GONE: Reviews & Details

As of September 2006, GONE had spent 8 weeks on the Library Journal's list of 15 most requested titles in the U.S. -9 months after its January 2006 release!

"Fires on all cylinders..."
- San Francisco Chronicle

" Good news: There are no damsels in distress here-the wife, their daughter and a female sheriff all kick-butt. It's a whodunit until the very end."
-Glamour Magazine

" Gardner keeps the suspense cranked high ."
- Booklist

"A terrifying woman-in-jeopardy plot propels Gardner's latest thriller, in which child advocate and PI Lorraine "Rainie" Conner's fate hangs in the balance. Rainie, a recovering alcoholic with a painful past (who previously appeared in Gardner's THE THIRD VICTIM, THE NEXT ACCIDENT and THE KILLING HOUR) is kidnapped from her parked car one night in coastal Oregon. The key players converge on the town of Bakersville to solve the mystery of her disappearance: Rainie's husband, Quincy, a semiretired FBI profiler whose anguish over Rainie undercuts his high-level experience with kidnappers; Quincy's daughter, Kimberley, a rising star in the FBI who flies in from Atlanta; Oregon State Police Sgt. Det. Carlton Kincaid; local sheriff Shelly Atkins; and abrasive federal agent Candi Rodriguez, who specializes in hostage negotiation. Gardner suspensefully intercuts the complicated maneuvering of this bickering team with graphic scenes of Rainie bravely struggling with her violent, sadistic captor. When the rescuers make a misstep, he raises the stakes by snatching a troubled seven-year-old foster child named Dougie, who's one of Rainie's cases. The cat-and-mouse intensifies, as does the mystery of the kidnapper's identity. Sympathetic characters, a strong sense of place and terrific plotting distinguish Gardner's new thriller."
—Publishers Weekly

With each new novel Lisa Gardner performs the seemingly impossible task of surpassing her prior efforts. This is an unforgettable tale with a tantalizing mystery and believable characters who are all the more attractive for their flaws. Highly recommended. Read full review.
- Bookreporter.com