Alone by Lisa Gardner and Holter Graham

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Alone
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Publisher: Random House Audio; Abridged edition (January 10, 2006)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0739324489

ISBN-13: 978-0739324486

Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 4.7 x 1 inches

Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces ()

From Publishers Weekly
For 300-some pages, Gardner (The Perfect Husband) keeps readers spellbound—not just by her plot but by the beautifully realized character of Massachusetts police sniper Bobby Dodge. He meets his match in Catherine Gagnon, who as a girl was snatched, raped and nearly murdered. Now she's the wife of erratic, rich Jimmy Gagnon and mother of perpetually ill four-year-old Nathan. When Bobby kills Jimmy during a hostage situation at the Gagnons, he does it to save Catherine and Nathan. But was it a righteous shoot, or did Catherine engineer the killing? Judge James Gagnon and his wife, Maryanne, think Bobby murdered their son out of lust for Catherine. As other people start dying, very messily, and the DA and cops come down hard on Bobby, Gardner keeps the tension high and the pace fast. But resolution comes in what may be the clunkiest chase crafted by a pro this year: "Bobby processed everything at once. Three open doorways, three bedrooms. He ran by the first, then the second, and came sprinting into the third just in time to see Maryanne staggering back." Ten pages later, so many characters have run into so many rooms, it's amazing that the right person finally gets his head blown off by the right avenger. But Garner then ends with a neat postlude offering one more twist; her fans will feel requited.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From AudioFile
Police sniper Bobby Dodge is called to a domestic hostage situation. When he sees the agitated husband's finger tensing on the trigger of a handgun, Bobby fires his rifle and eliminates the threat. But Bobby quickly falls from hero to fugitive when the hostage-taker turns out to be the hot-tempered ne'er-do-well son of a powerful judge. The judge files papers accusing Dodge of conspiring to murder his son. Bobby soon has to ask himself if Catherine Gagnon, the beautiful young widow, is the most tragic person in Boston or the most dangerous. Holter Graham is a relatively new name to audiobooks, but the young film actor was an excellent choice to read the abridgment of Gardner's thriller, giving it a taut, sexy edginess. ALONE is devastatingly good, a steamy, fast-paced search for truth and integrity in a jaded world. S.E.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Alone (Hardcover) Bobby Dodge, member of the elite STOP team in Boston, MA, which deals with dangerous police situations, has just completed a grim task: as a sniper he has ended the life of a husband Jimmy Gagnon, who seemingly was on the verge of harming either his wife Catherine or his son Nathan. And to add to Bobby's distress at having to kill another man, he is immediately attacked by Jimmy's father, Judge James Gagnon, a powerful Boston personage, for acting rashly and caving in to the manipulations of Catherine. But what is it about the past of Bobby, Catherine, and Jimmy, and even the Judge, that has led to this point? Lisa Gardner expertly combines the unfolding of traumatic disturbances in their lives with rapid fire developments in the present. Given her history, could Catherine, one with elegant, fragile beauty, orchestrate her own husband's death? Maybe Bobby knew more about the Gagnon's then he is telling - are his actions completely innocent? Why is the Judge's and his wife's past shrouded in mystery? This is Lisa Gardner's best book, and most of her previous books were quite good. The plot is great and it moves. Yet the characters get the right amount of attention. And there are some nice twists. This latest effort by Gardner will disappoint few. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)

Alone
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