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| Left To Die | 
 enlarge | Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: Zebra
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 1545
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 484
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1420102761
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781420102765
ASIN: 1420102761
Publication Date: August 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Condition: wear on cover
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Book Description
NOTHING'S MORE TERRIFYING... One by one, the victims are carefully captured, toyed with, then subjected to a slow and agonizing death. Piece by piece, his exquisite plan takes shape. The police can't yet see the beauty in his work--but soon, very soon, they will... THAN BEING LEFT ALONE... In the lonely woods around Grizzly Falls, Montana, four bodies have been discovered. Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli have been hoping for a career-making case, but this is a nightmare. Even with the FBI involved, Selena and Regan have nothing to go on but a killer's cryptic notes, and the unsettling knowledge that there is much worse to come... TO DIE... When Jillian Rivers opens her eyes, she's trapped in a mangled car. Then a stranger, claiming to be a trail guide named Zane MacGregor, pries her free. Though she's grateful, something about him sets Jillian on edge. And if she knew what lay out there in the woods of Montana, she'd be truly terrified. Because someone is waiting...watching...poised to strike and make Jillian the next victim...
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 Good read August 27, 2008
Its Christmas and all is supposed to be quiet, peaceful - goodwill to men and all of that! Except that in Grizzly Falls, Montana, there is a serial killer on the loose. After the police find 4 bodies, tied up to a tree and left to die, with the victims' cars wrecked and the tires shut up - Detectives Alvarez and Pescoli have alot of work ahead of them - it seems as though not everybody is in a Christmas spirit!
I have always liked Lisa Jackson's books and Left to Die is yet another winner. This author knows how to tell a story and can make the mundane sound exciting and flashy. She has created two very interesting detectives in this storyline - I found myself getting attached to both of them and rooting for them to get the killer - which is unusual for me.
The vivid details of the killer's plan are outlined slowly and tantalizingly and you want to run ahead of the pages to find out what is going to happen next. It does not help that the victim is getting a huge kick out of playing games with the police.
The Jilian Rivers character was also a nice touch and her interaction with Zane MacGregor runs hot and cold, leaving us wondering about him - is he a good guy? or a bad guy? I was trying to get a handle on that relationship from the very beginning.
Jackson is a pro at writing these and knows how to tell a gripping story.
 Furious! August 26, 2008
I am very angry. I read this book and there was no ending! You have to wait 1 year for the next book. I have read all of Lisa Jackson's books and have enjoyed them all but this was wrong. One should not write a book and expect people to wait one year to find out how it ends. She is a good enough author that she doesn't need to use this "trick" to get people to buy her next book.
 What does Bianca look like? August 26, 2008
I am having trouble with the character Bianca. On page 37 whe has near-black curls, Mediterranean skin and blue eyes and on page 66 she has red-blonde curls, freckles and hazel eyes. I would think an author of this stature would have better proofreading. It really distracted me from the story.
 Two words: Awesome and ANGRY! August 26, 2008
This was my first Lisa Jackson novel and I really liked the book. I thought "Left to Die" was exciting and thrilling. I enjoyed getting to know Regan's kids and her own topsy-turvy love-life and Selena with her underlying resentment of her partner's natural criminal intuition. I liked the plot-twist also. All of her characters were "real" and developed quite well. I can appreciate Jillian for keeping her wits about her during her traumatic ordeal. Even the off-kiltered personas Ivor and Grace gave the town a realistic feel because we know there's at least one strange bird in every nest.
As much as I loved the book, I don't appreciate the unfinished ending. This is not a soap opera or a television drama where you can "tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion of..."; it's a BOOK! The next one is not due out for another whole year. Are you kidding? Do you really think I will care after a whole year who tied naked women to trees in the mountains? NO! I don't even care right now and I'm not going to buy the next book.
Jackson had 500 pages to wrap up the plot. More complexed plots have been wrapped in less. Not completing the ending, that was just WRONG!
One of Lisa Jackson's best! August 25, 2008
I could not put this book down and can't wait for her next book coming out in 2009. I have read all of her books and this is definitely one of the best. Good characters - ones we have met in her books before- and there is a lot of suspense.
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