Author: Lisa Gardner
Narrator: Kirsten Potter
Series: D. D. Warren (Book 11)
Publication: Brilliance Audio (January 28, 2020)
Length: 10 hours and 55 minutes
Description: #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner unites three of her most beloved characters - Detective D. D. Warren, Flora Dane, and Kimberly Quincy - in a twisty new thriller, as they investigate a mysterious murder from the past...that points to a dangerous and chilling present-day crime.
FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren have built a task force to follow the digital bread crumbs left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When a disturbing piece of evidence is discovered in the hills of Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and true-crime savant Keith Edgar to a small town where something seems to be deeply wrong. What at first looks like a Gothic eeriness soon hardens into something much more sinister...and they discover that for all the evil Jacob committed while alive, his worst secret is still to be revealed. Quincy and D. D. must summon their considerable skills and experience to crack the most disturbing case of their careers - and Flora must face her own past directly in the hope of saving others.
My Thoughts: The 11th book in the D. D. Warren series brings in some characters from earlier books in the series and drops them into rural Georgia when a skeleton is found off a hiking trail.
A task force is formed including FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy, Boston Sargeant Detective D. D. Warren, and Flora Dane, kidnapping victim turned vigilante. Also included in the task force is Keith Edgar who is a true crimes expert and a computer expert.
They begin by thinking that the body is another victim of Jacob Ness who kidnapped Flora and kept her prisoner for over 400 days until she managed to kill him. Flora doesn't know if she'd ever been to the town because Jacob kept her in a pine box a lot of the time. When more bodies are found, Kimberly, D.D., Flora and Keith wonder what secrets the town is keeping.
Since one of the viewpoint characters is a young mute maid at the local B&B, we learn that the town is a hotbed of sex trafficking, illegal organ sales, and murder. Lots and lots of murder. The young woman was shot in the head and suffers from brain damage. Finding a way to tell the new cops in town what happened to her isn't an easy thing. She uses drawings to communicate.
This was a very twisty thriller. I liked the setting and the way the characters each played to their strengths during the course of the investigation.
I bought this one March 20, 2026. You can buy your copy here.
I bought this one March 20, 2026. You can buy your copy here.
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