The Bodies Left Behind

By Jeffery Deaver

The Bodies Left Behind - Jeffery Deaver
  • Release Date: 2008-11-11
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 105 Ratings

Description

The instant New York Times bestselling thriller from the “master of ticking bomb suspense” (People) who created Lincoln Rhyme and Kathryn Dance is “a tour de force…the suspense never flags” (Kirkus Reviews).

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.

Reviews

  • Awesome

    5
    By SchnackAttack
    I have never read one of Jeffrey's books... This one was referred to me... Absolutely one of those books you can't put down!!! Loved it!!! One of my all-time faves now!!!
  • best book I ever read

    5
    By TheOnlyJess523
    this is and always will be the book I judge other books by. if there ever was a book anybody should read, it's this one. always will be my number one favorite book.
  • Amazing

    5
    By Steve942
    One of the best books I've ever read.
  • Locked in...

    5
    By Texas Coyote
    Started reading this book Friday night after work. Could not put it down till I finished it Sunday afternoon. Excellent read. Very suspenseful. Keeps you guessing all the way through. One of Deaver's finest.
  • Edge

    5
    By robrobmar
    I'm a huge Deaver fan... Edge is the latest read; I was riveted, as usual, and could not put it down. Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a great suspense filled thriller. Looking forward to more Officer Corte ....