The Other Daughter - Softcover

Gardner, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755396510 ISBN 13: 9780755396511

Publisher: Headline, 2012

Synopsis

THE OTHER DAUGHTER is a brilliant standalone thriller from The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner. IF YOU CAN'T TRUST YOUR FAMILY, THEN WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Sophie Hannah and Karin Slaughter love Lisa Gardner. Have you read her yet?

When Melanie wakes up in hospital all she knows is that she can't remember any of the first nine years of her life and no-one is there waiting for her.

For Dr Stokes - who treated Melanie that night - and his wife, their decision to adopt the abandoned child comes as a blessing following their desperate struggle to deal with the brutal murder of their four-year-old daughter, Meagan.

But when, after twenty years of happy family life, Melanie suddenly finds her past under investigation by a reporter and an FBI agent, everything she thought she knew about her new life is questioned. And when horrific messages and gifts start arriving, Melanie is forced to face the terrifying reality that her family may be the last people she should trust...

About this title

Review:

"Sheer terror...a great read."
--Iris Johansen
Don't miss Lisa Gardner's chilling debut "The Perfect Husband: "
"A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense."
--Tami Hoag
"Readers get loads of angst, great procedural stuff, some hair-raising action scenes, and a villain to keep you awake at night. What more can any thriller reader want?"
--"Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine"
"Gardner delivers a streamlined bang-up addition to the oeuvre of Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Lowell and, these days, even Nora Roberts."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"Scary, gritty, terrifying. Lock the door, leave on a light."
--"The Oakland Press"
"A page-turner."
--"Rocky Mountain News"

"A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense."--Tami Hoag

"Readers get loads of angst, great procedural stuff, some hair-raising action scenes, and a villain to keep you awake at night. What more can any thriller reader want?"--"Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine"

"Gardner delivers a streamlined bang-up addition to the oeuvre of Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Lowell and, these days, even Nora Roberts."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Scary, gritty, terrifying. Lock the door, leave on a light."--"Oakland Press"

"A page-turner."--"Rocky Mountain News"

"[A] suspenseful, engrossing page-turner...Totally absorbing, it's one of those books that keeps you up late, enslaved by the 'just one more chapter' syndrome." --"Mystery News"

"Sheer terror...a great read."-"Iris Johansen""Sheer terror...a great read."--Iris Johansen

Just when you thought Lisa Gardner couldn t get any better . . . she does. Lee Child
"A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense." Tami Hoag
"Readers get loads of angst, great procedural stuff, some hair-raising action scenes, and a villain to keep you awake at night. What more can any thriller reader want?" Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
"Gardner delivers a streamlined bang-up addition to the oeuvre of Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Lowell and, these days, even Nora Roberts." Publishers Weekly
"Scary, gritty, terrifying. Lock the door, leave on a light." Oakland Press
"A page-turner." Rocky Mountain News
[A] suspenseful, engrossing page-turner Totally absorbing, it s one of those books that keeps you up late, enslaved by the just one more chapter syndrome. Mystery News
Sheer terror a great read. Iris Johansen Sheer terror a great read. Iris Johansen"

"Just when you thought Lisa Gardner couldn't get any better . . . she does."--Lee Child

"A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense."--Tami Hoag

"Readers get loads of angst, great procedural stuff, some hair-raising action scenes, and a villain to keep you awake at night. What more can any thriller reader want?"--Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

"Gardner delivers a streamlined bang-up addition to the oeuvre of Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Lowell and, these days, even Nora Roberts."--Publishers Weekly

"Scary, gritty, terrifying. Lock the door, leave on a light."--Oakland Press

"A page-turner."--Rocky Mountain News

"[A] suspenseful, engrossing page-turner...Totally absorbing, it's one of those books that keeps you up late, enslaved by the 'just one more chapter' syndrome." --Mystery News

"Sheer terror...a great read."-Iris Johansen"Sheer terror...a great read."--Iris Johansen

From the Author:

A Note from Lisa Gardner
I hope everyone enjoys my new release, THE OTHER DAUGHTER. This is my second novel, following the January 1998 release of THE PERFECT HUSBAND. Fans of TPH will be thrilled to know that Special Agent Pierce Quincy also appears in this book.

TOD follows the story of Melanie Stokes, a rich, adopted daughter who believes she has it all--a wonderful adoptive family, an exciting career, and a luxurious lifestyle in downtown Boston. But Melanie wasn't always so fortunate. At the age of nine, she was drugged and abandoned at a Boston hospital with no memory of her real family or name. Now, twenty years later, her past remains a blank slate.

Melanie's family, Patricia and Harper Stokes, weren't always perfect either. Once upon a time, they lived in Houston, Texas with another little girl, Meagan, and her brother Brian. Then the unthinkable occurred. Meagan was brutally murdered by the serial killer, Russell Lee Holmes. Not even witnessing the killer's execution could heal the family's wounds. Patricia took to drinking. Harper became a workaholic, and their son retreated into a bitter rage.

Until they made the decision to start over in Boston. Until they adopted an abandoned 9-year old girl and named her Melanie.

Now, everyone remarks on what a great family they are--the hard-working doctor-husband, the gorgeous doctor's wife, the successful son and the sweet adopted daughter. No one mentions Melanie's unknown famly. No one mentions poor, murdered Meagan Stokes.

Until tonight.

Now a tabloid reporter has arrived, alleging he knows Melanie's true father--none other than the notorious killer, Russell Lee Holmes. Now the notes have started to arrive--You Get What You Deserve. Now, the first shots have been fired, the first person killed, and a twenty-five year old game has begun in earnest.

Now, Melanie is beginning to fear that the family she loves the most, may be the people she should trust the least.

Join Melanie's search for the truth. And happy reading!

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0755396510
• ISBN 13: 9780755396511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416