The Neighbor

A Detective D. D. Warren Novel

By: Lisa Gardner

Narrated by: Emily Janice Card, Kirby Heyborne, Kirsten Potter

Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

From a master of suspense comes a chilling novel that explores the dangers lurking closer than you think. Because even in the perfect family, you never know what is going on behind closed doors….

This is what happened… It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy—a young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect. In the last six hours…

But from the moment Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives at the Joneses’ snug little bungalow, she senses something off about the picture of wholesome normality the couple worked so hard to create. On the surface, Jason and Sandra Jones are like any other hardworking young couple raising a four-year-old child. But it is just under the surface that things grew murky. Of the world as I knew it….

With the clock ticking on the life of a missing woman and the media firestorm building, Jason Jones seems more intent on destroying evidence and isolating his daughter than on searching for his “beloved” wife. Is the perfect husband trying to hide his guilt—or just trying to hide? And will the only witness to the crime be the killer’s next victim?

©2009 Lisa Gardner (P)2009 Random House

Critic reviews

“Gripping....Full of inventive twists, this highly entertaining novel delivers a shocking solution as well as a perfectly realized sense of justice.”—Publishers Weekly

“Gardner's compelling narrative keeps her readers guessing.”—Library Journal

Wow! Didn’t expect that!

Twists? Yes!
Turns? Yes!
Continuous guessing? Yes!

Anther great Lisa Gardner book? YES!!! And, I love the tie back to Burger Man. Well done!

Twists and Turns

This book had a lol of great twists and turns. I couldn’t figure out the ending beforehand which is good! Narration was excellent.

My one point of disappointment was the author’s fixation on weird sex content. Some I don’t think were absolutely necessary to get the point across. Other than that, it was a very interesting story.

AWESOME!!!

One of my favorite authors, Lisa Gardner strikes gold again! I love the use of previous characters. It is suspenseful and will leave you wanting more! Awesome book! Keep it up Ms. Gardner!!

Last 5 minutes tells it all.

Now this was a difficult one to get through. But everything brought together at the last moment. Actually might have saved too much until the end.

Lisa Gardner never disappoints!

This kept me guessing to the very end! Very suspenseful, loved every minute of it!

Good story

Good story, worth buying. Like the twists and turns. About the time you think you know what’s going on, you find out that you didn’t know after all.

A Lot of Sub-plots that will Keep You Guessing

I enjoyed this book. Not every mystery delivers, but this one did. It was hard to guess where it was going, because you’re only part right no matter what you think. The twists and turns are endless. Definitely worth a listen.

Great story line

Very well written, easy to follow and understand, keeps you interested all the way through. My husband and I were listening to the story during our interstate car travels and every time we would guess what the next chapter was going to be, it turned out completely different. We normally don't discuss books but we have been talking about this one all the time, particularly when we had to wait for few days till the next trip.

Not the best one...

Really not my favorite one. Not the greatest narration, and not my favorite story. It was ok.

Worth the time but not her best.

Overall I quite liked it. I think the readers are really good and make a lot out of the characters. This story is a bit complicated without ever developing the characters. There's no twist, you don't misread anyone. They're basically exactly who you think they are from the moment they're introduced. The only character who looks like a good guy but is *plot twist* a bad guy! was kind of obvious to me. So I guess I knew all along that someone would come out of the woodworks at the end as the mastermind and resolve it (meaning nothing DD did helped facilitate the plot, no effective detecting). But I did really enjoy listening to it and picked it up every chance I got, so it was engaging and interesting, even if not a masterpiece.