Gardner Universe Series by Lisa Gardner, Anna Fields, Marta Grzywacz, Elisabeth Rodgers

4.11 · 526 ratings
  • The Perfect Husband (Gardner Universe #1)
    #1

    The Perfect Husband (Gardner Universe #1)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 1997

    What would you do if the man of your dreams hides the soul of a killer? Jim Beckett was everything she'd ever dreamed of...But two years after Tess married the decorated cop and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for savagely murdering ten women. Even locked up in a maximum security prison, he vowed he would come after her and make her pay. Now the cunning killer has escaped--and the most dangerous game of all begins... more

  • The Third Victim (Gardner Universe #2)
    #2

    The Third Victim (Gardner Universe #2)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2001

    The past isn't over....An unspeakable act has ripped apart the idyllic town of Bakersville, Oregon, and its once-peaceful residents are demanding quick justice. But though a boy has confessed to the horrific crime, evidence shows he may not be guilty. Officer Rainie Conner, leading her first homicide investigation, stands at the center of the controversy. It's hitting too close to home, bringing back her worst nightmares, threatening to expose her secret sins... more

  • The Next Accident (Gardner Universe #3)
    #3

    The Next Accident (Gardner Universe #3)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2001

    FBI Agent Pierce Quincy is haunted by his daughter's death in a drunk-driving accident. Pierce knew about his daughter's problem with alcohol, and about her loneliness. And so, he is sure, did the man who killed her. Rainie Conner is an ex-cop with a past overshadowed by violence. She was once involved with Pierce in a harrowing case that brought them together personally and professionally. Then, he came to her rescue. Now it is time for her to help him. This killer is different... more

  • The Killing Hour (Gardner Universe #4)
    #4

    The Killing Hour (Gardner Universe #4)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2003

    Each time he struck, he took two victims. Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered--a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited...prey to a slow but certain death. The clock ticked--salvation was possible.The police were never in time.Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls have disappeared...and the clock is ticking... more

  • Alone (Gardner Universe #5)
    #5

    Alone (Gardner Universe #5)

    Lisa Gardner, Anna Fields

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings · published 2004

    Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child. The man’s finger tightens on the trigger and Dodge has only a split second to react . . . and forever pay the consequences.Alone . . . that’s where the nightmare began for cool, beautiful, and dangerously sexy Catherine Rose Gagnon... more

  • Gone (Gardner Universe #6)
    #6

    Gone (Gardner Universe #6)

    Lisa Gardner, Anna Fields

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 2006

    From New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner, author of Alone and The Killing Hour, comes a thriller that goes from heartbreaking to heartstopping in the blink of an eye.… When someone you love vanishes without a trace, how far would you go to get them back? For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, it’s the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the driver’s seat... more

  • Hide (Gardner Universe #7)
    #7

    Hide (Gardner Universe #7)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 2007

    You have good reason to be afraid. . . . It was a case that haunts Bobby Dodge to this day—the case that nearly killed him and changed his life forever. Now, in an underground chamber on the grounds of an abandoned Massachusetts mental hospital, the gruesome discovery of six mummified corpses resurrects his worst nightmare: the return of a killer he thought dead and buried. There’s no place to run. . . . Bobby’s only lead is wrapped around a dead woman’s neck... more

  • Say Goodbye (Gardner Universe #8)
    #8

    Say Goodbye (Gardner Universe #8)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2008

    The bestselling author of Hide and Gone draws us into the venomous mind games of a terrifying killer. Come into my parlor . . . For Kimberly Quincy, FBI Special Agent, it all starts with a pregnant hooker. The story Delilah Rose tells Kimberly about her johns is too horrifying to be true—but prostitutes are disappearing, one by one, with no explanation, and no one but Kimberly seems to care. Said the spider to the fly . . more

  • The Neighbor (Gardner Universe #9)
    #9

    The Neighbor (Gardner Universe #9)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 2009

    From a master of suspense comes a chilling new novel that explores the dangers lurking closer than you think. Because even in the perfect family, you never know what is going on behind closed doors...This is what happened...It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy—a young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect... more

  • Live to Tell (Gardner Universe #10)
    #10

    Live to Tell (Gardner Universe #10)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 2010

    A savage crime has rocked a working-class neighbourhood of Boston; four members of a family have been brutally murdered. The father is lying in an intensive care unit, his survival in doubt. He is the principal suspect. Female police detective D.D. Warren, however, is not one to take things at face value... more

  • Love You More (Gardner Universe #11)
    #11

    Love You More (Gardner Universe #11)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 2011

    One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D... more

  • Catch Me (Gardner Universe #12)
    #12

    Catch Me (Gardner Universe #12)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 2012

    Detective D. D. Warren has four days to stop a killer in this “shocking…‘must read’”* from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner—one of Library Journal's Best Thrillers of the Year.Charlene Grant believes she is going to die. For the past few years, her childhood friends have been murdered one by one. Same day. Same time. Now she’s the last of her friends alive, and she’s counting down the final four days of her life until January 21st... more

  • Touch & Go (Gardner Universe #13)
    #13

    Touch & Go (Gardner Universe #13)

    Lisa Gardner, Elisabeth Rodgers

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 2013

    #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner, author of  Catch Me  and  Love You More,  returns with a heart-thumping thriller about what lurks behind the facade of a perfect family.This is my family:  Vanished without a trace…Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life that looks good in the pages of a glossy magazine. A beautiful fifteen-year old daughter, Ashlyn. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Boston’s elite Back Bay neighborhood... more

  • Fear Nothing (Gardner Universe #14)
    #14

    Fear Nothing (Gardner Universe #14)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2014

    In #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner’s latest pulse-pounding thriller, Detective D. D. Warren must face a new fear as a serial killer terrorizes Boston.My name is Dr. Adeline Glen. Due to a genetic condition, I can’t feel pain. I never have. I never will. The last thing Boston Detective D. D. Warren remembers is walking the crime scene after dark. Then, a creaking floorboard, a low voice crooning in her ear. . . . She is later told she managed to discharge her weapon three times... more

  • Crash & Burn (Gardner Universe #15)
    #15

    Crash & Burn (Gardner Universe #15)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2015

    My name is Nicky Frank. Except, most likely, it isn’t. Nicole Frank shouldn’t have been able to survive the car accident, much less crawl up the steep ravine. Not in the dark, not in the rain, not with her injuries. But one thought allows her to defy the odds and flag down help: Vero. I’m looking for a little girl. I have to save her. Except, most likely, she doesn’t exist. Sergeant Wyatt Foster is frustrated when even the search dogs can’t find any trace of the mysterious missing child... more

  • Find Her (Gardner Universe #16)
    #16

    Find Her (Gardner Universe #16)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 2016

    Lisa Gardner's runaway New York Times bestseller--a fast-paced thrill ride featuring Detective D. D. Warren. Seven years ago, carefree college student Flora Dane was kidnapped while on spring break. For 472 days, Flora learned just how much one person can endure.Miraculously alive after her ordeal, Flora has spent the past five years reacquainting herself with the rhythms of normal life, working with her FBI victim advocate, Samuel Keynes... more

  • Right Behind You (Gardner Universe #17)
    #17

    Right Behind You (Gardner Universe #17)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2017

    THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Lisa Gardner's latest thriller following her runaway hit Find Her takes her wildly popular brand of suspense to new heights.Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash's older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save both of their lives. Now thirteen years old, Sharlah has finally moved on... more

  • Look For Me (Gardner Universe #18)
    #18

    Look For Me (Gardner Universe #18)

    Lisa Gardner, Marta Grzywacz

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2018

    In #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner's latest twisty thrill ride, Detective D. D. Warren and "Find Her"'s Flora Dane return in a race against the clock to either save a young girl's life . . . or bring her to justice. The home of a family of five is now a crime scene: four of them savagely murdered, one—a sixteen-year-old girl—missing. Was she lucky to have escaped? Or is her absence evidence of something sinister? Detective D. D... more

  • Never Tell (Gardner Universe #19)
    #19

    Never Tell (Gardner Universe #19)

    Lisa Gardner

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2019

    #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner returns with an unpredictable thriller that puts fan favorites D. D. Warren and Flora Dane on a shocking new case that begins with a vicious murder and gets darker from there.A man is dead, shot three times in his home office. But his computer has been shot twelve times, and when the cops arrive, his pregnant wife is holding the gun.D. D. Warren arrives on the scene and recognizes the woman—Evie Carter—from a case many years back... more

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