Before She Disappeared
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten
A new case brings her to Mattapan, a Boston
neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is searching for Angelique Badeau, a
Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. Resistance
from the Boston PD and the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her
own--and she soon learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered.
But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the
next person to go missing could be her.
I have been a huge fan of Lisa
Gardner for years now… possibly even a decade. I have eagerly awaited her DD
Warren and Quincy’s books over time. I was really excited to see her releasing
a standalone story. I found Frankie to be a great lead. I was rooting for her
to unravel everything, if not to find them, then for her own piece of mind.
Something to quite those dreams and nerves. I really, like really, appreciated
that Gardner didn’t just make her independently wealthy for to make things
easier. She gives us a broke heroine that doesn’t have her life together at
all. It’s refreshing to that instead of doing what could make the story easier.
I applaud her for taking a harder road there.
I found myself quickly immersed in the story of
the missing girl(s). I’m used to putting the story together piece by piece and
I usually have most of it together by halfway through. That didn’t happen with
Before She Disappeared. I felt like I was missing so much until that last like
8%. Then I had most of it together but still not all of it. Lardner much have
put this story together piece by piece because it was layered like a complex
puzzle. I can’t thank her enough for working my mind and stretching my
imagination! I know this is supposed to be a standalone but I wouldn’t mind
learning more about Frankie and all the secondary characters. It feels like
they all have some skeletons in their closets.
Hillary Huber was amazing as the narrator for this
entire book. She did change her voice, she did other languages, she did
accents. Amazing in my opinion. I felt she sounded authentic and I was
pleasantly surprised when she was really able to step into the characters shoes
and just portray them. I looked her up, she wasn’t a name I clearly recognized
but she seemed kind of familiar. Sure enough, I’ve listened to several
audiobooks she’s narrated. I’d happily listen to another audiobook narrated by
Miss Huber.
Thank you Brilliance Publishing for the
complimentary copy of this audiobook with the hope that I would leave an
Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise,
and my opinions are just that... my opinions.
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Lisa Gardner, a #1 New York Times
bestselling thriller novelist, began her career in food service, but after
catching her hair on fire numerous times, she took the hint and focused on
writing instead. A self-described research junkie, she has transformed her
interest in police procedure and criminal minds into a streak of
internationally acclaimed novels, published across 30 countries. She’s also had
four books become TV movies (At the Midnight Hour; The Perfect Husband; The
Survivors Club; Hide) and has made personal appearances on TruTV and CNN.
Lisa’s books have received awards from
across the globe. Her novel, The Neighbor, won Best Hardcover Novel from the
International Thriller Writers, while also receiving the Grand Prix des
Lectrices de Elle in France. She was also recognized with the Daphne du Maurier
Award in 2000 for The Other Daughter. Finally, Lisa received the Silver Bullet
Award from the International Thriller Writers in 2017 for her work on behalf of
at-risk children and the Humane Society.
For a bit of fun, Lisa invites her
readers to enter the annual “Kill a Friend, Maim a Buddy” Sweepstakes at
LisaGardner.com. Every year, one Lucky Stiff is selected to meet a grand end in
Lisa’s latest novel. Past winners have nominated spouses, best friends and even
themselves.
Lisa lives in New Hampshire where she
spends her time with an assortment of canine companions. When not writing, she
loves to hike, garden, snowshoe and play cribbage.
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