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The Bodies Left Behind: A Novel (original 2008; edition 2009)

by Jeffery Deaver

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Arriving at a deserted lake house to investigate an aborted call to police, Deputy Anna McCafferty walks into the middle of a heinous crime and is deprived of her weapon, car, and phone, forced to flee, along with the twenty-five-year-old daughter of the murdered couple, into the surrounding forest to escape the perpetrators who must eliminate any potential witnesses.… (more)
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Title:The Bodies Left Behind: A Novel
Authors:Jeffery Deaver
Info:Pocket Star (2009), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 544 pages
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A classic tension packed cat and mouse thriller that gets kinda boring in the middle and contains Deaver's trademark "twist" at the end. The country cops deal with city killer and the people in the story seem to gel nicely as the story revolves around a female deputy sheriff "Bryn." Overfall, a forgettable book, ( )
  buffalogr | Feb 27, 2024 |
I've read some Deaver and did enjoy this one though I find I have a harder time suspending my disbelief than I used to. Some of the coincidences and twists I find harder to accept than I used to as a younger person. I used to read several different mystery series' but now find myself avoiding them. Any series, really. Can't get sucked into that especially newer ones having to wait too long for the next book.
I still like a good mystery/thriller now and again but gravitate to more literary fiction these days.
This was a good one with some good characters and I have a pretty good idea who committed the last murder. No spoilers though! ( )
  jldarden | Oct 5, 2023 |
My review of this book can be found on my Youtube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/UK0TJ5mGu7I

Enjoy! ( )
  booklover3258 | May 27, 2021 |
If you haven't read Deaver yet and you enjoy suspense/thriller novels then I highly recommend him. This one is a page turner, with constant change of point of views: this is one hell of a way to build suspense.
The gist: A distress call sends a detective to investigate and she stumbles..well..to a number of 'bodies left behind'. I really enjoy reading about female investigators/detectives and really liked this one.
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  asthepageturns | Jun 13, 2019 |
Very interesting and fast paced book. I could not put this one down. Read the book in a few days. ( )
  cfulton20 | Dec 5, 2018 |
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What’s this? A Jeffery Deaver novel with no mad-dog serial killer and no state-of-the-art technology to track his moves? Pinch me. But THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND is no dream, only a different kind of nightmare — the elemental one of being hunted down in the wild like an animal.
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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. -John Muir
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For Robby Burroughs
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Silence. The woods around Lake Mondac were as quiet as could be, a world of difference from the churning, chaotic city where the couple spent their weekdays.
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Arriving at a deserted lake house to investigate an aborted call to police, Deputy Anna McCafferty walks into the middle of a heinous crime and is deprived of her weapon, car, and phone, forced to flee, along with the twenty-five-year-old daughter of the murdered couple, into the surrounding forest to escape the perpetrators who must eliminate any potential witnesses.

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A distant lake house in Wisconsin. A call to police emergency is cut short. A phone glitch, or something more sinister? Off-duty Deputy Brynn McKenzie goes to find out and stumbles onto the scene of a murder. Before she can call for backup, she finds herself the next potential victim. Deprived of her phone, weapon and car, Brynn flees, along with the other survivor of the crime.
These unlikely allies can survive only by escaping into the dense, deserted woods, on a desperate trek to safety. And ultimately to a life or death choice. Flight. Or fight?
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