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Live to Tell

By: Lisa Gardner
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter, Rebecca Lowman, Ann Marie Lee
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Publisher's summary

“A suspenseful roller-coaster ride.” (Karin Slaughter)

“Lisa Gardner always delivers heart-stopping suspense.” (Harlan Coben)

He knows everything about you - including the first place you’ll hide.

On a warm summer night in one of Boston’s working-class neighborhoods, an unthinkable crime has been committed: Four members of a family have been brutally murdered. The father - and possible suspect - now lies clinging to life in the ICU. Murder-suicide? Or something worse? Veteran police detective D. D. Warren is certain of only one thing: There’s more to this case than meets the eye.

Danielle Burton is a survivor, a dedicated nurse whose passion is to help children at a locked-down pediatric psych ward. But she remains haunted by a family tragedy that shattered her life nearly 25 years ago. The dark anniversary is approaching, and when D. D. Warren and her partner show up at the facility, Danielle immediately realizes: It has started again.

A devoted mother, Victoria Oliver has a hard time remembering what normalcy is like. But she will do anything to ensure that her troubled son has some semblance of a childhood. She will love him no matter what. Nurture him. Keep him safe. Protect him. Even when the threat comes from within her own house.

The lives of these three women unfold and connect in unexpected ways, as sins from the past emerge - and stunning secrets reveal just how tightly blood ties can bind.

Sometimes the most devastating crimes are the ones closest to home.

©2010 Lisa Gardner (P)2010 Random House

Critic reviews

"Gardner never sensationalizes her story, and the book ends with a resolution that is creatively and emotionally appropriate. An excellent novel." ( Booklist)

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Terrifying

Makes you aware of children's puts homicidal problems and the people responsible for their care.

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Live to Tell

Great book and narration. Connected everything together in the end. it kept me guessing and I could not stop reading it. A good job on the ending.

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Another Great Read

I love the wide variety of plot twists this writer uses in each new addition to the series. She continues to keep m guessing right up to the very last chapter.

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One of the best I have listened to in a long time!

I really enjoyed this book, while the story was sad and heartbreaking I couldnt wait until the outcome. Narration was equally as good, a worthwhile listen.

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pulls you in, and kept me entertained

There was a lot of woo woo in this, but for fiction not bad.

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Lisa Gardner #femgoat

Exciting, Thrilling and nail-biting! I think you'll be guessing until the final 5 minutes!! Lisa puts you in this story and you WANT to be there ( No matter HOW creepy it is!)

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Wasn't expecting this.

This was a very intense listen and the narrators were good.
The story was not what I was expecting and I was originally put off then hooked. Couldn't stop listening! On to the next DD Warren book!

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Intense Book!

Always a great listen, but this book was intense and I could not stop listening. The narration was one of the best I have heard. While the plot is dark and sad centering around children it was intereasting, captivating and a true page turner!

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awesome and disturbing

loved it. more disturbing than criminal minds (my favorite) and with a good, solid plot. twists and turns I didn't see coming. Lisa Gardner is one of a kind, not afraid to give too much

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I couldn't stop listening!

Much better than I anticipated. An excellent suspenseful murder mystery with so many twists and turns is hard to keep up! The depiction of children in a children's psych ward will be hard for some people to handle. I highly recommended it.

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