by Lisa Gardner (Author), Lisa Gardner (Author)
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 her troubled past finally catch up with Rainie? 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 FBI agent daughter, Pierce is racing against time, frantically searching for answers to all the questions he's been afraid to ask. One man knows what happened that night - and he's already contacted the press. He wants money, he wants power, he wants celebrity. As the clock ticks, 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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Orion
Published: 03 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 0752878085
ISBN 13: 9780752878089
Book Overview: Reissued alongside HIDE - new in paperback. ALONE is being reissued simultaneously in the brand new cover look. Lisa Gardner has gone from strength to strength, and is now up there with the very best crime writers. She is also receiving excellent reviews: 'Ingenious, inventive ... intensely readable' Literary Review. 'An unforgettably evil villain and a throat-gripping climax ... a real page turner!' Tess Gerritsen. 'Gardner has written a fine novel full of twists and it could go all the way for her' Independent on Sunday. 'There is an impressive air of gathering menace in this thriller, and you begin to understand why the strap on the cover reads Don't turn out the lights! . This is not a book you'd want to read alone in a dimly lit place' Guardian. 'This fast-moving thriller ... makes her a match for many of her best-selling male compatriots' Telegraph. 'A high-octane, nerve-jangling tale of suspense' Harlan Coben.