detective d. d. warren #6
lisa gardner
fiction/thriller/mystery
bantam
published 2011
One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?
As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the blue wall of police brotherhood, seeking to understand the inner workings of a trooper’s mind while also unearthing family secrets. Would a trained police officer truly shoot her own husband? And would a mother harm her own child?
For Tessa Leoni, the worst has not yet happened. She is walking a tightrope, with nowhere to turn, no one to trust, as the clock ticks down to a terrifying deadline. She has one goal in sight, and she will use every ounce of her training, every trick at her disposal, to do what must be done. No sacrifice is too great, no action unthinkable. A mother knows who she loves. And all others will be made to pay.
This book was like Commando, but with a petite, yet tough woman instead of Arnold Schwartzenegger.
This was a constant ride of terror. You're never really sure what's happening, if a little girl is dead or kidnapped, if Tessa is guilty of murdering EVERYONE....you're basically hanging throughout the whole book.
And it was awesome.
Things happen that make D. D. not so....annoying. It's one thing to be tough and maybe play the bad-cop now and then, but D. D.'s way over the edge there and it's off putting. I don't need her to be sensitive and sweet, I just need her to be human-like.
But Lisa Gardner writes a dang good book and getting Bobby Dodge for a whole novel was pretty sweet too!
As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the blue wall of police brotherhood, seeking to understand the inner workings of a trooper’s mind while also unearthing family secrets. Would a trained police officer truly shoot her own husband? And would a mother harm her own child?
For Tessa Leoni, the worst has not yet happened. She is walking a tightrope, with nowhere to turn, no one to trust, as the clock ticks down to a terrifying deadline. She has one goal in sight, and she will use every ounce of her training, every trick at her disposal, to do what must be done. No sacrifice is too great, no action unthinkable. A mother knows who she loves. And all others will be made to pay.
This book was like Commando, but with a petite, yet tough woman instead of Arnold Schwartzenegger.
This was a constant ride of terror. You're never really sure what's happening, if a little girl is dead or kidnapped, if Tessa is guilty of murdering EVERYONE....you're basically hanging throughout the whole book.
And it was awesome.
Things happen that make D. D. not so....annoying. It's one thing to be tough and maybe play the bad-cop now and then, but D. D.'s way over the edge there and it's off putting. I don't need her to be sensitive and sweet, I just need her to be human-like.
But Lisa Gardner writes a dang good book and getting Bobby Dodge for a whole novel was pretty sweet too!
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