Lisa Gardner

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The United States

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http://www.lisagardner.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense, Romance

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March 2014

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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
(1) mystery & thrillers, suspense

aka Alicia Scott

New York Times bestselling crime novelist Lisa Gardner began her career in food service, but after catching her hair on fire numerous times, she took the hint and focused on writing instead. A self-described research junkie, she has parlayed her interest in police procedure, cutting edge forensics and twisted plots into a streak of eleven bestselling suspense novels.
Readers are invited to get in on the fun by entering the annual "Kill a Friend, Maim a Mate" Sweepstakes, where they can nominate the person of their choice to die in Lisa's latest novel. Every year, one lucky stiff is selected for literary ...more

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Lisa Gardner's Books

Average rating: 4.08 · 348,601 ratings · 20,498 reviews · 37 distinct works · Similar authors

	Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 35,157 ratings — published 2004 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone (Quincy & Rainie, #5) 4.17 avg rating — 29,764 ratings — published 2006 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love You More (Tessa Leoni, #1; Detective D.D. Warren, #5) 4.15 avg rating — 26,651 ratings — published 2011 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfect Husband (Quincy & Rainie, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24,922 ratings — published 1997 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Third Victim (Quincy & Rainie, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 20,551 ratings — published 2001 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Live to Tell (Detective D.D. Warren, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 21,246 ratings — published 2010 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catch Me (Detective D.D. Warren, #6) 4.16 avg rating — 20,832 ratings — published 2012 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hide (Detective D.D. Warren, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 21,033 ratings — published 2007 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neighbor (Detective D.D. Warren, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 19,772 ratings — published 2009 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Touch & Go (Tessa Leoni, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 19,629 ratings — published 2013 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Lisa Gardner

Detective D.D. Warren (8 books)
by Lisa Gardner (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 171,293 ratings

Quincy & Rainie (7 books)
by Lisa Gardner (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 119,110 ratings

Tessa Leoni (3 books)
by Lisa Gardner (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 55,298 ratings

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Lisa Gardner made a comment in the group Ask Lisa Gardner and Tess Gerritsen — Ask Lisa and Tess here! topic " Thank you everyone for you questions! And thank you Tess for taking time out of your tour to visit. Loved Die Again and it was a privilege to get to h ...more "
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Lisa Gardner rated a book it was amazing Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mar 27, 2014 05:20AM · 3 likes · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
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Lisa Gardner rated a book it was amazing Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Mar 17, 2014 06:31AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Lisa Gardner rated a book it was amazing Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Gardner rated a book really liked it Lost Lake (Lost Lake, #1) by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Gardner rated a book it was amazing Rogue (Robin Monarch, #1) by Mark T. Sullivan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Lisa Gardner

“You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair.
You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.”
― Lisa Gardner, Live to Tell

tags: parenting

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“Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.”
― Lisa Gardner

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“Who do you love?
It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing.
Who do you love?”
― Lisa Gardner

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December 2013/January 2014 Group Read

Tess Gerritsen

16 votes, 5.5%

David Baldacci

14 votes, 4.8%

Lee Child

9 votes, 3.1%

Val McDermid

8 votes, 2.7%

Arthur Conan Doyle

8 votes, 2.7%

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

8 votes, 2.7%

Neil Gaiman

7 votes, 2.4%

Harlan Coben

7 votes, 2.4%

Kathy Reichs

7 votes, 2.4%

Dean Koontz

7 votes, 2.4%

Lisa Gardner

6 votes, 2.0%

Arnaldur Indriðason

6 votes, 2.0%

Mary Higgins Clark

6 votes, 2.0%

Raymond Chandler

6 votes, 2.0%

Charles Todd

6 votes, 2.0%

Louise Penny

5 votes, 1.7%

Dashiell Hammett

5 votes, 1.7%

John Grisham

5 votes, 1.7%

Lawrence Block

5 votes, 1.7%

P.D. James

5 votes, 1.7%

Robert Crais

5 votes, 1.7%

Dick Francis

5 votes, 1.7%

Alan Furst

5 votes, 1.7%

Chelsea Cain

5 votes, 1.7%

Denise Mina

4 votes, 1.4%

Clive Cussler

4 votes, 1.4%

J.D. Robb

4 votes, 1.4%

John Connolly

4 votes, 1.4%

Linwood Barclay

4 votes, 1.4%

James M. Cain

4 votes, 1.4%

Tana French

4 votes, 1.4%

Rita Mae Brown

4 votes, 1.4%

John D. MacDonald

4 votes, 1.4%

Nevada Barr

3 votes, 1.0%

Martin Cruz Smith

3 votes, 1.0%

Alan Bradley

3 votes, 1.0%

Ann Cleeves

3 votes, 1.0%

Victoria Thompson

3 votes, 1.0%

John Sandford

3 votes, 1.0%

Robin Cook

3 votes, 1.0%

Anne Perry

3 votes, 1.0%

Ruth Rendell

3 votes, 1.0%

Ellis Peters

3 votes, 1.0%

Mark Billingham

3 votes, 1.0%

T. Jefferson Parker

3 votes, 1.0%

Andrew Vachss

3 votes, 1.0%

C.J. Sansom

3 votes, 1.0%

Martin Limón

2 votes, 0.7%

John Mortimer

2 votes, 0.7%

Linda Fairstein

2 votes, 0.7%

Laura Lippman

2 votes, 0.7%

James Patterson

2 votes, 0.7%

Peter May

2 votes, 0.7%

Michael Crichton

2 votes, 0.7%

C.J. Box

2 votes, 0.7%

Jonathan Kellerman

2 votes, 0.7%

Henning Mankell

2 votes, 0.7%

Donald E. Westlake

2 votes, 0.7%

Scott Turow

2 votes, 0.7%

Dana Stabenow

2 votes, 0.7%

Alistair MacLean

2 votes, 0.7%

Margaret Millar

2 votes, 0.7%

Sue Grafton

1 vote, 0.3%

Ed McBain

1 vote, 0.3%

Colin Dexter

1 vote, 0.3%

Paul Levine

1 vote, 0.3%

J.T. Ellison

1 vote, 0.3%

Daniel Silva

1 vote, 0.3%

James Lee Burke

1 vote, 0.3%

Peter Robinson

1 vote, 0.3%

J.P. Smith

1 vote, 0.3%

Patricia Cornwell

1 vote, 0.3%

Ngaio Marsh

1 vote, 0.3%

Michael Robotham

1 vote, 0.3%

Ross Macdonald

1 vote, 0.3%

Gregg Olsen

1 vote, 0.3%

Leigh Russell

1 vote, 0.3%

Julia Spencer-Fleming

1 vote, 0.3%

Thomas Harris

1 vote, 0.3%

James Sallis

1 vote, 0.3%

Joy Fielding

1 vote, 0.3%

James Crumley

0 votes, 0.0%

Karen Rose

0 votes, 0.0%

Andrew M. Greeley

0 votes, 0.0%

Ian Hamilton

0 votes, 0.0%

C.E. Lawrence

0 votes, 0.0%

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