Synopses & Reviews
One of todays most electrifying suspense novelists,
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner returns with a shattering thriller that dares to play on our deepest vulnerabilities. In this masterful new novel, the killer may very well be the one you sympathize with the most....
THE FIRST RULE IS NEVER BLAME THE VICTIM.
They survived what no woman should ever have to endure. Now these three women have the means, the opportunity, and the perfect motive. Are they trying to get away with murder or is someone trying to make sure that this time they dont get away at all? The Survivors Club...thats what Jillian Hayes, Carol Rosen, and Meg Pesaturo call it. They wont consider themselves victims. They are survivors. They faced the blazing headlines and helped lead the investigation that caught the man who changed their lives forever.
And now that Eddie Como, the College Hill rapist, has been murdered, shot down outside a packed courthouse moments before his trial was about to begin, all three women are openly ecstatic that hes dead. They are also the prime suspects in his murder. Detective Sergeant Roan Griffin knows all too well what can drive even the best people to cross the line. But he has never seen a case quite like this one. No one doubts that the murder of Eddie Como was a professional job, especially when the gunman is killed only blocks away from the shooting.
But questions taunt Griffin: Who ordered the deaths of Eddie Como and his killer? Could three ordinary women have been driven to do the unthinkable? Had someone in the Survivors Club become a killer? Griffin seeks the truth and finds himself confronted with the leader of the Survivors Club. Jillian Hayes is beautiful, successful, cool as ice, and she harbors a pain that mirrors Griffins own. Did the horror of what happened to her push her over the thin and desperate line that separates survival and revenge? And if it did, could he blame her or anyone in the Survivors Club? Then another woman is brutally attacked.
Suddenly, with the city on the ragged edge of panic, gripped in a media and political firestorm of controversy, cover-up, and conspiracy, the hunt is on for a ruthless and cunning killer. For Griffin, this may well be the case that shatters his career. For Jillian, the harrowing nightmare is beginning all over again. Someone is out there. Someone who wants to finish what was started. Someone who wants to make sure that no one survives the Survivors Club.
Review
"[E]xcellent....The three-dimensional characterizations are compelling, and the plot barrels along with surprising new twists that feel inevitable once they occur....Gardner should hit the charts again with this one." Publishers Weekly
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"Gardner returns with her best effort yet in this dynamite tale....Switching point of view among the main characters, Gardner expertly ties the various story lines together to create a crackerjack ending. Readers are forewarned that they may be up all night finishing this masterfully crafted thriller." Jenny McLarin, Booklist
Review
"Lisa Gardner's The Survivors Club is a high-octane, nerve-jangling tale of suspense." Harlan Coben, bestselling author of Tell No One and Gone for Good
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"The Survivors Club has it all provocative plotting, an astute eye for detail, engaging characters, and a razor-sharp emotional edge." Stephen White, bestselling author of Warning Signs
About the Author
Lisa Gardner is the New York Times bestselling author of The Next Accident, The Other Daughter, The Third Victim, and The Perfect Husband. She lives with her husband, Anthony, and their two dogs in New England, where she is at work on her next novel of suspense.