A spring night in a small town in Wisconsin. . . . A call to police emergency from a distant lake house is cut short. . . . A phone glitch or an aborted report of a crime? Off-duty deputy Brynn leaves her family's dinner table and drives up to deserted Lake Mondac to find out. She stumbles onto the scene of a heinous murder. . . . Before she can call for backup, though, she finds herself the next potential victim. Deprived of her phone, weapon and car, Brynn and an unlikely ally - a survivor of the carnage - can survive only by fleeing into the dense, deserted woods, on a desperate trek to safety and ultimately to the choice to fight back. The professional criminals, also strangers to this hostile setting, must forge a tense alliance too, in order to find and kill the two witnesses to the crime...
The Bodies Left Behind
Not part of the Lincoln Rhyme series, but a stand-alone novel, the intensity reminding me of "A Maiden's Grave", but better. Deaver improves his craft with every book! The book is set in a small town in Wisconsin, and features a female deputy, Brynn Mackenzie, who finds inner resources most people could never imagine! I cannot tell you much more without ruining the story, but I assure you that this is one of the most exciting books you will read all year!!! A rollercoaster of a suspense thriller, with barely a moment to draw breath - it would make a fabulous movie! Read and enjoy; you will not be disappointed!
Patricia Jane, 14/12/2008
