Hide | Lisa Gardner | Excellent Thriller!

Hide | Lisa Gardner | Family on the run for unknown reason

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	Hide Lisa Gardner Bantam, 2008 - 480 pages average customer review:based on 56 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

You have good reason to be afraid. . . .

It was a case that haunts Bobby Dodge to this day?the case that nearly killed him and changed his life forever. Now, in an underground chamber on the grounds of an abandoned Massachusetts mental hospital, the gruesome discovery of six mummified corpses resurrects his worst nightmare: the return of a killer he thought dead and buried. There?s no place to run. . . . Bobby?s only lead is wrapped around a dead woman?s neck. Annabelle Granger has been in hiding for as long as she can remember. Her childhood was a blur of new cities and assumed identities. But what?or who?her family was running from, she never knew. Now a body is unearthed from a grave, wearing a necklace bearing Annabelle?s name, and the danger is too close to escape. This time, she?s not going to run. You know he will find you. . . .

The new threat could be the dead psychopath?s copycat, his protégé?or something far more terrifying. Dodge knows the only way to find him is to solve the mystery of Annabelle Granger, and to do that he must team up with his former lover, partner, and friend D. D. Warren from the Boston P.D. But the trail leads back to a woman from Bobby?s past who may be every bit as dangerous as the new killer?a beautiful survivor-turned-avenger with an eerie link to Annabelle. From its tense opening pages to its shocking climax, Hide is a thriller that delves into our deepest, darkest fears. Where there is no one to trust. Where there is no place left to hide.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Excellent Thriller!

"This is the type of thriller that has you guessing to virtually the end and has a heart-pounding conclusion! This book sucked me in from the beginning with the story of Anabelle, whose father makes her constantly move and change identities like they are in the witness protection program. This finally finishes when Anabelle becomes an adult and both her parents are dead.

In the meantime a grave is unearthed that contains the remains of murdered children. Somehow, Anabelle going into hiding has some connection to this grave.

The author uses interesting story telling, having Anabelle's story appear in first person and using third person when describing the two detectives investigating the case. What really gets confusing is that the case is similar to another case inolving a woman who was a girlfriend of one of the detectives investigating the case and also bears a strong resemblence to Anabelle.

Gardner's confusing plotline clues only adds to the reader's difficulty in putting the book down. Don't miss this one!"

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Family on the run for unknown reason

Everything is a "system" according to young Annabelle, her current name, who lived a family life but never knowing where or how that "system" might turn out. Her father tells Annabelle, that she has very little time to gather up any two of her possessions immediately and leave in their automobile for parts unknown. She was devastated as she had so many possessions that meant so much to her, making it almost impossible to select only two items!

They took off for Tampa and changed their names as they adjusted to another way of living and new friends, but don't ever make too many friends since we "might have to leave again." Annabelle, or whatever name she would use next, did not understand why they had to move so often and so quickly. Every time she was just told to gather her choice of two things and then get in the car and off they would go. No way to make friends long enough to call them good friends. But unknown to her father Annabelle did make one real good friend before the moving all started. Her name was Dori Petracelli.

The mother picked the names they would go by in the next town and the father would get identification containing that name for the entire family. One day she came home to find her mother face down on the couch, dead, with many prescription bottles spread around her. Once the mother was cremated, Annabelle and her father had small lockets containing some of the ashes, with the rest of the ashes thrown in the wind. Then it was time to leave again and the daughter was allowed to choose the city they would move to once again. She chose Boston, their original city that she loved so much. The locket would eventually become a part of her future life.

At age 22, her father was killed when hit by a car and she realized she was on her own finally and could make her own decisions where to live, work, and what to do with her life. One day she picked up the newspaper and discovered that she was dead. At the age of 25, she was dead but she knew she was very much alive.

Enter into the scene Boston Detective D.D. Warren and an old friend of hers, Massachusetts newest state police detective, Bobby Dodge, as they are thrown together to investigate an incident that Bobby had been associated with years before. They worked together reluctantly at first as they tracked down killers leading all the way back to a mental hospital that was now closed. Annabelle Mary Granger took herself to the Boston Police Department to prove she was alive. Thus a connection with DD and Bobby that lasted for some time as they worked together to solve Annabelle's family's strange living all those years and why she was reported "dead!".

The well-flowing story goes on to follow Annabelle through the rest of her life as she learns of her past and how and why the many life changes occurred. She and DD and Bobby work together and Bobby gets to know Annabelle a bit more than he possibly should. You will not be correct if you try to guess the results of each and every turn that she endured and how it ended.

"Hide" is a real page-turner that I enjoyed thoroughly. I have enjoyed books written by Lisa Gardner and this one, in my opinion, is one of the best. The interaction between the Boston Police Department and Bobbie coming in to assist becomes strange at times but very enjoyable. I don't feel you need any farther review to be interested in purchasing this book and getting engrossed for several days.

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Run out to get this

This was the first book by this Author that I have read.....
I would classify this as a psychological thriller...during parts of the book i wanted to HIDE.

The main character is Annabelle Grainger who has been on the "run" from something or someone for as long as she can remember. Her life comes full circle when she returns to where it all began in Massachusettes.

The story is written in first and third person, it keeps you guessing and I was on the edge of me seat waiting and trying to figure out who was trying to get her throughout the book....
Don't hide out, go and get this one.

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Keeps You Guessing

This was the very first book I have read by Lisa Gardner. I like her writing style. Hide was a good book for me to start with. I found the writer did a great job at detailing the characters. Some of the story was narrative while, at other times, it was not. I didn't think it was hard to tell the difference but I have read some reviews that thought it was. The stroy line was suspensful and kept you guessing right up until the end. I liked this writers style so much that I have purchased 4 more books of hers. I would recommend this book highly.

another great read

You can't beat a Lisa Gardner book. They just aren't long enough. It was a one day book but I loved it.

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