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Gone

Gone, February 2006
by Lisa Gardner

Bantam
Featuring: Rainie Conner; Pierce Quincy
352 pages
ISBN: 0553804316
Hardcover
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"Intense, gritty investigative thriller."

Fresh Fiction Review

Gone
Lisa Gardner

Reviewed by Lenore Howard
Posted January 9, 2006

Suspense | Thriller Police Procedural

Rainie Conner has seen some of the worst things people can do to each other, first as a deputy in a small town and more recently working criminal investigations with her husband Pierce Quincy, an ex-FBI profiler. But she's been able to compartmentalize, to detach herself, until the death of yet another innocent child at one more bloody crime scene shatters something within her. Now Rainie is trapped in a downward spiral, cutting herself off from Pierce, drinking too much, obsessed with death and tragedy. Then, one rainy night, she's abducted from her car by a stranger, and the instinct to fight and survive takes over. But her instincts may not be enough to keep her alive. Pierce Quincy has watched Rainie drift away from him, torn between shaking her out of her depression and giving her space to work things out. Now she's missing and he's overwhelmed with guilt and grief, but must pull himself together to profile the kidnapper and solve this very personal case. Working with local law enforcement, as well as his daughter, Kimberly, and her friend Mac, both FBI agents, Pierce races against time to save the stranger he loves. This is a grim, intense book. Rainie is battling serious depression; Pierce is frustrated at his inability to help her and then distraught when she disappears. Rainie's kidnapper is physically violent with her (although not sexually) and a young boy is also put in serious jeopardy. I did not always enjoy reading this book, but I was compelled to keep going. I cared about these characters and what happened to them. The details about the investigative procedure are also very interesting. I do recommend GONE, particularly to Gardner fans and people who enjoy shows like Without a Trace, but it will not appeal to more sensitive readers.

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SUMMARY

When someone you love vanishes without a trace, how far would you go to get them back?
For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, it’s the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the driver’s seat. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate.

Did one of the ghosts from Rainie’s troubled past finally catch up with her? Or could her disappearance be the result of one of the cases they’d been working–a particularly vicious double homicide or the possible abuse of a deeply disturbed child Rainie took too close to heart?  Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions he’s been afraid to ask.

One man knows what happened that night. Adopting the alias of a killer caught eighty years before, he has already contacted the press. His terms are clear: he wants money, he wants power, he wants celebrity. And if he doesn’t get what he wants, Rainie will be gone for good.

Sometimes, no matter how much you love someone, it’s still not enough.
As the clock winds down on a terrifying deadline, Pierce plunges headlong into the most desperate hunt of his life, into the shattering search for a killer, a lethal truth, and for the love of his life, who may forever be...gone.


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