Hide (Detective D.D. Warren, #2) (2024)

Hide (Detective D.D. Warren #2) by Lisa Gardner (Author), Maggie-Meg Reed (Narrator)

Once again, Bobby Dodge, now a detective, gets to star in the D.D. Warren's series. It's two years after the first book in the series and a bunker of mummified bodies is found. These bodies could be connected to a case that almost destroyed Bobby's career two years ago.

One of the bodies is thought to be that of young Annabelle Granger but that person is very much alive. Thirty two year old Annabelle has been on the run her entire life, for reasons her parents would not tell her. Even after her father's death years ago, she's lived under the radar, making no friends, leaving no trail, trusting on one.

D.D. is the lead investigator in the murder of the six girls and Bobby is working the case with her. Now they have Annabelle as a potential witness as she tries to remember her vague past of moving from place to place, running from something that her parents wouldn't name. The discovery of the bodies and the fact that Annabelle is no longer in hiding has roused the murderer or a copycat. There are plenty of suspects and plenty of danger around every corner. I enjoyed this book in the series more than the first one although Annabelle did have a bad case of "doing dumb things" and that always irks me when characters seems to lose their ability to think, in order to move the plot along.

Published January 30, 2007

4,25/5
Świetna!

I want to be friends with Lisa Gardner in the real world, I want to know what’s it’s like to be such a storyteller, it would loooove to know what makes her tick! This is another page turning machine, I’ve read that this is a few of my friend’s favourite Lisa Gardner book, and I can see why.

Here we meet the really lovely Annabelle (or is she?) who has spent her entire life on the run, taught by her expert father, to be always ready to leave, life's contents in a handful of bags. Always ready to run, and never ready to commit to anything, or anyone.

Again I think D.D takes back seat to now Detective Bobby Dodge, his story is developed more in this installment, and it’s great to see how he progresses from book number two to where we see him now. Bobby is a truly likable character, and the banter between him and D.D. always enjoyable, it's nice reading about these two, and how much they know about each other, and their love for their very high pressure jobs.

A splattering of tense romance, which I always enjoy, made this a wonderful read. My new measure of performance is my ha ha 6 star rating, Lisa Gardner has delivered again for this happy and most satisfied reader. Can’t wait for more!

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Hide picks up some time after Alone ended. Bobby Dodge is now working with the Massachusetts State Police after he killed a man in the last novel and is still dealing with all his complicated feels around that. Then the sex goddess that is D.D. Warren calls Dodge to a crime scene at an abandoned mental hospital. Let's just say "dead children" and move on.

"My whole family disappeared... I can't afford to come back from the dead."

Somehow tied to the mental hospital is Annabelle Granger. On the run with her parents since she was seven - a new town and new names every year due to her father's paranoid insistence that her life was in danger - Annabelle is listed as one of the dead children found on the hospital's grounds.

With both her parents deceased, Annabelle has never found out who or what she's been hiding from her whole life. Living in Boston under a new name, she's forced into a decision: let everyone think she was one of the dead children - including her mystery threat - or come forward to the police, giving them a new lead that might potentially bring justice and closure to those who need it. Annabelle decides to do the right thing, which puts her in danger as all the pieces of her past are revealed one by one until...

You know how it goes.

I like Gardner's writing style and character development, aside from Bobby's need to f*ck the victims and the serious lack of scenes featuring D.D.

The plot was intricate and revealed all the twisty-pretzel bits with perfect timing, and my feels took a direct hit when Annabelle's dog got stabbed and she fought for her life. So, watch out for that one, pet-lovers.

Maybe I'm not so dead inside after all.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 4 stars

4.25 edge of my seat stars

This D.D. Warren series is just getting better and better! It was great to read book #2 just a few weeks after book #1. All the details were still fresh in my mind.

One of my favorite characters is Massachusetts state trooper, now Detective Bobby Dodge. We first meet him in book #1 and he’s back working with D.D. in this one. There are some similarities to the case in book #1, so it makes sense that D.D. draws him into her investigation.

This one has so many red herrings and twists most of them centered around Annabelle Granger. She’s been on the run with her family since she was 7 years old. She doesn’t even know the name she was born with or why her family had to move every 18 months.

A grisly pit is found near the old Massachusetts mental hospital with six bodies. Who is responsible and what is the connection to Annabelle?

This one kept me guessing and had a terrific ending.

Marilyn and I are having such a good time reading and discussing this series.

My, oh my! Lisa Gardner had me scratching my head time and again as I read Hide, the second in her D.D. Warren mystery thriller series. Where do I start? Do I start with the six mummified corpses discovered in an underground hideaway on the grounds of the abandoned Mattapan State Hospital for the mentally ill? Do I start with Annabelle, the girl whose necklace is around the neck of one of the unfortunate victims? “Annabelle,” now an adult, is very much alive. Whose body wears the necklace? Who killed those girls? Is he still out there somewhere killing other young girls?

Bobby Dodge, still reeling from his last case as a Boston police sniper, is now a detective with the Massachusetts State Police. He receives a call from his old pal and ex-girlfriend, Sergeant D.D. Warren of Boston P.D. requesting his assistance on a case. Don’t ask questions or listen to the police scanner. Just get here. STAT. What he sees in that chamber calls to mind another case and another victim. Has his worst nightmare returned?

Annabelle Granger sees her name in the paper as one of the victims, and she knows she must go to the police. She has been on the run her whole life. When she was five, her father met her at the door with packed suitcases, and her family moved from Boston to Florida. They changed their names. This happened every few years. It happened so often that Annabelle was always looking over her shoulder. She never knew whom to trust. She didn’t even know her real name. The strangest thing was that she didn’t even know what they were running from.

Annabelle, the name she identifies with most, decides to stay in Boston. It is the last stop after many moves. She has multiple locks on her doors. She has a dog. She practices martial arts. But who is she? She inserts herself into the case, feeling she has an invested interest. She was declared dead, after all. Bobby, as we learned in the first book, Alone, is susceptible to vulnerable, beautiful women who just happen to be central figures in his cases. Does this happen in real life? Maybe, maybe not, but it certainly adds a tinge of romantic tension to Ms. Gardner’s fiction. Drama too, and that doesn’t make D.D. happy. No siree. I found myself feeling a bit foggy on the details of that previous case, which is mentioned not infrequently in Hide. But there are enough reminders for it to make sense to me and enable me to connect the dots somewhat.

That’s not saying that I figured the whole thing out. Not by a long shot! I was constantly wondering what the heck Annabelle’s father had them running from, or if perhaps he was really a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The author did a fantastic job sowing seeds of doubt here, there, and everywhere. There are a number of characters that are bad guys, but none is THE bad guy. There are several red herrings, and even when I did consider the persons who were actually dangerous, I could never be sure, because there were so many twists. The bottom line: TRUST NO ONE.

Annabelle is an enigma. She’s been through a lot. She seems to not know who she is, and who can blame her? Yet, she functions. She runs her own home-based business. On the surface, she seems self-sufficient, but she is frightened and alone. Will she go it alone, or will she let herself trust Bobby?

This book is billed as “Detective D.D. Warren #2.” There is much more of D.D. in this story than in book one, but it is still very much Bobby Dodge’s show. This is Bobby’s first case as a detective, and while he has a lot to learn, he has good instincts, other than letting himself have feelings for a woman who’s a key part of the case. D.D. seems to be a hard-core cop. She’s all business. I’d like to know what’s under that tough exterior. We know that she and Bobby tried and failed to have a relationship. I do like observing the interplay between Bobby and D.D. and the unease that lies beneath the surface of their interactions.

I also found it interesting that Ms. Gardner chose to write Annabelle’s chapters in first person and the police procedural sections in third person. I believe she deliberately sets Annabelle’s experience apart from that of the detectives who are tasked with solving the case. Rather than finding this bothersome, I actually liked it; in fact, I hardly noticed it most of the time because it felt quite natural.

So – how do I conclude this? I could go on and on, but I don’t want to give away any more of the plot. Parts of it are a little bit over the top, but I guess that’s why it’s called fiction. I could rave for days about this book, but your time would be better spent reading the book! Seek out Hide. You won’t be sorry!

5 stars

Hide is the second book in the series the follow up to Alone, I don't think it is completely necessary to read the first book in the series because of how well the re-cap is done. I found the characters in this book much more compelling even the ones we have met before seemed to have more personality.

This book quickly had it's claws in me and I was hooked within the first 50 pages, as the plot progressed it got more and more intense and convoluted I was going back and fourth in my mind trying to work out what was going on. Although the plot was semi-complex Lisa Gardner made it so easy to follow. There was really good character development through this book too, I found myself rooting for people.

The suspenseful moments were few in number but incredibly well done, I really liked the final reveal a lot - I was so focused on one aspect of the story I completely forgot about the underlying plot and it made me feel stupid for not realising! I thought this book was much better than the first in the series, after this one I am looking forward to continuing with this series!

Detective D. D. Warren places a pre-dawn cryptic call to now Massachusetts State Police Detective Bobby Dodge, demanding that he come to a crime scene without explanation or details. Once he arrives, Bobby understands her reason for calling him to the scene where the Boston Police Department clearly has jurisdiction. They’ve discovered an underground crypt on the grounds of an abandoned mental hospital. Inside are the remains of six bodies with one bearing a necklace engraved “Annabelle Granger.” It is assumed that is the name of the victim...until Annabelle Granger shows up at the police station.

Bobby Dodge is back, teaming up to work with D. D. because the case seems to connect with the one they recently worked together involving Catherine Gagnon who was abducted and buried in a similar underground area. This was a gnarly mystery as Annabelle’s history is not only fascinating but adds a layer of complexity that muddles up more than it clarifies. Even though there were lots of details to assemble, I somehow managed to get on the right track to discovering the resolution. I didn’t get everything correct but I came close.

A lot of the story is told from Annabelle’s first person point of view, which was clever and interesting. D. D. Warren has more presence this time but still is more a secondary character behind Annabelle and Bobby. I’m still not a fan but can see some potential. Bobby’s attraction to Annabelle was troubling as this seems to be a pattern that I hope ends here. Despite those issues, this was an extremely enjoyable story because of the mystery and the narrator was excellent. She kept the characters distinctive and was a wonderful storyteller.

This is a super twisty suspense novel. The ending in particular really ratchets up the tension and the surprises.

In this second in the D.D. Warren series, D.D., who has been promoted from detective to sergeant, turns to her ex-lover that she knew from the Boston P.D., Bobby Warren, because of the similarities of another case that happened back in 1980. Their involvement with that case was much more recent, when the victim of that crime, Catherine, resurfaced. When Catherine was just 12, she was kidnapped and stowed in an underground chamber for 28 days until hunters found her. She survived, but the experience obviously changed her forever. Now, they find a chamber with six mummified bodies. There are a lot of similarities with Catherine’s case, but the man who committed those atrocities was incarcerated at the time these girls died. Is it a copycat? Something else?

D.D. and Bobby find Annabelle Granger, who has been on the run since she was seven years old when her father snatched her and her mother up without warning. They moved frequently over the years with just a few suitcases each time they moved to a new city with new identities. What is her relationship to these mummified girls found on the grounds of a now-defunct mental institution?

This is fun and fast paced like all of Gardner’s novels.

3,75 ⭐
Lepsze niż pierwsza część, ale czemu Bobby leci na każdą pierwszą laskę, która się pojawia w książce xD

I really enjoy D.D. Warren books and this is the best one in the series. I've read both ones before and ones after this one but this is the best one I've read. I would recommend reading the previous D.D Warren book before this one, it's named "Alone". The stories are tangentially connected and reading Alone first will add depth and dimension to this book. Once again Warren and Dodge work together and since they bring out the best and worst in each other, the ride is extra fun. I had real trouble figuring out what was happening and I love that in a good mystery. So well worth the time to read, definitely a "Hit it out of the park" kind of book, don't miss this one!

Yesssss!! Man this book was GOOD! I was already enjoying this series (this is #2) but now I’m psyched! I couldn’t put it down! The characters, the “crimes..” So good! My only slight concern is that I’m kinda pretty much madly in love with Bobby Dodge- so when this “DD Warren series” moves on to leave him in the dust, Idk how I’m gonna feel about that!😂 But after this, I have faith! Totally recommend for procedural/psychological thriller readers.. (Unless of course I’m the only 1 arriving this late in the game!🤣)

I liked this one much better than "Alone". The storylines seemed to be so divergent, yet they did work out in the end with some great twists. I had a hard time putting it down.

WARNING: not a review, more a rant.

I think those "tall stiletto boots" and "wild mass of blonde curls" on top of the slim-fitting jeans and tight-fitting shirt was just too much for me. I wanted to gag. I was pulled out of the story and wondered, momentarily, whether the author was a man using a female pseudonym. I paused my audio to google whether real-life cops in Boston (or anywhere) wore stiletto heels to work and actually found some interesting articles but all from Europe - where stiletto heels were deemed unsuitable and inappropriate for work. Hmm, and I thought it was the Americans who were prudes.

In Russia, female cops dressed like this are being disciplined, though, to be fair, it was the short skirts, not the high heels, that were the cause of the Interior Ministry's ire.

In Mexico, those stiletto boots really were to be blamed...

The entire unit of 20 female cops, in the city of Aguascalientes in Central Mexico, were disbanded because they were hurting the force's image. I'm sure Joaquín Guzmán aka El Chapo, would disagree.

So alright, those pics are of police officers in uniform and DD is a homicide detective and does not wear a uniform so it's petty and unreasonable of me to criticize her choice of footwear. But waitaminute, there's an old 80s LAPD show, Hunter, featuring a pair or homicide detectives, Sgt. Rick Hunter and Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. See what happens when this Dee Dee wears heels while taking down a suspect/perp:

You lose your high-heeled shoe and your partner ends up giving it back to you.

Of course, he could end up keeping and wearing it like these Canadian cops:

Hard for me to concentrate on a book after it does that to me. My 3 stars is reflective of the sour mood I was in - 3 stars has come to signify a so-so review for most Goodreads reviewers though there are those who follow GR's definition of 3 stars denoting 'good' or you liked it. My 3 stars here indicate it was just a so-so listen though I concede there's a much better story in there than I experienced. I didn't dislike DD because of her stilettos, though, but because of the way she treated Annabelle when the latter went to the station to tell the detectives what she'd been holding onto. DD was such a bitch, accusing Annabelle of wanting media attention instead of taking her seriously. Even if her suspicions were understandable, all DD needed to do was to test Annabelle by asking about certain details not known to the public. In the end, DD did exactly that by bringing out a locket and asking Annabelle about it.

Perhaps one day, after I've forgiven and forgotten what Ms Gardner did to DD, I might relisten to this and end up with a 5-star book. After all, I detested Tess Gerritsen's Jane Rizzoli but Jane changed and now I'm hooked on the series.

...then again, that could be because Rizzoli doesn't wear stilettos to work. Not that I know.

Read: November 2017
Rating: 4.5/5 stars

The second novel in the Detective DD Warren series brings us back into the world of Bobby Dodge. He is now a homicide detective working for Warren who has been promoted. They have to investigate the deaths of six young girls, whose bodies have been found in an underground chamber on the site of a formal mental hospital.

There are lots of crossovers here with the events of the previous book Alone which means that I wouldn't recommend that anyone read this book as a stand-alone as there would definitely be a sense of not getting the full story from Hide. I once again liked Bobby's character, and I liked the new chapters from the POV of Annabelle. The 'whodunit' aspect of the plot was genuinely perplexing to me; one moment I thought I'd figured out the killer, then I would change my mind, then I was definitely sure I knew, only to find out my theories were way off track by the end. I read this book quicker than the previous instalment; it was more compelling and it helped that Annabelle was a much nicer and more interesting character than Catherine.

I am enjoying this series, and looking forward to the next book The Neighbour which I did read as a standalone around seven years ago. I don't remember much about the plot but I'm sure I will enjoy reading it again.

Annabelle Granger’s life changed when she was seven years old. Her father, a professor of mathematics at MIT, arrived home one night, quickly packed some bags, and told her and her mother that they were leaving Boston. To seven-year-old Annabelle, it was exciting: they were running away from home.

They never stopped running after that night.

Every new town was a new name and a potential new threat. The problem was that Annabelle never knew what that threat was. Her father never told her what they were running from. He simply taught her how not to trust anyone, how to fight back, and how to run and hide if she couldn’t fight.

She continued to run and hide, long after both her parents were dead, until one day, at age 22, when she saw a news story about the discovery of six bodies discovered on the grounds of an abandoned mental hospital outside Boston. The details of the news story were vague, but instinctually Annabelle knew that bodies were all of young girls, and she knew one of them was her best friend. It was finally time for her to stop running and hiding.

Thus begins Lisa Gardner’s intense thriller, “Hide”. The novel features a pair of recurring characters, Boston PD detectives D.D. Warren and Bobby Dodge. There is, apparently, a lot of back-story with these two: former lovers, now strictly a professional relationship, but still clearly in love with each other. One can piece together a little bit of the back-story (it probably would have helped to start reading the books in order), but none of it is essential in understanding the main mystery at the heart of the story, which belongs mostly to Annabelle.

Annabelle tries to do the right thing by going to the police with her story. When she first encounters skepticism and suspicion, she decides to play private detective to her own life mystery: What, or who, scared her father so much that he uprooted his family and left a decent-paying job? Why was her best childhood friend, along with five other girls, brutally murdered? Why does she seem to be the connection to all of it?

During her investigation (with the reluctant help of Dodge and Warren), she discovers a possible link with a serial killer that abducted and tortured a young girl several years before her family left Boston.

There are several other viable suspects, as well, all of them in some way connected to the abandoned mental hospital where the bodies were found.

As she delves deeper into her past, she begins to realize why her father was so paranoid. He had reason to be. And that reason may be catching up to her, quickly...

Gardner tells a fast-paced, well-plotted, and extremely suspenseful story. I’m definitely going to be reading more of her books. Fans of Harlan Coben, Dennis Lehane, and Sara Paretsky will enjoy...

I had hoped that some of the awkwardness with the first book in this series was a matter of it being the first book, but this second book is perhaps even more awkward and it stands out all the more since the author really should know better by now. Granted, I don't know anything about crime scenes and being a cop and whatnot, but the choices that these officers make during their investigation strike me as so unrealistic. I understand that the plot needs to flow and all, and that the author is bound and determined to bring together all these unrelated bits and fit them together, but still.

And oh my god, why must the stupid main cop always develop a romantic interest in the "victim?!" (Except they never exactly are victims, but clearly they are supposed to fill that role.) To even call it a "romantic interest" is stretching things, since one moment there's nothing, and the next moment they are kissing, and then there are constant allusions later to their supposed chemistry that is never actually apparent...or noticeable at all.

Ugh, I think I have finally gotten over my desire to read only crappy novels. Or at least I have no further interest in crappy novels by this particular author.

I can’t get enough of Bobby Dodge!! Annabelle is also growing on me. This second in the D. D. Warren Series did not disappoint. I can’t wait to get my hands on the next one!

Lisa Gardner is very hit-and-miss with me as far as her plots go. Her books are generally well-written, but all the good writing in the world can't make up for bad characterization and poorly structured plot. What really sticks out to me with this novel was the ill-planned reveal of the criminal's identity.

I was ready to go along with the switches from first to third person, because while I usually find it annoying, I get that some authors find it a useful plot device, but in this case it just felt lazy, like Gardner had already written the first person sections and was too lazy to change them when she realized she wasn't able to keep her entire book in first person. That alone wasn't enough to make or break it for me, but alas, where this book really fails is in tying together all the threads of mystery. Instead of one bad guy it turns out we have two. Instead of the logical explanation, we get two convoluted ones.

Basically, the ending felt like Gardner was trying too hard to be clever about who did it. It also ended up feeling like two novels she'd squished together into one, which wasn't annoying until the ending. In all, this book didn't impress me, but it also wasn't horrible.

This is the second book in the Detective D.D. Warren series, and it is also the second time that I have read this author.

Detective Bobby Dodge is back! I am still confused as to why this series is not named the "Detective Bobby Dodge" series, since his role is more prominent in both this novel and its predecessor, Alone, which I read back in February.

When six bodies are discovered in an underground chamber, Bobby Dodge's first thought is that the crime is reminiscent of Catherine Gagnon's case which was solved in Alone. Is this the work of the same man who kidnapped Catherine?

I like this book even more than the first in the series! It is getting better!!

I like Bobby Dodge, but it seems like he can't help himself but get involved with each of women in these books!!

Gardner threw in lots of twists and red herrings that kept me guessing right up until the end. Just when I thought that I had everything figured out, there was another twist! I love it when authors do that - keeps me on my toes!

I also like Maggie-Meg Reed's narration of this book.

This is the second book in the D. D. Warren series. As with the first book in the series, Alone, Bobby Dodge has a more prominent role than D.D. Warren but at least in this story she does make more than a handful of appearances.

Annabelle Granger has spent almost her entire life on the run, moving from city to city, hiding. Since she was seven years old her father moved her and her mother every year or two. But from who and from what? He never told her. Now she is back where it all began ... in Boston ... living under an assumed name of course when six mummified corpses are unearthed on the grounds of an abandoned Massachusetts mental hospital. One of the corpses is wearing a locket that bears her name. For Annabelle the solving of the six murder victims may explain why her father kept moving the family and changing their identities. For Bobby Dodge the crime is a haunting reminder of another crime. One that changed his life. One in which he thought the killer was dead and buried.

This story is a real page turner, I have to read the next chapter before I can go to sleep, you know all the cliches. The story keeps you guessing and trying to figure everything out. I enjoyed this story much more than the first book and I have already put a hold request in at my library for The Neighbor, the third book in the series. Lisa Gardner is a master story teller. Definitely recommend to anyone who enjoys thriller and suspense stories that keep you guessing and that you can't put down.

Annabelle Granger(32) sees a Boston Herald newspaper with “6 young girls, found dead & buried for years in a abandoned mental hospital”. One body has a “locket” on her neck engraved with “Annabelle Granger”.

She goes to Boston Police (D.D. Warren) claims she is “Annabelle Granger” & gave it to the young friend buried before moving. Her father chased city-to-city for 25 years & her parents are dead.

After running 25 years, D.D.Warren doubts she’s really the buried Annabelle & alive. They eventually prove it’s Annabelle. The insane killer appears... is he captured/killed?

The plot not as smooth as expected.

IMDb - Review TNT “Hide” Movie(2011)
YouTube - Official TNT Movie trailer for Hide

The Rise and Fall of the Medfield State Hospital - used in Shutter Island & The Box - many hospital pictures

3 stars

This is book number two in a Lisa Gardner series called Detective D.D. Warren. This is the first book that Detective Warren is really front and center. In the first book, Alone, she was introduced, but almost as a side line character. Now she is taking the reigns.

Along with her side kick, Bobby Dodge, Warren investigates a pit on the grounds of an old insane asylum. In an underground chamber the discovery of six mummified corpses is made. This brings back to mind an old case, especially for Bobby.

A few characters from book number one of the series make an appearance in this book. They are written in nicely and seem meaningful to the current story. Finally with no place left to hide the killer is revealed. But in an unforeseen twist, there is more to the story, and to the killings, than you would have expected.

In addition, at the very end, we have our handsome side kick Bobby, once again falling in - well is it love... or lust? Book number three - The Neighbors - may give us the answer.

Serinin isminin neden Bobby Dodge değil de D.D. Warren olduğunu anlayabilmiş değilim 🤔 D.D. bu kitapta da yine yan karakter Bobby ana karakterdi.
Kurgu güzel, anlatım akıcıydı. Ancak acayip gizemli olayların tek bir kişinin her şeyi lapp diye anlatmasıyla aydınlanması biraz kolaya kaçmak gibi olmuş sanki.
Merak ediyorum Bobby bir sonraki kitaptaki kurbanla da birlikte olacak mı acaba 😒

A continuation of ALONE, the first of the D.D.Warren series. I found HIDE also kept my attention from start to finish! Looking forward to the next book in this series.

This was an enjoyable read with some plot twists and turns. It does switch between first and third person which I normally do not like, but Gardner's style made it seamless.

My rating: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ really enjoyed this one… great writing and full on story!!!

I am running behind schedule on my reviewing so I am not going to wrap up the synopsis … because lets face it I probably don’t need to do that for you since you can read it on GR’s and maybe it makes my reviews a little long 🤣

I really enjoyed this one… classic Gardner writing. Really great storytelling, and character development. Hide focuses on Bobby Dodge mostly again… and more of his origin story… unsure if we see much of him in coming books but it was still good to get to know him a bit more.

Bobby is no longer a sniper with the State Troopers, due to the last case he was on. And this book picks up about 6months from that case. The super hot chick from that book makes an appearance in this one as well.. but isn’t the main storyline. DD is here and she is as cranky as ever… but we get a bit more of her that the first book so shes starting to become the MC.

Annabelle’s story was really interesting to me.. her dad had been trying to keep her safe her whole life and she has some really odd habits due to how she grew up… but we find out for good reason. As shes linked very heavily to 6 mummified bodies that are found and someone is stalking the F out of her… so I get why shes being paranoid.

Bobby and Annabelle seem to have a connection… which I don’t hate but for a man in uniform Bobby does seem to fall in love with people connected to the case pretty quickly 😳 probably not ideal but its fiction so I rolled with it. DD of course was pissed off but lets face it she always is hahaha.

There are some moments that I giggled in this book Gardner’s writing is so good and flows so well - little excerpt of Catherine (main damsel in Book 1 talking to Annabelle damsel from this book about Bobby and DD):

“Now, him and D.D., on the other hand…”
“Never happen,” Catherine said immediately. “Sex, maybe but, a relationship? She’s far too ambitious for him. I doubt she’ll settle for anything less than a politically minded DA, or perhaps a crime boss. Now, THAT would be interesting.”

“You two don’t like each other very much.”

Her turn to shrug. “I have that effect on women. Perhaps it’s because I sleep with their husbands. Then again, if they weren’t sleeping with me, they would simply be f*cking their secretaries, and if you were going to be jilted, wouldn’t you rather be jilted for someone who looks like me than a peroxide blonde with cheap taste in shoes?”

“I never thought of it that way before.”

“Few do.”

And another little tidbit that I couldn’t help but share because Bobby is spot on how he describes DD…

D.D. Was a fool. A stubborn, pigheaded, tunnel-visioned sergent who honestly thought she could save the world in a single evening.
Bobby didn’t think it was a matter of ambition. He thought, more frighteningly, that D.D was curious.
She believed the subject would show. And when he did, she hoped to determine if the man was Christopher Ebola or Annabelle’s long lost father. Then she would keep the child killer so occupied with her dazzling beauty and witty repartee, he wouldn’t think to abduct another little girl. In fact, he’d tell DD everything she needed to know, right before the task force descended and led him away in metal bracelets.
DD was a fool. A stubborn, pigheaded, tunnel-visioned….

The writing is on point and it is entertaining and easy to read. I didn’t pick who the baddie was at all.. but there were clues and I didn’t put it together. I liked the backstory and the interesting case. Like most of these books they go a bit buck wild with the ending but this one wasn’t AS wild as some of the others… and so if you read it and think back to my review and go holy sh*t Karly what are you talking about this was OTT… well imagine some of her others 🤣

Overall I would highly recommend this, yes to anyone who enjoys Lisa Gardners books or if you wanted to give one a try. You don’t have to have read book one to read this one… they are written as standalone (mostly) this one certainly works as such. They do recap enough of the first book to know what’s what. So if you feel like jumping in at number 2 then do just that 💖

This is my second Lisa Gardner book and the second in this D. D. Warren series. I'm impressed with Gardner's ability to write complex police procedurals and keep my interest. D. D. Warren is still not the most prominent character in the book (she wasn't in the first book of this series either), although she has a more memorable role in this one. My favorite character was Bobby Dodge - as in the first book. He seems like a great guy and an excellent investigator.

This story centers around Annabelle who has been hiding her entire life, although she's not sure what she's hiding from. Her parents packed some bags one day and left town and then subsequently moved again after a short period in a town and then moved again and again. There is an underground hideaway discovered with six "wet" mummified corpses of children - and the search is on for a serial killer.

The book is a fast paced thriller that will keep you turning the pages. I look forward to the next book!

4/5

Escóndete ha sido mi primer contacto con la autora y me ha encantado. Sin duda seguiré leyendo los libros de Lisa :D Entretenidos, adictivos y con buenos personajes,

Pronto, reseña

Lisa Gardner continues to amaze with every different book I read! In this, her second of the DD Warren series, we follow a young girl who is continually on the run with her parents, from one town to the next, one state to the next, never staying long, always scared, always trying to stay one step ahead of......what.. she doesn’t know!

Annabelle Granger is now 30 years old, and back living in Boston, when she opens the newspaper one morning to find she has been declared dead! Her parents have both passed away, Mum 18 years earlier, Dad 12 years ago. So she’s on her own, and still doesn’t know what she’s scared of.

After contacting the Boston PD, and having them extremely sceptical about her story, she begins working with Detective Bobby Dodge, and (now) Sergeant DD Warren, trying to identify the remains of 6 young girls found in the grounds of the old abandoned Mental Institution, one of them with a locket bearing Annabelle’s name.

Locked inside her apartment, with 5 locks to keep her safe, and her gorgeous and loyal dog Bella by her side, she wonders if she will ever be able to lead a ‘normal’ life. Things start to heat up, then someone comes forward who knows her past...they are starting to get some answers. But suddenly it all goes very wrong, and Bobby and DD are racing against time.

The killer has been waiting years for his prize, will it be too late...is there nowhere left to HIDE?