Paperback: 484 pages
Publisher: Zebra August 1, 2008
English language
ISBN-10: 1420102761
ISBN-13: 978-1420102765
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Book synopsis:
In the lonely woods around Grizzly Falls, Montana, four bodies have been discovered. Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli have been waiting for a career case, but this is a nightmare. Even with the FBI involved, Selena and Regan have nothing but a killer’s cryptic notes and the unsettling knowledge that there is much worse to come…
When Jillian Rivers opens her eyes, she’s trapped in a wrecked car. Then a stranger, claiming to be a trail guide named Zane MacGregor, prays for her freedom. Although she is grateful, something about him makes Jillian nervous. And, if she knew what was in the woods of Montana, she would be really terrified. Because someone is waiting… watching… ready to strike and make Jillian the next victim…
I reviewed Lost Souls a few months ago and that was the first Lisa Jackson book that I read. I knew after reading it that it wouldn’t be the last, as I loved its style and content. I was also surprised when I walked into Wal-Mart and saw the hardcover book right in front of me. That’s when I said to my husband, look, that’s one of the books I just reviewed for Pump Up Your Book Promotion, it was really great! So, needless to say, when I was asked if I would be willing to review Left to Die, I jumped at the chance. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be as good as Lost Souls, but let me tell you, it was even better.
Let me start by saying that I was excited to see that the two main characters are detectives. Selena Alverez and Regan Pescoli could not be more different both in their personal lives and in the way they approach the cases that are handed to them are also very different. But they fit together like two pieces of a puzzle and her drive and work ethic is what is sorely needed in her department to catch the sadistic serial killer on the loose. They hoped to make a name for themselves, but this case is quickly turning into a nightmare, with a calculating killer flawless in all his actions.
The serial killer in this book is chilling…no pun intended. He sets up his victims by shooting out their tires as they drive down a ravine. They lose control of their vehicles and crash, leaving them totally helpless. So when a kind stranger rescues them and nurses them back to health, who would think they’d lead them to an icy death, tied to a tree, stripped naked, left to brave the elements and essentially succumb to them?
This book literally had me on the edge of my seat. I am so excited to have had the opportunity to review two of Lisa’s books and can’t wait for the sequel: Chosen to Die. This is a must read for anyone who is interested in suspense and can’t really guess the ending.
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About the Author:
Lisa Jackson can’t stay away from killers, especially serial killers. She has been killing people everywhere, from Savannah and New Orleans to San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest, and it has paid off. Her readers return again and again, and her novels are fixtures on national bestseller lists. In fact, his book Fatal Burn was a number one New York Times paperback bestseller, and the first two of his novels to be published in hardcover, Shiver and Absolute Fear, were in the top five on the New York Times bestseller list. sold out of the New York Times. Next, readers will look for LOST SOULS, which will be published in hardcover by Kensington Books and will be released on March 25.
Having made serial killing his business, he has put his characters to the test. They have been in danger up to their necks and have faced death, usually quite bloody, right to the face. She remains fascinated by the minds and motives of both her killers and their pursuers: the personal, the professional, and the downright twisted. As he builds the puzzle of relationships, actions, clues, lies, and personal histories that haunt his protagonists, he must also confront the fear and terror faced by his victims, and the harsh and abiding truth that, in the real world, terror and madness touches too many lives and families.
Lisa began writing at the urging of her sister, the novelist Nancy Bush. Inspired by the success of the authors she admired and the burgeoning market for romantic fiction at the time, Nancy was convinced they could work together and be successful. They sat down, determined to write and be published.
They did and they were.
They initially wrote together. Later, they moved in different directions. Lisa brought more and more suspense to her work and began to write much darker stories. Nancy’s writing expanded to include not only her own novels, including her acclaimed Jane Kelly Mysteries, such as the recently published Ultraviolet. She also spent several years writing for one of television’s biggest soap operas, even relocating for a time from her sister’s Pacific Northwest roots to Manhattan. This year they plan to work together again on a thriller to be published in 2009.
Meanwhile, for Lisa, the killing continues, as this workaholic mother-daughter and amazing writer continues her habit of giving readers goosebumps and publishing her books in The New York Times, USA Today and The New York Times. Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.
Lisa Jackson’s novels include the upcoming LOST SOULS and bestsellers Absolute Fear, coming out in paperback for the first time in March, Hot Blooded, Cold Blooded, The Night Before, The Morning After, Deep Freeze, Fatal Burn and Almost Dead. Last year, Most Likely to Die was written by Lisa, Beverly Barton and Wendy Corsi Staub, was published and became the number three New York Times paperback. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and Romance Writers of America.