Lisa’s books have received awards from across the globe. 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. 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. 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. Publisher: Century/Cornerstone/Random House UK Highly recommended! ALL THE STARS! This review was written voluntarily and my rating was in no way influenced by the fact that I received a complimentary digital copy of this novel from Cornerstone/Random House UK via NetGalley. Gosh… do I have to wait until next January to read more Frankie Elkin? Write faster Lisa Gardner! This is a character-driven thriller and an epic adventure of wilderness survival wrapped up into one. Many themes run through this page-turning narrative, the most predominant ones being guilt, remorse, loss, and human connection.

The dreadful and disturbing circumstances which were lightened with levity and sarcasm. Driven by some unknown compulsion to bring back the body of a young man to his mother, she risks life and limb in her efforts. She is out of her usual urban element and it tests her in ways both physical and emotional. She is fast becoming my all-time favorite fictional character. I feel the same way now… Frankie is so endearing in her own stubborn, slightly reserved way. I loved her and was sad when I turned the last page on her story when I read “ Before She Disappeared“. “In this day and age, we all talk too much and hear too little.”įrankie Elkin is unique, damaged, and so very memorable. At all times she lives by her instincts, and is an outsider wherever she goes… She is adept at judging the character of the people she meets and appreciates kindness. She shuns personal possessions and travels light. The young man’s mother is dying of cancer and she wants her son’s body found so that they can be buried together.įrankie accompanies a team comprised of the young man’s father, a local wilderness guide, three of the man’s friends, a bigfoot hunter, a search and rescue dog handler and her search/cadaver dog, Daisy.įrankie is courageous, lonely, wise-cracking, impulsive, driven by her demons, and most of all…. Frankie gets herself involved in a search for a young man who went missing five years previously.

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