Hide (Detective D.D. Warren 2): The heart-stopping thriller from the bestselling author of BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED

Another amazing page turner of a story by Lisa Gardner full of twists and turns from start to finish....yes, right up to the end. Lisa Gardner's books are amazing as part of a series but each novel can be read on it's own and still be just as intense and fabulous to read. Fast paced as always to point you just can't stop turning the page. Fast moving psychological suspense thriller that gets you hooked from the start.

When I started to read this book I was not sure I would stick with it. However, I am glad that I did. The characters were believable, the story was interesting and there were many surprises along the way. The last half of the book was very good and it maintained my interest right to the end. Indeed, I found myself reading for longer periods than I usually do. The only slight criticism is regarding the over use of American phrases and the occasional American acronym, which left me guessing what was meant. However, on the whole I would recommend it.

Lisa Gardner has written many books and has quite a following for a series that features FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy. This book however is a male lead by the name of Bobby Dodge who has featured in Lisa Gardner's previous Novel Alone (Published 2005).Detective Bobby Dodge is introduced to us again in this new thriller. When the discovery of six bodies is made in an abandoned hospital, he feels the fear creeping up on him. Is this the return of his worst nightmare and is it coming back to haunt him?Annabelle Granger has been running for years. Never knowing why but just trailing along behind her family. Always changing name and identity, and nearly 30 years later she is still doing it and can't quite work out why. When a body is discovered with wearing Annabelle's locket and she is named as the dead girl in the paper she decides she will no longer hide in fear, but that it's time to confront her past. Before long she realises that this may be what her family were running from and now they are after her.With Bobby's discovery of the bodies he realises that he can't face this challenge alone and asks his old time lover and partner DD Warren from Boston PD to help him. They quickly realise that this could be a copycat murder or it could be something more sinister than that. Unfortunately for Bobby, his past isn't leaving him alone and is more tied up in this case than he could imagine.As usual Lisa Gardner has produced a fantastic book with edgy writing and a great character. The story keeps you interested enough to keep turning the pages and before you know it your nearly finished. She is fast becoming one of my top ten authors and I would recommend her books to anybody who likes reading the thriller/crime type of book. I also think that if she carries on producing books this good, the following for the Bobby Dodge series could well be as good as the following for the Quincy series.

I don't know what to say about this book that hasn't already been said. It is brilliant and the sort of book that keeps you up into the wee small hours reading. Once I started it I could not put it down. The basic premise is that 6 children's bodies are found and a disgraced detective is called in to help with the enquiry. Alongside this runs a story of a young lady who has been running from something or someone unknown all her life. Lisa Gardner draws the two plots together seamlessly and in a natural and completely believable way. The plot moves along at breathtaking speed and you find yourself wanting to go along for the ride. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves murder mysteries. You will not be disappointed at any point in the story.

Yet again another really good book that's fast paced full of intense moments and intrigue that kept me guessing until the very end. There were some bits that I felt dragged a little bit hence only the four stars but I still thoroughly enjoyed it as part of this series

I accidentally stumbled across this author after reading every book written by another female author, and thought I would have a job finding someone who would come close, but am happy to say I am a massive fan of Lisa Gardner, and even though I read books in wrong order it didn't matter, I love the character D D WArren , and have read everyone, once started I can't put the book down:) so I definitely recommend them, and now I am starting on her other books and hopefully the characters draw you in again, brilliant , and I live in the UK so I love reading how clever and dedicated these officers are, and just the right amount of humour when it is needed on real tough cases, as obviously the author has to get it right, I am totally addicted and only once were my suspicions right on the killer as usually you never see it coming with the twists and turns

A terrific page-turner and impossible to put down. Why does a father, a professor at M.I.T. keep moving his family every two years or so, adopting false identities and taking menial jobs. What has this got to do with 6 bodies of young girls found in the grounds of an abandoned asylum years later.Another great story featuring D.D. Warren and Bobby Dodge.

Was good up to a point then started unraveling. Traits about characters mentioned then conveniently forgotten. I did finish the book but won’t read any more of her books.

Not much story line.

c ' est le premier roman de Lisa Gardner que je lis et je peux vous dire que je vais en lire un autre tout de suite .C' est tout simplement un grand roman de suspense !

Ich liebe die Bücher von Lisa Garner.

I really enjoy D.D. Warren books and this is the best one in the series. I've read both ones before and ones after this one but this is the best one I've read. I would recommend reading the previous D.D Warren book before this one, it's named "Alone". The stories are tangentially connected and reading Alone first will add depth and dimension to this book. Once again Warren and Dodge work together and since they bring out the best and worst in each other, the ride is extra fun. I had real trouble figuring out what was happening and I love that in a good mystery. So well worth the time to read, definitely a "Hit it out of the park" kind of book, don't miss this one!

Twenty-five years ago, seven year old Annabelle Granger came home from school to find five suitcases packed and her parents urging her to grab just two things to take with her as they fled from their home and the life that they knew. For years they shuffled around the country, leaving at a moments notice, keeping their heads down and changing identity with each location. Annabelle...though she didn't go by that name anymore...never new why. First, she lost her mother to a combination of booze and pills, the constant flight too much for her. Then, older and wiser, Annabelle and her father return to the city of Boston, the same city they'd fled from so many years ago. Her father died not long after, a victim of a hit and run. For a decade following that, Annabelle, known as Tanya now, has worked and lived in the city of her childhood. Then one day she read a newspaper and saw the news. Her body had been found. Annabelle Granger was dead, along with five other young girls found in a pit of darkness and horror far deeper and more malignant than the earthen tomb itself. Maybe now, after all these years, Annabelle can find out why. Why had she been forced all her life to hide?Lisa Gardner has penned an incredibly complex, twisted, and gripping suspense novel in Hide, pairing former sniper turned state detective Bobby Dodge together with ex-lover and now Boston PD Seargent D.D. Warren to solve a case with a myriad more questions than answers. A veritable rabbit warren of paths lead to clues and connections that only a true mastermind of suspense could ever dream up, and I was utterly compelled by the intensity and vitality of the story and characters. With impeccable pacing, the plot twists tighter and tighter as Annabelle goes to the police to both get answers and give them, and Bobby finds himself drawn to the reclusive woman with such stark strength in her eyes, but Annabelle's emergence from a lifetime of shadows sparks a sick and twisted mind to focus on her yet again. Apparently not even a lifetime can stop evil when it's intent enough.I loved this book. It was creepy and dark and the threat was carefully controlled and dished out by the author with a sparing intensity that was chilling. I, much like Annabelle, was totally committed to finding out why her father had been so out-of-his-mind paranoid, and the revelations were mind boggling as the truth slowly comes to light. Kudos to Gardner for her wicked, twisted psyche and her deft ability to translate that into imaginative works of macabre entertainment.My only - small - complaints were that I had to kind of sit on my suspension of disbelief and force it to behave when it came to how much access Annabelle was given to the case. I found that a little implausible, but once I beat that suspension of disbelief into submission, I just enjoyed the ride. I also thought the final conflict was a little too convenient and a bit too many of the wild warren paths led to the same den, so to speak. The only thing that I really wish had been different, though, was I wish that the romance between Bobby and Annabelle had been given a bit more room to breathe, because I enjoyed their attraction. It was extremely subtle in developing, and have to admit, Bobby acted very professionally overall, but I read this under the impression that it was a romantic suspense novel, and that's not exactly true. I consider this a suspense thriller with a thread of romance in it. A tiny thread.Overall though, this was an eminently enjoyable read that kept me wildly flipping pages well into the night until I had all the answers. Very well done. It's been quite some time since I've read a Lisa Gardner book, but after Hide I don't think I'll be staying away nearly so long ever again. 4.5 Stars.Originally reviewed on One Good Book Deserves Another.