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Alone

Written by Lisa Gardner

Narrated by Anna Fields

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child. The man's finger tightens on the trigger and Dodge has only a split second to react . . . and forever pay the consequences.

Alone . . . that's where the nightmare began for cool, beautiful, and dangerously sexy Catherine Rose Gagnon. Twenty-five years ago, she was buried underground during a month-long nightmare of abduction and abuse. Now her husband has just been killed. Her father-in-law, the powerful Judge Gagnon, blames Catherine for his son's death . . . and for the series of unexplained illnesses that have sent her own young son repeatedly to the hospital.

Alone . . . a madman survived solitary confinement in a maximum security prison where he'd done hard time for the most sadistic of crimes. Now he walks the streets a free man, invisible, anonymous . . . and filled with an unquenchable rage for vengeance. What brings them together is a moment of violence-but what connects them is a passion far deeper and much more dangerous. For a killer is loose who's woven such an intricate web of evil that no one is above suspicion, no one is beyond harm, and no one will see death coming until it has them cornered, helpless, and alone.


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LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 11, 2005
ISBN9781415921937
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Lisa Gardner

Lisa Gardner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty suspense novels, including The Neighbor, which won Thriller of the Year from the International Thriller Writers. An avid hiker, traveler and cribbage player, she lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with her family.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Bobby Dodge, a Massachusetts police sniper, is called to a domestic hostage scene and fulfills his duty. The outcome launches an on-slot of questions and concerns relating to Bobby's involvement and who was truly at fault. The family involved have differing views of the event, and Bobby makes every attempt to sort it and himself out.I enjoyed sifting through the pieces of the puzzle and finding the small clues to put together in order to answer the questions. There were some good scenes, and I liked Bobby. I'll definitely be moving on to #2 in the series. (3.75/5)Originally posted on: Thoughts of Joy
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Nothing special or unusual in the plot, but the author is good at character development. That kept me reading to the end despite the feeling of having heard the story before...several times, by several authors.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved this book. From the moment I read the opening events, I was hooked on the idea of finding out exactly what was going on. The story takes a lot of twists and turns, ultimately ending in an exciting and gripping conclusion.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Cant go wrong with a Lisa G book especially when you want a fast read but engaging . This is a literal no brainer not a lot of deep thought but defiantly a book you can get lost in
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    "Alone" is a enjoyable read,filled with action and a lot of twists. Very readable,well written,believable characters. The main male character, Bobby Dodge, is a police sniper and does his job one night. The remainder of that book is written around plot relating to that. Oh, there's a mad man and a family of the rich and powerful. Who's DD Warren, again? The plot twists and turns make the book interesting.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    D. D. Warren is arrogant, has a nasty personality; easy to dislike.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book is a great story but my exposure was to the audible version and the reader nearly ruined it for me. It was also the first of a series but the series character played such a tiny part in this story, that I have no clue what the rest of the series will be like. At least I know they will be read by other readers.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Exciting, but with huge plotting problems.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Pretty good detective novel. Interesting enough story. Not a fan of the typical 12-page hiding/running/shooting type conclusions.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I enjoyed the audio book version of Alone. This was a fast paced suspense novel with plenty of plot twists to pique your interest. This was the first book I've read by Lisa Gardner and I'm definitely going to check out some of her other books.I would recommend this book to fans of suspense or police procedural thrillers.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Story was good but the title would imply there is a strong presence of Detective D.D.Warren but that character only represented a 'bit' part in the book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Catherine Gagnon and her son are being held at gun point by her husband, Jimmy. The police have been called and the STOP (special tactics and operations) team are assembled to bring an end to the hostage situation. Bobby Dodge, a member of the STOP team, has Jimmy in his cross-hairs and as Jimmy's finger starts to pull the trigger of the gun he is pointing at his wife, Bobby does what he has been trained to do. Jimmy happens to be the son of a powerful judge who claims that Catherine set up the whole scenario just to get Jimmy killed. Bobby finds himself caught in the middle as Catherine and Judge Gagnon fight it out. Also caught in the middle, is Catherine's young son, who is in and out of the hospital with constant illnesses that Judge Gagnon and his wife claim are Munchhausen Syndrome. The reader begins to question whether Catherine used the police to kill her husband and is she now trying to kill her son?

    I usually enjoy most of Lisa Gardner's books but this one wasn't my favorite. I found none of the characters likeable and read this one to meet the early DD Warren. She only makes a brief introductory appearance. It wasn't my favorite Gardner book but it was still a quick mystery with some good thriller elements.

  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Story centers on what happens in the life of a sniper, who kills in the line of duty, what he thought was an abusive husband. The novel discusses the thoughts that possess the officer, especially when he is contacted later by the wife. Thought provoking, but could have been written tighter, with less Re-telling.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A decent mystery/police procedural/thriller about a police sniper and the woman he make a widow during a hostage situation. Some parts of the book drag, the dialogue could be stronger, and the twists are not that unexpected... but still, lots of action, especially in the second half.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    too grisly and violent for me but I kept reading it because I wanted to know how it ended. I don't watch SVU for the same reason I almost didn't finish this book. one interesting thing I found out was that the author holds a contest where she names characters in the book, after fans and then kills them off, it's a great honor. clever idea.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Immediately after finishing Alone I started on Hide (it was that much fun) and though I knew these were books 1 & 2 of a series, I didn’t know they they were connected so tightly. I won’t go so far as to say they’re one long story arc, but there is enough continuation of the first story that I’d recommend reading Alone first. That and there are spoilers for Alone in Hide. It is interesting that these are billed as D.D. Warren books, when I think that the first one wasn’t really intended as a start of a series, and the second, if it is, features Bobby Dodge, not D.D. It seems like the D.D. books took off later and these were tacked on just because she’s in them and that if no other stories focus on Bobby, you can’t really name a series after him with only 2 books. Awkward explanation, I agree, but that’s my perception.In my previous experience with a D.D. Warren book, I didn’t much care for her, but I did like the way the victim was portrayed. She was complex and her situation was tangled in the extreme. We have that type of story again with both of these books. Catherine I found to be a really interesting ‘victim’. She’s got enough ambiguity and doubt clinging to her that it’s difficult to use that term, but it does apply and it’s not hard to see how her traumatic experience would warp her personality into what she became. I didn’t like her, but I did sympathize. Gardner builds a lot of doubt about the circumstances for the bulk of the readers’ sympathy to shift to Bobby. Used to being behind the gun, he gets himself into a lot of other people’s crosshairs and it’s mostly him you worry about. We meet Cat again in Hide, but she’s not the focus for that book. Instead we get another woman trying to hold herself together after a disturbing childhood. Annabelle is way more sympathetic than Cat even though what she suffered wasn’t nearly as horrible. Instead we’ve got a woman so scared of being known to people that she continues to live under the alias her father selected for their last desperate flight to escape an enemy he’s never explained to her. She’s strong and capable, but those skills are built on fear, paranoia and complete uncertainty of what or who her enemy actually is. In both books we have a good variety of suspects who come to light one at a time. There are a lot of unknowns and it’s police work and investigation that gets results, not rabbit-out-of-a-hat forensics. It feels more desperate as a result. The changes from viewpoint to viewpoint are done well. Not too long or too short and the voices for Bobby and the two victims are distinct. There were a few clangy phrases (like ‘death investigators’) that I didn’t like, but not many. One of the characters in Hide got a little preachy about the implosion of the mental health system in the US, but because I agree with the rant, it didn’t bother me. Some details about ordinance and cars were wrong, too (a BMW 450i? I don’t think so.) and so better research is needed. Still, the overall stories are powerful enough to keep me reading Gardner’s books. Seems like she has a lot of them, so a lot to look forward to.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Typical, predictable
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I read this book because someone in my book club highly recommended the third book in this series and I can't just start with the third book - have to start at the beginning. :)

    This book has a very complicated storyline and you find yourself wondering who to believe throughout most of it. At a couple of different points it was so intense that I had to put it down for a couple of minutes before I could pick it back up again.

    I really wanted to like Catherine because of all she'd been through. That kind of trauma has to really screw you up and you surely felt sorry for her. In the end I don't quite think I managed to like her though. Bobby, on the other hand I did like and I believe the following books feature him.

    I do look forward to reading the next book in this series.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was a superb psychological thriller that the elements really kept changing the further you got into the book. I would have never dreamed of reading the ending that I read while reading the first or the tenth or even the eighteenth chapter! This was my first read from Lisa Gardner as well as of the D.D. Warren series, and I can assure you that I will be reading the next book in the series, Hide, and as a matter of fact, I can't wait! I finished the book hours ago and it still has my head reeling! It's been a long time since I've read such an overall AWESOME book! I know you all will thoroughly enjoy it!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    In one word: disappointing.
    I could not identify with either of the main characters.
    While the plot starts out well enough, there is no build up of suspense and the twists and turns become quite intricate. Even though the motive is ultimately quite original and astounding, the plot threads fail to come together and the story feels unresolved.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Enjoyed this as much as Gardners other books in the series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It's almost a bit too far-fetched. It wasn't so over-the-top that I stopped reading it, but I did roll my eyes more than once.It's obvious it's a female author. And just as obvious that she took a Feminism 101 course at university at some point in her career. The book has so much feminist rhetoric (a.k.a - in this case - as stereotypes) that it also caused me to roll my eyes.But, otherwise, the story was quite engaging... it wasn't clear who the good-guy was (or all the bad-guys) until pretty close to the end of the book. In fact, it took the epilogue to finish making sense of who did what, exactly, and why.All in all, I enjoyed the story and will read more in this series (though if it wasn't for the fact I already knew it was a series book, I wouldn't have been able to tell from the story - it's completely wrapped at the end.) I'm confident that Gardner will tame down her feminist enthusiasm and retain the suspense in the future books.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    3.5 starsAs Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge stares through the scope of his sniper rifle, we witnesses a hostage standoff unfold. When the wealthy man moves threateningly towards his wife and child, Dodge only has a split-second to decide what to do. But as he pulls the trigger, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The woman he believes he saved – the beautiful Catherine Rose Gagnon – is harboring a lot of secrets. Her powerful Judge father-in-law wants to destroy the man who killed his son. And a madman recently released from prison has an unquenchable appetite for killing – and has his sights set on revenge. Bobby Dodge finds his life falling apart amid an investigation and his desire to protect Catherine. What he doesn’t know is who is really in danger – her or him.Alone is Lisa Gardner’s first novel featuring D.D. Warren, which now spans six volumes. However, D.D. Warren only plays a small role in this first installment. This story focuses on Trooper Bobby Dodge and Catherine Gagnon. Gardner does a really good job of building the tension in the story, bringing a real feel of jeopardy for Bobby reminiscent of Basic Instinct. She also does a good job of weaving the mystery in and out to keep the reader guessing. The dialog is solid, but not spectacular. One of the greatest strengths of Alone is the way Gardner humanizes the tortured plight of Bobby Dodge after the shooting. He not only has to try to come to grips with his own guilt for doing his job, but he has to do it alone because everyone has all but abandoned him, not because they hate him, but because they don’t know what to say to him. All of the training in the world can’t help him with the isolation he feels, especially when a very powerful man is intent on destroying him for what he did. Gardner really makes you feel for Dodge every step of the way, and that is what kept me turning the pages.There were a few negatives, though. The plot of Alone stretches believability a little too much at times. The villain is a little too all-knowing and the escape is a little too convenient for even the luckiest. Some of Bobby’s actions just don’t make a bit of sense, other than to create the next conflict in the story. While Bobby is the focal point, the rest of the characters are pretty one-dimensional. I also find it very strange in hindsight that a story which is the beginning of a series with Detective D.D. Warren would tell us virtually nothing about D.D. Warren.Despite these misgivings, Alone is a compelling story. It is entertaining and will leave the reader guessing how it will turn out all the way to the end. I did enjoy it and I think most readers will too. I’m not sure it is compelling enough to get me to read the next in the series, but it was a fun read just the same.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Great book, great story, great suspense. I love all of these books and highly recommend this author to anyone who likes the suspense/detective novels.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book was very hard to put down. In fact, I stayed up all night because I couldn't bear not knowing what happened next. Needless to say, I am one very tired lady right now. It was worth the lack of sleep however. This book lets us know from the outset who the bad guys are, so rather than trying to guess the culprit, the suspense is built around whether the heroine will be believed, or whether the bad guys will win.Having said that, for the most part the characters in this story are neither wholly bad or wholly good. Rather they are flawed human beings, trying hard to make the best of a bad situation. This serves the purpose of humanising them and leaves us wondering - what would we do if we were put in that situation? If you like mystery and suspense in your novels, you will like this book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A police sniper, a corrupt judge, a pedophile and his now adult victim, her four year old son: these are the players in Lisa Gardner’s psychological thriller, Alone. By the way, it’s as much psychological as thriller: a thinking reader’s mystery. (I see it as a film, shot in black and white, harsh lighting forcing sharp contrasts and sudden, brief close ups.)Ms Gardner is able to maintain brutal suspense even while alternating points of view. The reader gets to know what everyone is thinking: this highly effective maneuvre pulls you into the story. You’re the omnipresent witness, seeing the plot unfold from all angles. But Ms Gardner doesn’t let you know how it’s going to play out until the end.The characters (who weren’t pathological) were believably human and their mistakes understandable and forgivable.7.5 Recommended to mystery and psychological drama fans.CAVEAT I don’t enjoy the use of pedophile characters in fiction: in my opinion, it is gratuitous and inappropriate.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Reason for Reading: I am reading this series but started with book #3, since my sister had the first book it was the perfect opportunity to catch up with the series.Having read books 3-5 of this series it was a little strange going back to the first book as D.D. Warren is only a very minor character who is only introduced halfway through the book. Obviously, this book did not start out to be the "D.D. Warren" series. Instead the main character is Bobby Dodge, police sniper, who in the later books is D.D.'s partner. Bobby is called out to an intense domestic scene where shots fired have been reported and he makes his first on the job kill. The woman whose life he has saved turns out to be not only a woman in trouble but trouble herself. Bobby is investigated by Internal Affairs to see if his shot was righteous but the dead man's affluent parents file a civil suit against him for murder. While they also file against the widow for custody of the one grandchild whom they've accused of being mistreated by his mother. Bobby gets wrapped up in the widow's life and finds himself embroiled in the middle of a complicated case where people close to the widow start to be violently killed off, one after another.A very intricate plot with plenty of different angles from which to switch back and forth. The character of Bobby is given a complete background and since having read other books in the series it was interesting to get to know him so much better. A compelling story that deals with multiple themes: police procedural, SWAT teams, serial killer, child kidnapping and murder for hire. All these rolled into one make for an entertaining, detailed plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It was quite strange to find D.D. hardly fleshed out as a character though and it will be interesting to see how the second book plays out the situation so that D.D. becomes the star of the series by book 3, leaving Bobby as the second fiddle. I would have enjoyed this even more if I hadn't read it out of order, something I try not to do too often with series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    There wasn't anything particularly wrong with this book, but at the same time it just wasn't right. I didn't relate to or connect with any of the characters and found my attention drifting quite often. I took this book to London for a weekend away and that is exactly what it is suitable for - a quick weekend read. I wouldn't buy any books by this author and am glad I borrowed this one.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a new author for me, and it is also a book that is first of the Detective D.D. Warren series, although I have no idea why it is called that because D.D. Warren plays a very minor role in the book.From the author’s website: “In a split second of time, police sniper Bobby Dodge takes the fateful shot, killing a husband who appears on the verge of murdering his wife. In the cold light of day, however, it becomes clear there was more to the scene than meets the eye. As Detective D.D. Warren investigates her fellow officer–and uncovers the dirty secrets of a privileged Boston family–the body count quickly climbs. No one is safe, and no one will see death coming until it has them cornered, helpless and alone.”I had initially planned to give this one 3.5 stars. For me, the beginning of the book read too much like a police tactical how-to manual…way too much detail and my attention span was beginning to wane. But the action-packed ending upped my rating to 3.75. There are some disturbing issues in the book, so be forewarned.The narrator, Anna Fields, did a good job.I plan to read more of this series.I actually give this book 3.75 stars and not the 3.5 stars shown, but there is no option!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Young girl captuted and buried underground. She marries man with an incestuous past. His father wants her child so he can hide fact he married his half sister, because her child has a gentic disorder. A bit unbelievalbe, especially when .. of course beautiful heroine is fighting for her life,... and author comments on how beautiful she looks.