Alone (detective D.d. Warren 1) (a Dark And Suspenseful Page-turner From The Bestselling Author Of Before She Disappeared)

By (author) Lisa Gardner; By (author) Gardner Lisa
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ALONE introduces Lisa Gardner''s series character Detective D. D. Warren. YOU HAVE A SPLIT SECOND TO MAKE YOUR DECISION. IF YOU DON''T SHOOT, WILL HE? The Sunday Telegraph calls it ''fast-moving'' and Karin Slaughter says the Sunday Times bestseller is ''an amazing writer''. Now find out why...

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ALONE introduces Lisa Gardner''s series character Detective D. D. Warren. YOU HAVE A SPLIT SECOND TO MAKE YOUR DECISION. IF YOU DON''T SHOOT, WILL HE? The Sunday Telegraph calls it ''fast-moving'' and Karin Slaughter says the Sunday Times bestseller is ''an amazing writer''. Now find out why...

As he watches a potentially fatal hostage situation unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle, Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge knows that he may be all that stands between life and death. But from the moment Bobby pulls the trigger, killing an armed man holding his own wife and child hostage, it may be Bobby''s own life that is lost.

Detective D. D. Warren''s investigation into the shooting leads her to the impossibly beautiful young widow, Catherine Rose Gagnon, and the darkness in her past. Even as the truth behind the façade of this wealthy Boston family''s life is revealed, the body count rises. And with a sadistic, vengeful killer newly released from prison, everyone must be on their guard. For he strikes the solitary wanderer - and no one can stay protected forever...

Biographical note
Lisa Gardner is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author. Her FBI Profiler novels include SAY GOODBYE, GONE and THE KILLING HOUR. Her Detective D.D. Warren series includes THE NEIGHBOUR, which won the International Thriller Writers'' Award in 2010, CATCH ME, CRASH & BURN and FIND HER. Lisa lives with her family in New England.
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HEADLINE''S LATEST AMAZING THRILLER ACQUISITION: New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner''s backlist moves to Headline with first book in the Detective D.D. Warren series, ALONE.