder scene in Boston’s colorful Chinatown neighborhood. An antique dealer specializing in ancient Chinese artifacts—ceramics, jade, and stone carvings—is dead from a single gunshot wound. Although he appeared to have no known enemies, Mr. John Wen did have a business card clutched in his cold, dead hand. A card bearing the name Malachai Samuels. A Jungian therapist specializing in past lives and regression therapy, Samuels has also been named a “person of interest” in recent criminal cases involving stolen artifacts. And there is an eight-inch, solid jade Buddha statue missing from Wen’s office. D.D. Warren will have to pay Malachai Samuels a visit—the question is, is he the killer, or can he simply help her find out who is? For more exciting pairs, check out all eleven short stories in FaceOff!

''Sight Words Level 2: A Sight Words Book for Preschool and Kindergarten'' teaches your child sight words in three easy-to-use word sets. The books in this ''Sight Words Book'' series have been organized into 5 levels. This book teaches level 2 and contains 55 sight words. As educators have found that teaching only a few sight words at a time is the best way to increase success, the book includes 3 sets of words, allowing your child to work through and master one set at a time or work through all the sets in sequence. The book features a charming character, bright colors and large, bold text to help make the learning process fun. After mastering the words in all 5 levels, your child will be a more confident beginning reader and will be ready for reading and writing in elementary school. Keep in mind this book is set up in a quick and easy to use flash card format to help children quickly spell and read new words as they learn them. Look also for our other Sight Word Books!

''Sight Words Level 1: A Sight Words Book for Preschool and Kindergarten'' teaches your child sight words in three easy-to-use word sets. The books in this ''Sight Words Book'' series has been organized into 5 levels. This book teaches level 1 and contains 42 sight words. As educators have found that teaching only a few sight words at a time is the best way to increase success, the book includes 3 sets of words, allowing your child to work through and master one set at a time or work through all the sets in sequence. The book features a charming character, bright colors and large, bold text to help make the learning process fun. After mastering the words in all 5 levels, your child will be a more confident beginning reader and will be ready for reading and writing in elementary school. Keep in mind this book is set up in a quick and easy to use flash card format to help your child quickly spell and read new words as they learn them. Look also for our Level 2, 3, 4, and 5 Sight Word Books!

Hast du jemals einen Mord begangen? Glaube mir: zu töten ist nicht schwer. Alles nur eine Frage der Logistik. Man muss jeden einzelnen Schritt planen und dann die nötigen Vorkehrungen treffen. Zum Beispiel sein Opfer auswählen. Blond. Brünett. Rothaarig. Männlich oder weiblich. Jemanden, den man kennt - bald sehr gut kennen wird. Wähle dein Opfer genau aus. Das ist Schritt eins ... Der Mann, der das Bostoner Polizeirevier betritt, hat ein ungewöhnliches Anliegen: Er ist Produzent und sucht für einen Film über Serienmörder dringend eine Expertin. Detective D.D. Warren nimmt sein Angebot an, ein Tag in Hollywood klingt reizvoll. Doch als sie am Set eintrifft, herrscht dort große Aufregung: Ein Mitglied der Crew wurde erschlagen aufgefunden. Und dann folgt auch schon der zweite Mord ... 104 Tatverdächtige, ein Mörder und ein Netz voller Lügen: Wem kann D.D. noch trauen?

Detective D. D. Warren must consult one killer to catch another in this taut thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling “master of psychological suspense” (Associated Press). They were daughters of a monster—a father who slaughtered eight prostitutes before dying himself. Dr. Adeline Glen left the nightmare behind, and now she specializes in pain management. Her sister, Shana Day, followed in her father’s violent footsteps, first killing at age fourteen and being incarcerated for more than twenty-five years. After a brutal attack, Boston Detective D. D. Warren needs Adeline’s professional help to recover physically. But when a new psychopath known as the Rose Killer begins a reign of terror, D. D. must also consult the insane Shana—who claims she can help catch the madman. D. D. may not be back on the job, but she is back on the hunt. Because the Rose Killer isn’t just targeting lone women; he’s targeting D. D. And she knows there’s only one way to take him down...

If your family are killers, what are you? ''Lisa Gardner always delivers heart-stopping suspense'' HARLAN COBEN ''Stories that grip from the first page'' KARIN SLAUGHTER ''The absolute master of the psychological suspense novel'' SHARON BOLTON ''Suspense of the highest order'' DAILY MIRROR FROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR of Before She Disappeared comes an enthralling psychological thriller where in order to survive, you really must fear nothing. ____________________ They say family means everything. But Dr Adeline Glen cannot accept that. When you''re bound by blood to a father who slaughtered prostitutes and a sister who followed in his sociopathic footsteps, how can you? But now Boston Detective D.D. Warren needs Adeline''s professional help to recover from a brutal attack by a psychopath. A murderer who knows too much about Adeline''s dead father, and is someone her imprisoned sister claims she can help catch. With the Rose Killer focused on D.D., will Adeline be able to put aside her personal nightmares to help her? All she knows is if she is going to survive what''s to come, Adeline will have to... ____________________ Praise for Lisa Gardner thrillers: ''Another wonderful story with the main character of Detective D D Warren. Unusual storyline that works very well. A marvellous Murder Mystery'' ***** Reader Review ''Yet another brilliant novel. Each story so original and different from the last even although they share the DD Warren theme'' ***** Reader Review ''Couldn''t put it down. Great storyline and riveting characters'' ***** Reader Review ''I loved this book and was gripped from beginning to end. Already cannot wait for the next instalment of D.D Warren''s story! ***** Reader Review ''Lisa Gardner writes novels with twists and turns in the way that few others writers do and this book will keep you guessing all the way through'' ***** Reader Review ''Lisa Gardner to me, is the female version of James Patterson. Her books are fantastic and I could read them every day. D. D. Warren is a brilliant female lead detective'' ***** Reader Review ''Best author I''ve come across in my 20 years of Reading'' ***** Reader Review ''Lisa Gardner is one of my favourite authors... I couldn''t put it down, brilliant'' ***** Reader Review ''This author is unrivalled in the genre in my opinion'' ***** Reader Review

While training as a seasonal wildland firefighter, Brandon Ferringer rents a room at a local ranch and falls in love with its owner, Victoria Meese, whose safety is threatened by his investigation into his father''s disappearance.

Officier de police respecté, Tessa Leoni n''aurait pas supporté la violence de son mari et l''aurait froidement abattu de trois balles dans le corps avec son arme de service. C''est la version qu''elle donne à l''inspectrice D.D. Warren quand celle-ci arrive sur les lieux. Mais si les bleus sur son visage sont irréfutables, il y a une chose que D.D. Warren ne s''explique pas : la mystérieuse disparition de la petite fille de Tessa, que sa mère aime par-dessus tout, et au sujet de laquelle elle reste évasive. Tandis que l''enquête se transforme en une traque pour sauver la fillette, Tessa, déclare soudain savoir où elle se trouve... Plus poignant que jamais, le nouveau suspense de Lisa Gardner, best-seller aux Etats-Unis, nous plonge avec un talent vertigineux au coeur du mensonge.

From Lisa Gardner, the New York Times No. 1 bestselling author, comes the second in the Family Secrets trilogy MACNAMARA''S WOMAN. Gripping, arresting, classic romantic suspense titles originally published under the name Alicia Scott. If you love Tess Gerritsen you''ll love Lisa. When Tamara Allistair lost her family, she quickly learned that the only person she could rely on was herself. Now she wants revenge against the man who wronged her. But going after a target with far-reaching connections is a dangerous gamble, and soon Tamara herself is the one being threatened. A man with his own share of family issues, ex-marine C. J. MacNamara knows that protecting Tamara is the right thing to do. Keeping her safe is no easy task, but getting her to trust him is an even tougher challenge. As Tamara attempts to right a wrong ten years in the making, C.J. puts his own life on the line to protect a woman more worthy of love than anyone he''s known before...

The first Family Secrets novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Right Behind You and Find Her... Three siblings searching for the truth about their family are about to find more than they bargained for. When shy and reserved Maggie Ferringer was called for jury duty, she never expected to be kidnapped by an escaped convict. But when Cain Cannon, disguised as a prison guard, pulls a gun, she has no choice but to be taken hostage. Cain claims that he’s innocent of killing his girlfriend six years ago and now he wants revenge on the people who put him behind bars. Soon, Maggie becomes more than just a hostage to Cain. As they slowly begin to share the secrets of their respective pasts, Maggie discovers that she wants to fight for Cain’s freedom—because he just might be the kind of man she could love.