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Lisa Jackson shows yet again why she is one of the best... A pure nail biter. Harlan Coben on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW Shiveringly good suspense! Lisa Jackson ratchets up the tension as one woman's desperate search for her missing son takes her to the very brink of losing her husband, her sanity, her very self. Each chapter will leave you wondering who to trust. The answer: You don't want to know... Lisa Gardner on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW Absolutely tension filled... Jackson is on top of her game. Suspense Magazine on TELL ME The spookily atmospheric plot is jam-packed with scary chills and sexy thrills. Booklist on TELL ME a fast moving thriller with plenty of twists and turns, and an easy flowing style that readily catches the reader up in its thrall. Canberra Times on MALICE Gripping... Jackson heightens the creep factor. Publisher's Weekly on MALICE As a beach read, this is a cracker. Read it at night and it certainly will keep you up. For after the prologue, Jackson slips into her real agenda, and out of your comfort zone. Courier Mail, Brisbane on DEEP FREEZE Tense... Suspenseful ... shocking ... will leave readers on the edge of their seats. Booklist on ABSOLUTE FEAR Her latest whodunit hits all the marks, taking readers on a nail-biting roller coaster ride. Library Journal on WITHOUT MERCY Jackson takes creepy to a new level with her latest chilling offering... A frightening tale filled with danger and shocking twists. RT Book Reviews on WITHOUT MERCY Jackson... shows a mastery of the true-crime thriller formula that will please fans Kirkus Reviews on TELL ME Graphic, terrifying suspense and gripping emotion are what makes all of Lisa Jackson's thrillers so unforgettable. THE MORNING AFTER just adds to her growing inventory of terrific page-turners Romantic Times on THE MORNING AFTER In a word: clever The Herald Sun on CHOSEN TO DIE The highly suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat reads that Lisa Jackson provides are unparalleled Publisher's Weekly on LEFT TO DIE Jackson definitely knows how to jangle readers' nerves, and CLOSE TO HOME is perfect for readers of Joy Fielding's suspense novels or fans of Mary Higgins Clark Booklist
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Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy-five novels, including Afraid to Die, You Don’t Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, and Shiver. She has over twenty million copies of her books in print in nineteen languages. She lives with her family and a rambunctious pug in the Pacific Northwest.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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A restless spirit haunts the halls of a decrepit mansion perched on a promontory high above the Columbia River. She seems to be searching for closure. According to family legend, Sarah Stewart McAdams’s ancestor plunged to her death from the roof of Blue Peacock Manor over a hundred years ago. Since then, the house has seen more than its fair share of tragedy and an uncommon number of deaths. Several generations of Stewarts have passed through its halls, but in recent years it has stood empty.
Now Sarah, a single mother of two, wants to give the old place a much-needed facelift and, in doing so, give herself a welcome fresh start. Unfortunately, her daughters, Gracie and Jade, aren’t on the same page as she is. Jade is a moping teenager with a bad attitude, hating her life and most of the people in it. The sole exception might be Cody, her boyfriend from whom her mother has dragged her away to live here in Stewart Crossing, an awful town in the middle of nowhere. Jade’s younger sister, Gracie, a naturally curious preteen, is far more impressionable and has what some might call a sixth sense, one that involves a heightened awareness and a deepened empathy. Here in their new home, Gracie insists she has seen the ghost of Angelique Le Duc, the first lady of Blue Peacock Manor. Of course, this elicits dramatic eye rolls from her sister and a touch of skepticism from her mother. But Gracie becomes obsessed with helping Angelique’s spirit “move on.”
As if her daughters’ unsettling dispositions weren’t enough, Sarah has to face Clint Walsh, owner of the neighboring property and a man who was once her lover. Even the idea of running into him makes her as nervous as a schoolgirl. Why did she think moving back to her home town might be a good idea?Read more ›
Now Sarah, a single mother of two, wants to give the old place a much-needed facelift and, in doing so, give herself a welcome fresh start. Unfortunately, her daughters, Gracie and Jade, aren’t on the same page as she is. Jade is a moping teenager with a bad attitude, hating her life and most of the people in it. The sole exception might be Cody, her boyfriend from whom her mother has dragged her away to live here in Stewart Crossing, an awful town in the middle of nowhere. Jade’s younger sister, Gracie, a naturally curious preteen, is far more impressionable and has what some might call a sixth sense, one that involves a heightened awareness and a deepened empathy. Here in their new home, Gracie insists she has seen the ghost of Angelique Le Duc, the first lady of Blue Peacock Manor. Of course, this elicits dramatic eye rolls from her sister and a touch of skepticism from her mother. But Gracie becomes obsessed with helping Angelique’s spirit “move on.”
As if her daughters’ unsettling dispositions weren’t enough, Sarah has to face Clint Walsh, owner of the neighboring property and a man who was once her lover. Even the idea of running into him makes her as nervous as a schoolgirl. Why did she think moving back to her home town might be a good idea?Read more ›
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This is Lisa Jackson's best standalone suspense yet. I literally couldn't put it down and I was completely sucked in to its foggy, eerie world within the Pacific Northwest. The ambiguously haunted Victorian mansion at the book's center was a character of its own and almost as compelling as the single mom who finds that you may be able to return to your childhood memories, but you can't bring your innocence with you. I loved the two daughters as well. They're the most realistic and three dimensional teen / preteen characters that I've read in a suspense in a long time. Must read!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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on September 2, 2014
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Returning to the supposedly haunted house of her childhood, Sarah's life was in turmoil. Girls are going missing and an old flame is making things even more confusing.
This story keep you guessing until the last chapter. An appropriate and satisfying ending ties up the loose ends.
I am sure e you will enjoy this as much as I did.
This story keep you guessing until the last chapter. An appropriate and satisfying ending ties up the loose ends.
I am sure e you will enjoy this as much as I did.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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on August 29, 2014
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couldn't put the book down, keep me changing
the villain to very last chapter. recommend it highly for good read.
the villain to very last chapter. recommend it highly for good read.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Great read, very imaginative story involving multiple generations within a family entrapped in lies and deceit. A totally unexpected conclusion. Could not put it aside until the very end
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Good and suspenseful to the very end. Maybe a bit too much on descriptive paragraphs....I call page fillers....describing unnecessary things but easy enough to gloss over those.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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on August 29, 2014
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I'm a Lisa Jackson fan and this book is another good one. It's a bit of a departure for her, but I love the ghost story/Gothic elements. My only criticism would be the lack of sleep I got reading late into the night. Like a lot of Lisa Jackson books, the story starts with a slow build, but then it really gets going!!
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on September 16, 2014
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Awful - Ridiculously tangled plot; unlikeable, unrealistic characters, and the author seemed to be trying to bring in every ugly aspect of human nature possible. Won't read this author again. Sometimes it almost seemed like a bad spoof on old gothic romances.
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