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Manufacturer: Bantam
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553804331
ISBN: 0553804332
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2008-07-15
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: 2008-07-15
Studio: Bantam
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Editorial Reviews:
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Lisa Gardner, the New York Times bestselling author of Hide and Gone, draws us into the venomous mind games of her most terrifying killer yet.
Come into my parlor . . .
For Kimberly Quincy, FBI Special Agent, it all starts with a pregnant hooker. The story Delilah Rose tells Kimberly about her johns is too horrifying to be true—but prostitutes are disappearing, one by one, with no explanation, and no one but Kimberly seems to care.
Said the spider to the fly . . .
As a member of the Evidence Response Team, dead hookers aren’t exactly Kimberly’s specialty. The young agent is five months pregnant—she has other things to worry about than an alleged lunatic who uses spiders to do his dirty work. But Kimberly’s own mother and sister were victims of a serial killer. And now, without any bodies and with precious few clues, it’s all too clear that a serial killer has found the key to the perfect murder . . . or Kimberly is chasing a crime that never happened.
Kimberly’s caught in a web more lethal than any spider’s, and the more she fights for answers, the more tightly she’s trapped. What she doesn’t know is that she’s close—too close—to a psychopath who makes women’s nightmares come alive, and if he has his twisted way, it won’t be long before it’s time for Kimberly to . . .
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Customer Rating:
Summary: BoomSoon10
Comment: I am giving this book a 5 star rating because it was very well written. The reality of child sexual abuse is real and I applaud Ms. Gardner for having the courage to write about it. I work in the field if Child Welfare and see this type of abuse every day. Most people have no idea how twisted some predators are and I feel Ms. Gardner did a fine job of making it real. Be warned if you have not read it, if are not prepared to come face to face with child sexual abuse, this is not the book for you.
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Summary: Unbelievably disturbing.
Comment: I can't give a fair complete review of this book, because I didn't finish reading it. I got to chapter 13 (p. 94) and decided to stop. Pretty much because chapter 12 was one of the most disturbing, upsetting things I have ever read. I couldn't stop crying. And let me tell you I'm an AVID reader and have read many horror/thrillers. (This author's other books included.) Some -okay, many- of those have made me cry also, but never have I actually wished I could erase them from my memory. The sexual child abuse scene that I just read was horrible, the details put me right there. Does this make Lisa Gardner an amazing author for being able to bring out such emotion in me? Maybe. But I for one can do without that detailed kind of grief/stress/horror in my mind. Thank GOODNESS I didn't take it to work with me to read on my lunch break! If you have a tougher skin than I do, this might be a good book. Although, to be honest, I didn't find the main character -Kimberly- to be very likable, and the plot seemed to jump around a lot. I just didn't care for it...or at least what I read of it. Just wanted to give fair warning to other sensitive parents, or anyone who loves children...this book is really rough.
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Summary: I thought it was good.
Comment: I'm a reader/listener. While I'm reading a book I also listen to books on tape as I drive. Most of the material is from the library, researched through Amazon. I chose to listen to "Say Goodbye". I really liked the readers. There are two. Ann Marie Lee read most while Lincoln Hoppe read the part of the killer. It is disturbing but not awfully graphic.
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Summary: Her best since The Perfect Husband
Comment: This is a very disturbing book, but it's well written and hard to put down. More disturbing is the similarities to crimes that have been reported on in the media.
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Summary: A Poor Attempt
Comment: I hate to say avoid this book but I must. I was very intrigued when starting this novel. The story line seemed very interesting and I had read the many comments here about the child abuse aspect and knew I would be alright with it as long as it was handled well. I was looking forward to a mature, intelligent read. Seemed like Lisa Gardner might have been trying to step it up to another level.
Boy, was I disappointed. Lisa Gardner is totally out of her league here. She does attempt a character driven psychological suspense thriller and instead produces a disjointed lackluster poorly written old school try. The story is told from many different character's point of view and travels over different story lines. If done well, this can be very exciting and only add to the intrigue for the reader. Instead you have to remember what the cjharacter was last doing when they were last in the story and it gets confusing as to what is past and present. The child abuse aspect did not bother me but it was out of place with the rest of the novel. Those scenes belonged in a deeper, much more detailed novel.
I also had a problem with our main character Kimberly Quincy. She is pregnant here and her relationship with her husband is a big part of the book but the way they interact doesn't always make sense. The book does wrap itself up adequately but I did not enjoy the journey to get there. For a much more intelligent, psychological thriller I recommend Lisa Unger's Black Out.
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