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Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio
Published: March 12, 2024
Summary:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller:
Frankie Elkin is an expert at finding the missing persons that the rest of the world has forgotten, but even she couldn’t have anticipated this latest request—to locate the long-lost sister of a female serial killer facing execution in three weeks’ time.
She has called herself “death,” but people called her the devil.
The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. Despite the media’s chronicling of her tragic circumstances—the childhood spent with a violent father—no one could find sympathy for “the Beautiful Butcher” who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously slitting their throats.
Now, with only twenty-one days left to live, Pierson has finally received a lead on the whereabouts of the sister who was kidnapped over a decade ago, and she needs Frankie’s help to find her. The Beautiful Butcher’s offer:
When was the last time your search ended with finding the living?
Unable to resist the chance for a rescue, Frankie takes on Pierson’s request. Twelve years ago, five-year-old Leilani went missing in Hawaii. The main suspect? Pierson’s tech mogul ex-boyfriend, Sanders MacManus. Now, on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific—the site of MacManus’s latest vanity project—fresh evidence has appeared. In order to learn the truth and possibly save a young woman’s life, Frankie must go undercover at the isolated base camp. Her challenge: A dozen strangers. Countless dangerous secrets. Zero means of calling for help. And then the storm rolls in…
My thoughts:
It’s no secret that I am a HUGE Lisa Gardner fan! I’ve read just about all of her books and I am so glad that she has continued on with the Frankie Elkin series…even with a bit of a delay! This is the 3rd in the series and each one is better than the last!
Once again, we have another completely gripping, tense read. I found myself totally engaged in this story and even though I was listening, I did not want to put it down. I ended up finishing this one in a day because I just needed to know what was going to happen next. It was so atmospheric, and the combination of the serial killer with the missing person and the setting on a deserted Hawaiian Island makes for such a great read – except now I’ll forever be looking out for coconut crabs every time I go to beach!
What I really liked about this particular installment, besides it being so much more than what we first think we are getting into – more about that in a moment – is that I feel we get quite a lot of character development here, especially for Frankie. Maybe it’s because she’s on an isolated island and there are no AA meetings but she really has to come to terms with some things about herself and I loved this part of the story.
As for the case itself – WOW! It was so crazy and the twists were insane, in a good way! This one took such a great turn that I did not see coming and I loved every minute of it. The tension in this book is so high and continues to build to quite an explosive ending. We might have had to wait a bit for this latest installment, but this book definitely made the wait worth it! And hopefully there won’t be such a long wait until the next one!
Audio thoughts:
This series is so good on audio and I was thrilled to see that Hilary Huber was back to narrate. She is so consistent with the voices and her pacing and intonation are spot on!
Books in this series:
- Before She Disappeared
- One Step Too Far
- Still See You Everywhere
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