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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9781416595618 ISBN: 1416595619 Label: Simon & Schuster Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: November 11, 2008 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Studio: Simon & Schuster Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Amazon Best of the Month, November 2008: Nothing is as it seems in The Bodies Left Behind, Jeffrey Deaver's quintessential can't-put-it-down thriller about an off-duty cop who investigates an aborted 911 call from a secluded vacation home and ends up on the run. From the opening scene (that'll keep even the bravest of you at home with the doors locked and the shades drawn), Deaver delivers a clever page-turner that reads like one of his tightly plotted and fast-paced short stories (fans should check out Twisted). Endlessly surprising (there is more than one jaw-dropping plot twist) and supremely gripping (two hours after cracking this stand-alone thriller, I came up for air and took a moment to shake the cramp out of my fingers), The Bodies Left Behind is one of the most entertaining thrillers of the year. --Daphne Durham Product Description: When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report? Brynn stumbles onto a scene of true horror and narrowly escapes from two professional criminals. She and a terrified visitor to the weekend house, Michelle, flee into the woods in a race for their lives. As different as night and day, and stripped of modern-day resources, Brynn, a tough deputy with a difficult past, and Michelle, a pampered city girl, must overcome their natural reluctance to trust each other and learn to use their wits and courage to survive the relentless pursuit. The deputy's disappearance spurs both her troubled son and her new husband into action, while the incident sets in motion Brynn's loyal fellow deputies and elements from Milwaukee's underside. These various forces race along inexorably toward the novel's gritty and stunning conclusion. The Bodies Left Behind is an epic cat-and-mouse chase, told nearly in real-time, and is filled with Deaver's patented twists and turns, where nothing is what it seems, and death lingers just around the next curve on a deserted path deep in the midnight forest. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not worth the effort!After The Broken Window, I couldn't wait for this new book. Sorry, it just wasn't his best effort. Jeez, how many pages can you run through the woods, twist an ankle, stumble upon a new murderer...yiikes Frankly, I couldn't wait for it to be over. Rating:  - A heart attack I have Deaver at the top of my authors list - but I wouldn't want him as a neighbor or a friend. This man has the mind of a master criminal. The story line of the book is simple - cabin in the woods, hit men, unsuspecting cop, a wild chase - normal Friday night movie - but NOT with Deaver. He could turn a P&J sandwich into a nuclear heart attack. This book is a maze - when you think you have it = you DON'T. If you are on medication find another author. This is an insane book written by a master ... Read More Rating:  - Not Deaver's BestThis book fortunately was a quick read. A suspenseful beginning turned into an incredible journey into the forest. I also thought that the ending was anti-climactic. One aspect of the book I did enjoy was the main character, a female police officer who used her book-smarts to help her out of some tight situations. Rating: - Too Gimmicky; A Fast Start That Quickly FadesWhat starts out as another of Jeffrey Deaver's signature murder thrillers quickly transforms into something else entirely, and unfortunately, not very successfully. It appears that Deaver was attempting to perform a riff on the 1924 Richard Connell story "The Most Dangerous Game" or Household's classic "Rogue Male". Think David Morrell's "First Blood" (later transformed into the first "Rambo" movie, Morrell credited "Rogue Male" as his inspiration): one resourceful individual being hunted in the ... Read More Rating: - ExceptionalThis was an edge of your seat thriller. One of the best books I have read this year. You will not be disappointed. 
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