The crime scene was horribly gruesome, so Boston PD detective D.D. Warren felt compelled to check it out again. She just wasn't expecting to be pushed down the stairs by someone else lurking in the shadows. D.D. is left with some memory loss from the fall, but the severe injury to her left arm and shoulder means she's unable to return to work. Weeks later, when a second murder occurs with the same grisly elements as the first, D.D. has to become involved again. Even though she can't lift her arm or load her firearm, she can help with the investigation in other ways. She just doesn't realize how closely she'll become involved with key individuals in the inquiry.

Dr. Adeline Glen is a renowned specialist who helps people deal with physical pain, even though she suffers from a rare congenital disorder and can feel no pain herself. Adeline also comes from a highly dysfunctional family; her late-mother was a mental case, her late-father was a psychopathic homicidal maniac, and her sister has been an incarcerated serial killer since the age of 14. When Adeline learns that several bizarre components of these recent murders are exactly like ones her father committed, she fears there could be some connection to her family. Why, after all these years, are similar killings taking place? And what has set this chain of events in motion?

With FEAR NOTHING, Lisa Gardner has written a meticulous thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats with frightening details and seriously impaired characters. As a masterful storyteller, Gardner's narrative is cleverly conceived and intricately plotted making FEAR NOTHING another winner.