Touch & Go

International Thriller Writers – Best Novel of the Year Nominee 2013

This is my family: Vanished without a trace. . .

Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life you’d find in the pages of a glossy magazine. A beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. A great marriage, admired by all. A perfect life.

This is what I know: Pain has a flavor. . .

When investigator Tessa Leoni arrives at the crime scene in the foyer of the Denbes’ home, she finds scuff marks on the floor and a million tiny pieces of bright green Taser confetti. The family appears to have been abducted, with only a pile of their cell phones and electronic devices remaining. No witnesses, no ransom demands, no motive. Just a perfect little family, gone.

This is what I fear: The worst is yet to come. . .

Tessa knows better than anyone that flawless fronts can hide the darkest secrets. Now she must race against the clock to uncover the Denbes’ innermost dealings, a complex tangle of friendships and betrayal, big business and small sacrifices. Who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family? And how far would such a person be willing to go?

This is the truth: Love, safety, family. . . it’s all touch and go.

"Gardner generates. . . irresistible momentum."

- Kirkus Review

"The suspense builds as the action races to a spectacular conclusion and the unmasking of the plot's mastermind."

- Publishers Weekly - Starred Review

"Gardner pulls readers right into Libby's personal and family drama as she bears witness to the horrific captivity her family undergoes. . . Gardner's previous thriller, Catch Me, debuted at number two on the New York Times best-seller list; this one is likely to follow suit."

- Booklist - Stephanie Zvirin

"Lisa Gardner, the master of the psychological thriller, has delivered another tour de force with Touch & Go, which exposes the raw nerves of a family imploding, and an investigator trying to escape her past. A character says in the beginning of the novel, 'Pain has a flavor. The question is, what does it taste like to you?' Touch & Go is the opposite of pain; it's a total pleasure."

- Associated Press - Jeff Ayers

". . .Gardner is considered to be one of the best in the business, and for good reason. She delivers twist after twist, pulling off complexities with apparent ease, all culminating in a breathtaking finale that is both satisfying and surprising. Ultimately, it’s readers who are taken captive – and Gardner who is holding the reins, every step of the way. . ."

- Hartford Examiner - John Valeri

"The suspense crackles as the Denbes grapple with their captors' bewildering brutality. But what gives the story heart is Libby's dawning realization that her family may have been broken long before their kidnappers appeared."

- PEOPLE

"Whip-crack taut, the book still finds time to reveal a great deal about human character: Gardner is very subtle."

- Daily Mail (UK) - Geoffrey Wansell

"Gardner keeps the suspense high."

- The Sunday Mirror (UK)

"The author brings to life all of the fears, insecurities and vulnerabilities that are part of the human condition by creating characters that are so very real that you can see them in your mind’s eye. Readers feel what is inside the story’s protagonist as she runs through a gauntlet of shifting emotions. Gardner combines this human drama with knife’s-edge suspense, as all along the way you keep hoping against hope that the cops will figure it all out before it’s too late. So if you love a nail-biting thriller that will keep you turning the pages until the very end, you’ll love Touch & Go as much as I did."

- Nashua Telegraph - Paul Collins

". . . Lisa Gardner's pitch-perfect journey into affluent suburbia's dark underbelly. . . No one writes this kind of modern horror tale better than Gardner, no one."

- Providence Journal - Jon Land

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