Ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, former cop Rainie Rainie Conner, are in the process of adopting 13-year-old Sharlah Sharlah Nash, a young girl with a troubled past who they've been fostering for three years. At the age of five, Sharlah Sharlah's nine-year-old brother, Telly, killed their parents in self-defense. In the aftermath, they were separated into the foster system. Sharlah eventually came to live with Quincy and Rainie, while Telly, at 17, ended up with Frank and Sandra Duvall, a couple who seem very caring, but aren't quite what they seem.

The Duvall family have some deep, dark secrets in their pasts that manifest themselves and involve Telly. When Frank and Sandra are brutally gunned down in their bed, followed by the killings of two people in a gas station, Telly Telly becomes the prime suspect. Telly runs away, hiding in the Oregon woods, prompting local officials to fear he may be after his sister Sharlah. This gets Quincy and Rainie involved in the manhunt as they try to profile Telly and his true intentions. Is he really a cold-blooded killer, or is is something else going on that has yet to be discovered? Wh What they find is shocking.

In RIGHT BEHIND YOU, Lisa Gardner brings back Pierce Quincy and his partner Rainie Conner, fan favorites from several of her previous novels. I loved catching up with what's going on in their lives now, especially how they are dealing with a troubled teenage girl they've grown to love enough to bring her into their family. Gardner has devised and achieved a thrilling storyline for these unique characters that kept me interested in the outcome from the very start. Interlaced chapters detailing Sharlah and Telly Telly's points of view reveal not only their pasts, but also how they are dealing with the current situation. Clever plot twists push the suspenseful and entertaining RIGHT BEHIND YOU in several directions until the shattering conclusion.