If you don't like spiders... (Say Goodbye - Lisa Gardner)

Member Name: MeganFF

Product:	Say Goodbye - Lisa Gardner
Date:	27/08/09 (56 review reads)
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Advantages: believable, likeable characters, good pace, keeps you guessing

Disadvantages: I spotted one twist before the book got there

He's Going To Make Your Skin Crawl

That's what the front cover claims. And yes, he really does!

This is the story of Kimberley Quincy, an FBI Special Agent in Violent Crimes. A daughter of a profiler. Who's mother and sister were murdered. Who is married to another Special Agent. Oh yes, and is five months pregnant.

When her mobile (sorry, cellphone) rings in the early hours, it's nothing to write home about - happens all the time. A hooker has been picked up who claims to be her informant, and will speak to Kimberley, and her alone.

Delilah Rose claims prostitutes are going missing, and a strange client is behind it. A client with a creepy perversion. Spiders

Then Kimberley starts receiving strange phone-calls on her mobile/cell - a number which isn't readily available. It's up to her, and Sal (a Georgia Bureau Investigator) to unravel the web

I have to admit that I really don't like spiders all that much. Even less now. It really did make my skin crawl.
The story really grabbed my imagination, the characters were well rounded and believable. Though the pace of the story was good, the details were well covered and not glossed over as some writers do.

Interwoven into Kimberley's story, we meet a boy would was kidnapped by the Burgerman, and an old woman who sees her dead brother.

It really keeps you gripped as you try to work out how the other tales get tied up in the main story, and who is who in the sub-tales.

I have to confess that I had worked out one twist before the characters did, but there are many twists to the story as you speed towards the conclusion and the others I had no idea about. Like a good thriller should, this book throws you a curve ball to knock you on your ass, and keeps the pages turning

I have another Lisa Gardner novel to read, and after enjoying this one so much, I really look forward to getting stuck in!

P.S I bought this book (hard-back) on sale in my book club. £1.99 is a bargain!!

Summary: Don't read if you live in woods, or near large amounts of spiders