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Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1)
Alone - Bobby Dodge, Bk 1
Author: Lisa Gardner
ISBN-13: 9780553802535
ISBN-10: 0553802534
Publication Date: 1/11/2005
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 227 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Hardcover
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36 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Riveting and scary to think that such manipulation could actually take place. Had a hard time putting it down.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
First book of her's I have read, LOVED IT!!! I have already started on a second of hers. Very edge of the seat reading.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 73 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
it;s where you're at your most vulnerable..it's where there's no one to hear you cry for help,it's the last place you want to be when the killer comes..alone
a nightmare that moves you to the core of your soul..
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Has twists in it you don't expect at all, makes you keep reading....
yogagoddess avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 59 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Strap on you seat belt and enjoy the ride, this book takes you all over! Once you back a woman in a corner, she comes out claws bared!
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 63 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Good book - kept me guessing right to the end. A lot of twists and turns. Lisa just has a little too much sex etc. for me.
trekie70 avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 291 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Second book I've read by Gardner and not a disappointment at all. She is a great author and I have become a big fan after just two books.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Loved the characters! This was the first Lisa Gardner book I read, I will read more! It kept me in suspense the entire time! I liked the Bobby Dodge character the most. I recently started watching a tv show with similiar characters. I couldn't imagine going though what he went through, but I guess that is the perks of the job.
kathyk avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on
Helpful Score: 1
This was a really good thriller. Kept my interest . I liked Bobbys charecter.
IndulgeYourself avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 100 more book reviews
This was the first book I've read by this author and I really liked it. Very exciting, kept me guessing through the whole thing. I'm anxious to read more by Lisa Gardner.
marcijo28 avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 282 more book reviews
I read this book in one day, I couldn't put it down!
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
Lisa Gardener is fantastic. Bobby Dodge is a well thought out,believable character. This is an excellent read.
5ducksfans avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 92 more book reviews
Incredibly suspenseful and a bit graphic at times, Alone made me squirm, but I tore through the pages because it is a really great story.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 58 more book reviews
Terrific read keeps you on the edge of your seat. Unusual ending. I loved it.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on
Good story line that kept me interested and wanting to find out how Bobby Dodge, a police sniper would be able to avoid being blamed for a shotting that saves the lives of a women and her child. Great plot up to the end that leaves you wondering who was really at fault.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 102 more book reviews
This is a great book, very suspenseful
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 97 more book reviews
Bobby Dodge, member of the elite STOP team in Boston, MA, which deals with dangerous police situations, has just completed a grim task: as a sniper he has ended the life of a husband Jimmy Gagnon, who seemingly was on the verge of harming either his wife Catherine or his son Nathan. And to add to Bobby's distress at having to kill another man, he is immediately attacked by Jimmy's father, Judge James Gagnon, a powerful Boston personage, for acting rashly and caving in to the manipulations of Catherine.

But what is it about the past of Bobby, Catherine, and Jimmy, and even the Judge, that has led to this point? Lisa Gardner expertly combines the unfolding of traumatic disturbances in their lives with rapid fire developments in the present. Given her history, could Catherine, one with elegant, fragile beauty, orchestrate her own husband's death? Maybe Bobby knew more about the Gagnon's then he is telling - are his actions completely innocent? Why is the Judge's and his wife's past shrouded in mystery?

This is Lisa Gardner's best book, and most of her previous books were quite good. The plot is great and it moves. Yet the characters get the right amount of attention. And there are some nice twists. This latest effort by Gardner will disappoint few.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
I read mostly for entertainment and this is the first book by Lisa Gardner I have read, but must say I enjoyed it very much. Actually purchased it for my new gift, a Kindle, because it was inexpensive, but was so pleased must read more of her books. Hope the next one is as enjoyable.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on
Enjoyable, easy read.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 16 more book reviews
Very good reading with a suprise ending.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 42 more book reviews
This is a great book by Lisa Gardner - couldn't put it down!
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on
A killer stalks people and he knows exactly when to do it. This is an edge-of-your-seat book!
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 3 more book reviews
loved it!
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 8 more book reviews
first Gardner novel i have read, ok, but not too impressed
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 55 more book reviews
A chilling story of suspense! Lisa Gardener is one of my favorite mystery/suspense authors.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 15 more book reviews
I really enjoyed this book.
Linda avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 770 more book reviews
Excellent read! Surprises on almost every page ... and the ending is terrific!
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 141 more book reviews
This book was very good. A great read from front to end. Surprising ending!!!!!!!! Keeps your interest!!
Raelae avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 17 more book reviews
This was my first time reading a book by Lisa Gardner. I was pleased that I liked it so much. There were some nice twists and turns in it, although part of it reminded me of my own past traumatic experience which made it hard for me to continue on with the book. I am gald that I did though. Lisa Gardner is definitly an author that I will be looking for in the future.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 6 more book reviews
Honestly, this was the first Lisa Gardner book I have read and it shall certainly be the last. More clichés than you could throw a stick at. Read John Sandford, Robert Crais, Laura Lippman and/or Michael Connelly instead. This book was pure cheese.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 66 more book reviews
GREAT QUICK READ
tracey avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 41 more book reviews
Another great read by Lisa Gardner
officerripley avatar reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 258 more book reviews
From the New York Times bestselling author of THE KILLING HOUR and THE PERFECT HUSBAND comes a brilliant new novel of seduction, deceit, and revenge that will leave readers breathless and defenseless because the killer who stalks these pages knows just when to strike...

It's where you're most vulnerable...It's where there's no one to hear you cry for help...It's the last place you want to be when this killer comes...

ALONE.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 138 more book reviews
Loved it.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 18 more book reviews
Lisa keeps me gripping my pillow.
reviewed Alone (Bobby Dodge, Bk 1) on + 16 more book reviews
good and intresting read, book in new and in good condition.