The Neighbor (2009)

Excellent read. I stayed up reading instead of going to bed at a normal, sane hour. I sort of expected the ending; but not quite so twisted. This book is exactly why I read Lisa Gardner! ( )

Another great mystery by Lisa Gardner! This one focuses much more on D.D., but it is more about the suspects which is great by me. Kept me guessing until the end.

**SPOILER ALERT**
My only complaint - and this is not really a complaint at all, more a comment - is that having read Alone and Hide prior to reading this, I felt a little bit let down that Jason was a victim of child abduction/abuse which reasonably had continuing effects on his adult life, but since Catherine Gagnon, who featured in Alone and Hide was also a victim of child abduction/sexual abuse I was a bit disappointed that Lisa used the same type of victim. But if you read this as a stand alone novel you wouldn't even be aware of this issue. ( )

This story was incredibly smart with all of its twists and turns. I honestly was not able to figure out what happened until it did! Lisa Gardner has mastered the mystery/thriller genre with this novel! She never fails to dive deep into her characters and let you feel raw emotion and wonder what you would do in the same situation. I really enjoyed this story because every page led to something new and different options to keep you guessing what in the world happens! This series is just getting better by the book! ( )

This book had several an awful lot of suspects, but it really worked for me. Lots of people with lots of secrets. ( )

Just Ok, Suspense at the end. I really did not like this book very much in total. ( )