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FBI Profiler #5
Gone
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. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate.
Did one of the ghosts from Rainie’s troubled past finally catch up with her? Or could her disappearance be the result of one of the cases they’d been working–a particularly vicious double homicide or the possible abuse of a deeply disturbed child Rainie took too close to heart? Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions he’s been afraid to ask.
One man knows what happened that night. Adopting the alias of a killer caught eighty years before, he has already contacted the press. His terms are clear: he wants money, he wants power, he wants celebrity. And if he doesn’t get what he wants, Rainie will be gone for good.
Sometimes, no matter how much you love someone, it’s still not enough.
As the clock winds down on a terrifying deadline, Pierce plunges headlong into the most desperate hunt of his life, into the shattering search for a killer, a lethal truth, and for the love of his life, who may forever be…gone.
From the Hardcover edition.
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. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate.
Did one of the ghosts from Rainie’s troubled past finally catch up with her? Or could her disappearance be the result of one of the cases they’d been working–a particularly vicious double homicide or the possible abuse of a deeply disturbed child Rainie took too close to heart? Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions he’s been afraid to ask.
One man knows what happened that night. Adopting the alias of a killer caught eighty years before, he has already contacted the press. His terms are clear: he wants money, he wants power, he wants celebrity. And if he doesn’t get what he wants, Rainie will be gone for good.
Sometimes, no matter how much you love someone, it’s still not enough.
As the clock winds down on a terrifying deadline, Pierce plunges headlong into the most desperate hunt of his life, into the shattering search for a killer, a lethal truth, and for the love of his life, who may forever be…gone.
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First published January 31, 2006
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About the author
Lisa Gardner
81 books20.5k followersLisa Gardner is the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller author of the Frankie Elkin series, as well as the Detective D.D. Warren, the FBI Profilers and the PI Tessa Leoni series.
Her current suspense novels feature Frankie Elkin, an everyday, average person who specializes in finding missing people. When the locals have given up, when the media has never bothered to care, Frankie takes on the challenge. From looking for a missing teen in inner city Boston to searching for a missing hiker in the wilds of Wyoming to rescuing a possibly kidnapped girl on a remote island in the Pacific, Frankie is on the case!
Lisa lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with two crazy pups. When not writing, Lisa loves to hike, play cribbage, and, of course, read!
Her current suspense novels feature Frankie Elkin, an everyday, average person who specializes in finding missing people. When the locals have given up, when the media has never bothered to care, Frankie takes on the challenge. From looking for a missing teen in inner city Boston to searching for a missing hiker in the wilds of Wyoming to rescuing a possibly kidnapped girl on a remote island in the Pacific, Frankie is on the case!
Lisa lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with two crazy pups. When not writing, Lisa loves to hike, play cribbage, and, of course, read!
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July 8, 2023
4,5/5
Ciężko było mi się w nią wgryźć, bo mocno denerwowało mnie, że to 5 tom a wkręcono mi, że to 1 tom. 😂
To chyba najbardziej akcyjna powieść Gardner!
Ciężko było mi się w nią wgryźć, bo mocno denerwowało mnie, że to 5 tom a wkręcono mi, że to 1 tom. 😂
To chyba najbardziej akcyjna powieść Gardner!
April 19, 2017
OH MY GOODNESS is all I really need to say about this book, but I'll try and say a bit more. I thought the last book I read by Lisa Gardner (The Killing Hour) was a page turner which it was, but this was so much more. Talk about a fast paced, edge of your seat, twists and turns this book had the absolute lot plus more.
Gone is the fifth book in the Quincy & Rainie series and boy, what a fabulous series it is. I've probably said this before in my other reviews, but I'll say it again, Lisa Gardner really does know her stuff when it comes to writing mystery/thrillers. I can't recommend this book highly enough to those who love reading a really good mystery/thriller.
Gone is the fifth book in the Quincy & Rainie series and boy, what a fabulous series it is. I've probably said this before in my other reviews, but I'll say it again, Lisa Gardner really does know her stuff when it comes to writing mystery/thrillers. I can't recommend this book highly enough to those who love reading a really good mystery/thriller.
April 26, 2022
“It’s fifteen minutes past the deadline for learning that my wife is still alive.”
I think readers can now safely conclude that ex-FBI psychological profiler Pierce Quincy is a psychopath magnet! First, his eldest daughter and wife are murdered. Then both he and his youngest daughter, now in training to become an FBI agent herself, are the targets of a killer. And now his wife, Rainie Conner, troubled with the demons of her past and struggling with alcoholism, has been kidnapped and is up for ransom. But, as deadlines come and deadlines go, as the kidnapper makes logistical demands for the ransom drop that appear to be impossible to meet, the task force assigned to the investigation is rapidly coming to the conclusion that the kidnapper’s actual intent is malice and murder.
GONE, in a word, is brilliant! It’s escapist, it’s gripping, it’s exciting, it’s stomach-churning and, ultimately, it’s heart-wrenching! But it isn’t really a suspense thriller. More than anything else, GONE is a pure police procedural that documents the awesome complexities of the police work involved in a major crime task force – people management, logistics, inter-jurisdictional squabbles and authority, court documents, warrants, legal squabbles, forensics, profiling, assignment of duties, crime scene management, budget constraints, media relations, protection of validity of evidence, synergy and brainstorming … the list just goes on and on and Lisa Gardner has once again shown herself to be a master of this thriller sub-genre.
Definitely recommended and I’m a continuing fan of the Quincy and Rainie series. On to #6, SAY GOODBYE.
Paul Weiss
I think readers can now safely conclude that ex-FBI psychological profiler Pierce Quincy is a psychopath magnet! First, his eldest daughter and wife are murdered. Then both he and his youngest daughter, now in training to become an FBI agent herself, are the targets of a killer. And now his wife, Rainie Conner, troubled with the demons of her past and struggling with alcoholism, has been kidnapped and is up for ransom. But, as deadlines come and deadlines go, as the kidnapper makes logistical demands for the ransom drop that appear to be impossible to meet, the task force assigned to the investigation is rapidly coming to the conclusion that the kidnapper’s actual intent is malice and murder.
GONE, in a word, is brilliant! It’s escapist, it’s gripping, it’s exciting, it’s stomach-churning and, ultimately, it’s heart-wrenching! But it isn’t really a suspense thriller. More than anything else, GONE is a pure police procedural that documents the awesome complexities of the police work involved in a major crime task force – people management, logistics, inter-jurisdictional squabbles and authority, court documents, warrants, legal squabbles, forensics, profiling, assignment of duties, crime scene management, budget constraints, media relations, protection of validity of evidence, synergy and brainstorming … the list just goes on and on and Lisa Gardner has once again shown herself to be a master of this thriller sub-genre.
Definitely recommended and I’m a continuing fan of the Quincy and Rainie series. On to #6, SAY GOODBYE.
Paul Weiss
August 3, 2025
Wow! Wow! Wow! Another great book by Lisa Gardner!
This is my 6th Gardner book, and I highly recommend it. Several of her books focus on the husband and wife team of Pierce Quincy, an ex-FBI profiler, and Rainie Conner, a profiling consultant. Both of them pair up to solve complex cases.
Gone is a much different book because Rainie's car is found abandoned on the side of the road with the engine running, her purse on the passenger seat, in the middle of an intense rainstorm. Then ransom instructions come in.
Intriguing, unusual twists and turns, and a super charged, fast-paced plot.
This is my 6th Gardner book, and I highly recommend it. Several of her books focus on the husband and wife team of Pierce Quincy, an ex-FBI profiler, and Rainie Conner, a profiling consultant. Both of them pair up to solve complex cases.
Gone is a much different book because Rainie's car is found abandoned on the side of the road with the engine running, her purse on the passenger seat, in the middle of an intense rainstorm. Then ransom instructions come in.
Intriguing, unusual twists and turns, and a super charged, fast-paced plot.
April 20, 2014
Waking from another heart-stopping nightmare, shaking and lonely, Rainie Connor knew she wouldn’t, couldn’t sleep again that night, so dressing hurriedly, she headed out into the pouring rain to go for a drive. Driving around aimlessly seemed to settle her – she had always done it, and supposed she always would. But the devastation and loneliness wouldn’t leave her – it had only been seven days, but it felt like forever…
Across town, Pierce Quincy, ex-FBI profiler was pacing the night hours away in the B&B he was currently inhabiting. When his phone rang somewhere around 1am with Sergeant Detective Carlton Kincaid on the other end, the news he received was the beginning of Quincy’s worst nightmare – for a car had been found, engine running, driver’s door flung wide and no sign of the driver anywhere. And the car belonged to his estranged wife, his beloved Rainie. She was gone…
As the hastily formed task force scrambled to get started on the investigation, the relentless rain was hampering their search for evidence – Kincaid grudgingly allowed Quincy to be involved; against the rules, but he was their only profiler on hand, and he was needed desperately. As the hours turned into daylight, they had their first glimpse of information – it was very little to go on, but at least they now knew the direction the investigation would go; didn’t they?
With the clock ticking faster and faster, and time becoming desperately short, Quincy was beside himself with grief. His daughter Kimberly, herself an FBI agent, joined him to give support and also to help the task force out. Rainie had saved her life a few months previously and Kimberly felt a deep kinship to Rainie. But with a deadline looming, and the police still in the hunt with no idea who their perpetrator was, would Rainie be found alive? What would be the result of a desperate search which had taken over the lives of everyone involved?
What an absolutely gripping thriller! I loved it, totally devoured it and was shocked by the twist at the end – didn’t see it coming at all! Lisa Gardner is a master of her craft and never disappoints. Highly recommended.
Across town, Pierce Quincy, ex-FBI profiler was pacing the night hours away in the B&B he was currently inhabiting. When his phone rang somewhere around 1am with Sergeant Detective Carlton Kincaid on the other end, the news he received was the beginning of Quincy’s worst nightmare – for a car had been found, engine running, driver’s door flung wide and no sign of the driver anywhere. And the car belonged to his estranged wife, his beloved Rainie. She was gone…
As the hastily formed task force scrambled to get started on the investigation, the relentless rain was hampering their search for evidence – Kincaid grudgingly allowed Quincy to be involved; against the rules, but he was their only profiler on hand, and he was needed desperately. As the hours turned into daylight, they had their first glimpse of information – it was very little to go on, but at least they now knew the direction the investigation would go; didn’t they?
With the clock ticking faster and faster, and time becoming desperately short, Quincy was beside himself with grief. His daughter Kimberly, herself an FBI agent, joined him to give support and also to help the task force out. Rainie had saved her life a few months previously and Kimberly felt a deep kinship to Rainie. But with a deadline looming, and the police still in the hunt with no idea who their perpetrator was, would Rainie be found alive? What would be the result of a desperate search which had taken over the lives of everyone involved?
What an absolutely gripping thriller! I loved it, totally devoured it and was shocked by the twist at the end – didn’t see it coming at all! Lisa Gardner is a master of her craft and never disappoints. Highly recommended.
June 27, 2016
Haunted by the actions of rapists and murderers, particularly those who have escaped conviction, Rainie Conner, an ex-police officer turned private investigator, finds justice in the bottle she has avoided for fifteen years.
When her husband, fellow private investigator Pierce Quincy, has had enough, he abandons her, hoping she will realize only one road lies ahead and it leads to AA.
Rainie is kidnapped, while taking yet another sequential wrong turn, and discovers everything she has taken for granted: an autonomous breath, unobstructed vision, and the delicious sensation of mobility. In essence, she concludes life is worth living. But will she live to see her own attacker convicted?
The action entertaining, though frequently implausible, Gardner’s Gone picks up momentum at the halfway mark.
When her husband, fellow private investigator Pierce Quincy, has had enough, he abandons her, hoping she will realize only one road lies ahead and it leads to AA.
Rainie is kidnapped, while taking yet another sequential wrong turn, and discovers everything she has taken for granted: an autonomous breath, unobstructed vision, and the delicious sensation of mobility. In essence, she concludes life is worth living. But will she live to see her own attacker convicted?
The action entertaining, though frequently implausible, Gardner’s Gone picks up momentum at the halfway mark.
October 25, 2020
There is a saying in Alcoholics Anonymous ...
"Sobriety is a daily reprieve contingent upon my spiritual condition"
. In previous books in the series Rainie appeared to be an alcoholic but never said the words and never attended an AA meeting. She would play games with a bottle of Bud Light and then pour out the contents. For an alcoholic a very dangerous game. In their profession Quincy & Rainie have seen many horrific things. Now it appears as though one case has pushed Rainie over the edge. She has nightmares and seeks solace by drinking. In desperation Pierce moves out hoping that Rainie will realize the consequences of her drinking and things will return to the way they were.
For Pierce Quincy the nightmare gets worse when he receives a phone call from the local authorities. Rainie's car is found abandoned along a remote road close to the coast. Lights on and engine running. No indication of an accident or car trouble. At first the fear is that she may have decided to end her pain by committing suicide. Then they are contacted by someone using the alias of a killer from eighty years ago. He has Rainie and he wants fame, fortune, and apple pie.
Quincy, along with his daughter Kimberly and her boyfriend Mac, work with the local authorities to try and save Rainie. Quincy also has to battle his personal feelings and the fact that the victim is his wife. He is in the most desperate hunt of his life to try and save the love of his life who may be gone forever.
“Winners never quit, quitters never win”
For Pierce Quincy the nightmare gets worse when he receives a phone call from the local authorities. Rainie's car is found abandoned along a remote road close to the coast. Lights on and engine running. No indication of an accident or car trouble. At first the fear is that she may have decided to end her pain by committing suicide. Then they are contacted by someone using the alias of a killer from eighty years ago. He has Rainie and he wants fame, fortune, and apple pie.
Quincy, along with his daughter Kimberly and her boyfriend Mac, work with the local authorities to try and save Rainie. Quincy also has to battle his personal feelings and the fact that the victim is his wife. He is in the most desperate hunt of his life to try and save the love of his life who may be gone forever.
“Winners never quit, quitters never win”
April 24, 2016
I got to the middle of the book and I was in no mood to continue. I don't know what it is about this book but it's like a deja vu. The kidnap, the evil thoughts... Nothing original. Focusing on that dark world of evil people & those feelings of being powerless, clueless; maybe those were too much for me. It's supposed to be fast-paced and yet I thought the story evolved so slowly. I didn't feel like continuing. Anyway after a few days I picked it up again and persevered. I really don't think it's Lisa Gardner best work. Honestly I read other recent books by her which were much better.
June 3, 2022
3.5 stars
March 15, 2022
Wow. From page one to the last page, Gone is a nail-biting, heart pounding, can't put it down thriller. I'm reading the series with friends and never saw this story coming. If you're fans of Rainie & Quincy, this one will break your heart and stomp all over the pieces. There's nothing I can say about the story without spoilers so I'll just say it's the best of the series so far and one of the darkest by far. It's twisted, filled with red herrings and a long list of endless possibilities of who done it. The pace is relentless, the action insane and the emotional turmoil . . . off the charts. Well done Lisa Gardner. I can't wait to read book 6.
October 29, 2020
Lisa Garnder is one of the writers I found after I became a member here. The first book I read was number 4. After that I started from the beginning. It was a good book even though it was a bit slow in the beginning.
I only have one complain about this book. When your ribs are broken, your chest is not wrapped. It's very painful but the doctor doesn't do anything about it apart from giving you pain meds.
I liked this book and I look forward to reading the next. Unexpected bad guy.
I only have one complain about this book. When your ribs are broken, your chest is not wrapped. It's very painful but the doctor doesn't do anything about it apart from giving you pain meds.
I liked this book and I look forward to reading the next. Unexpected bad guy.
March 28, 2018
2.5 stars rounded down. This one didn't really work for me on a number of fronts.
The plot seemed to spend a lot of time introducing characters from different law enforcement groups who were working the kidnapping of Raine but none of the characters were interesting, well developed or apparently competent. They all just chased their tails.
The plot was also very slow and boring and even at the end of the book I was still unimpressed and bored.
A lot of time was spent on Rainie going off the rails and becoming an emotional, drunken disaster. It was as depressing as it was uninteresting. A lot of the other characters were depressing. What was the point of having the past Sheriff show up as a divorcée who quit his job as Sheriff and lost his house to a cheating ex-wife? Aside from that he had no part.
If the goal was to create a group of uninteresting and pathetic law enforcement characters, the author succeeded.
The plot seemed to spend a lot of time introducing characters from different law enforcement groups who were working the kidnapping of Raine but none of the characters were interesting, well developed or apparently competent. They all just chased their tails.
The plot was also very slow and boring and even at the end of the book I was still unimpressed and bored.
A lot of time was spent on Rainie going off the rails and becoming an emotional, drunken disaster. It was as depressing as it was uninteresting. A lot of the other characters were depressing. What was the point of having the past Sheriff show up as a divorcée who quit his job as Sheriff and lost his house to a cheating ex-wife? Aside from that he had no part.
If the goal was to create a group of uninteresting and pathetic law enforcement characters, the author succeeded.
August 22, 2022
Private investigators, Pierce Quincy & Rainie Conner.
Rainie’s car found on a “desolate” Oregon highway, car is abandoned, with the engine running, her purse is on the driver’s seat but not her glock (gun).
Quincy’s partner & lover is missing while she’s working a case of a missing foster child, Dougie.
They recently split but still in love. Quincy is trying to stop Rainie’s alcoholism? Quincy is frightened that she is missing. Did alcoholism cause the problem?
A kidnapper’s ransom note found says - “for money & I’ll return without harm otherwise...”. Quincy & police feel it’s a low amount when only $10,000, $20,000 is requested? It must be a amateur not an experienced and/or professional man?
Pierce’s daughter, Kimberly, a rookie FBI agent, tries to help but gets injured, finding Rainie’s whereabouts, being “GONE” …
The mystery is good, easy to follow, a fast paced ending. The adventure comes from characters & chapter combination of circumstances.
Lisa Gardner is one of my favorite writers, Book plots have ultimate outcomes that are sensational...
Rainie’s car found on a “desolate” Oregon highway, car is abandoned, with the engine running, her purse is on the driver’s seat but not her glock (gun).
Quincy’s partner & lover is missing while she’s working a case of a missing foster child, Dougie.
They recently split but still in love. Quincy is trying to stop Rainie’s alcoholism? Quincy is frightened that she is missing. Did alcoholism cause the problem?
A kidnapper’s ransom note found says - “for money & I’ll return without harm otherwise...”. Quincy & police feel it’s a low amount when only $10,000, $20,000 is requested? It must be a amateur not an experienced and/or professional man?
Pierce’s daughter, Kimberly, a rookie FBI agent, tries to help but gets injured, finding Rainie’s whereabouts, being “GONE” …
The mystery is good, easy to follow, a fast paced ending. The adventure comes from characters & chapter combination of circumstances.
Lisa Gardner is one of my favorite writers, Book plots have ultimate outcomes that are sensational...
January 8, 2015
Gone is an electrifying, quick pace novel, spanning over a non-stop 48-hour period.
Pierce Quincy, an ex-FBI profiler, takes a call from the local Bakersville sheriff office, claiming to have found his wife’s car; abandoned and off to the side of a dirt road with the drivers door wide open, gun missing and his wife, Lorraine (Rainie) Conner, gone.
Quincy knew Rainie was distraught prior to her disappearance; she had a drinking problem, there were family issue and her recent separation from Quincy caused her distress, images from past crime scenes haunted her memory, but there were a lot of other secrets Rainie kept hidden to herself.
Due to Quincy’s absence from her life, he was clueless as to her step and/or whereabouts leading up to her disappearance. Was her sudden disappearance associated to her mental state? – Was it suicide? – Or could it be an act of revenge from a previous case she was working on?
They have no leads or clues, and all evidence (if there were any) washed away by the storm. Until a letter arrives at a local newspaper - the kidnapper confessing to the abduction of Rainie, going by the name of serial killer who was convicted 8 years ago.
Gone is a remarkably suspenseful novel with an intense energy that’s continuous throughout. I was glued to the pages and grabbing at every spare moment I had, at home, school, ANYWHERE, to read more and more. I would tell to myself ‘just one more chapter and that it!’ Highly impossible! At the end of each chapter, Lisa Gardner would add something dramatic or critical to the plot, that you had no choice but read on.
The case felt doomed from the very beginning, with the task force going in blind. Every negotiation or plan to bring Rainie back backfires, and the consequences following these mishaps were brutal and damaging; death and injuries to members of the task force, and as a result, infuriating the kidnapper who will then unleash relentless punishment upon Rainie for their mistakes.
The freezing temperature, the rain and the mud, adds darkness and so much gloom to their surrounding and situation. And furthermore slowing down progress, which puts an extraordinary amount of strain on the investigation team. They are cold, tired and on the verge of collapse, and this is when tempers start to flare, which creates a very hostile environment.
Besides all the non-stop suspense, Gardner intertwines horrific human stories with brutal honesty and profoundness. Highlighting criminal acts of abuse and murder, inflicted upon our children. Gardner’s description of these cases were quite severe– and yes I did flinch - but it emphasizes the importance of protecting our children, and having a solid justice system where criminals can’t find a way out.
This is the first book I’ve read in the Quincy and Rainie series, and even though it’s #5 in the series, I didn’t feel lost, or that I’ve missed out on any history or backstory. In my opinion it’s perfectly fine to be read as a standalone, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this complex and fragile mystery/thriller.
Pierce Quincy, an ex-FBI profiler, takes a call from the local Bakersville sheriff office, claiming to have found his wife’s car; abandoned and off to the side of a dirt road with the drivers door wide open, gun missing and his wife, Lorraine (Rainie) Conner, gone.
Quincy knew Rainie was distraught prior to her disappearance; she had a drinking problem, there were family issue and her recent separation from Quincy caused her distress, images from past crime scenes haunted her memory, but there were a lot of other secrets Rainie kept hidden to herself.
Due to Quincy’s absence from her life, he was clueless as to her step and/or whereabouts leading up to her disappearance. Was her sudden disappearance associated to her mental state? – Was it suicide? – Or could it be an act of revenge from a previous case she was working on?
They have no leads or clues, and all evidence (if there were any) washed away by the storm. Until a letter arrives at a local newspaper - the kidnapper confessing to the abduction of Rainie, going by the name of serial killer who was convicted 8 years ago.
Gone is a remarkably suspenseful novel with an intense energy that’s continuous throughout. I was glued to the pages and grabbing at every spare moment I had, at home, school, ANYWHERE, to read more and more. I would tell to myself ‘just one more chapter and that it!’ Highly impossible! At the end of each chapter, Lisa Gardner would add something dramatic or critical to the plot, that you had no choice but read on.
The case felt doomed from the very beginning, with the task force going in blind. Every negotiation or plan to bring Rainie back backfires, and the consequences following these mishaps were brutal and damaging; death and injuries to members of the task force, and as a result, infuriating the kidnapper who will then unleash relentless punishment upon Rainie for their mistakes.
The freezing temperature, the rain and the mud, adds darkness and so much gloom to their surrounding and situation. And furthermore slowing down progress, which puts an extraordinary amount of strain on the investigation team. They are cold, tired and on the verge of collapse, and this is when tempers start to flare, which creates a very hostile environment.
Besides all the non-stop suspense, Gardner intertwines horrific human stories with brutal honesty and profoundness. Highlighting criminal acts of abuse and murder, inflicted upon our children. Gardner’s description of these cases were quite severe– and yes I did flinch - but it emphasizes the importance of protecting our children, and having a solid justice system where criminals can’t find a way out.
This is the first book I’ve read in the Quincy and Rainie series, and even though it’s #5 in the series, I didn’t feel lost, or that I’ve missed out on any history or backstory. In my opinion it’s perfectly fine to be read as a standalone, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this complex and fragile mystery/thriller.
June 13, 2019
Continué con la serie (aunque no leí los tres primeros) porque este era el libro seleccionado para una conjunta, donde decían que No era necesario leer los anteriores, pero a mi parecer si hace falta, porque son personajes que tienen una trayectoria, una historia y en este caso hay varios desenlaces. A mi parecer le falto un poco de fuerza, además el supuesto protagonista tiene un rol bastante flojo. En resumen, me pareció entretenido y nada más.
January 30, 2017
This is the 5th book of this series.i really enjoyed it. I will be reading the rest of them in this series.
November 19, 2023
É uma leitura rápida, gostei mas depois de ler muitos policiais este pareceu-me demasiado simples.. acabo por gostar de enredos mais complexos.
February 18, 2021
Mystery / Psychological Thrillers / Contemporary
Publication Date: January 31, 2006
Pierce Quincy has retired from the FBI. He is looking forward to a life of leisure with his wife, private investigator Rainie Conner. But Rainie can not handle all the stress she sees at work, so she look for help from the booze. Quincy decide to walk out, hoping that Rainie will be forced to acknowledge that she's becoming an alcoholic and needs help. But then Rainie is kidnapped, and Quincy and his daughter Kimberly must race against the clock to rescue her.
Its book #5 in the Quincy & Rainie series, so perhaps that is why it was confusing at first with so many characters running around and not knowing who's who. Things pick up when I get hold of the main players.
Topics were often sad and depressing. Sometimes I didn't understand Rainie and Quincy and thought they were making poor choices at times. I also dislike stories that constantly switch narrators. Its interrupting the flow and its tiresome to read the same things over and over again. It could've done with better editing and deeper attention to detail.
Publication Date: January 31, 2006
Pierce Quincy has retired from the FBI. He is looking forward to a life of leisure with his wife, private investigator Rainie Conner. But Rainie can not handle all the stress she sees at work, so she look for help from the booze. Quincy decide to walk out, hoping that Rainie will be forced to acknowledge that she's becoming an alcoholic and needs help. But then Rainie is kidnapped, and Quincy and his daughter Kimberly must race against the clock to rescue her.
Its book #5 in the Quincy & Rainie series, so perhaps that is why it was confusing at first with so many characters running around and not knowing who's who. Things pick up when I get hold of the main players.
Topics were often sad and depressing. Sometimes I didn't understand Rainie and Quincy and thought they were making poor choices at times. I also dislike stories that constantly switch narrators. Its interrupting the flow and its tiresome to read the same things over and over again. It could've done with better editing and deeper attention to detail.
May 15, 2014
Wow!!! All I can say is how have I missed this brilliant crime/thriller novelist for so long?
Lisa Gardner has written a ripper of a roller coaster thriller. It had me twisting and turning and staying up well into the night to finish it. It was not in the least predictable and right to the end I had no idea what the outcome would be, which for me is my idea of the perfect crime/thriller novel.The fact that this was the 5th in a series no way at all detracted from the story line or made me feel that I was missing something. It did however make me want to seek out all the other Quincy and Rainie dramas. This may be my first experience of this author but it certainly won't be my last.
Lisa Gardner has written a ripper of a roller coaster thriller. It had me twisting and turning and staying up well into the night to finish it. It was not in the least predictable and right to the end I had no idea what the outcome would be, which for me is my idea of the perfect crime/thriller novel.The fact that this was the 5th in a series no way at all detracted from the story line or made me feel that I was missing something. It did however make me want to seek out all the other Quincy and Rainie dramas. This may be my first experience of this author but it certainly won't be my last.
April 10, 2014
i did the audiobook, 85 percent of the characters in the book are male, and the voice was a female. It was painful to listen to her try to sound like 9 different men.
March 23, 2021
Another great book from Lisa Gardner, Im getting through her backlist of books slowly. Full review to come. Solid 4.5 stars
June 9, 2023
Gone by Lisa Gardner is the 5th book in the FBI Profiler series. Former FBI profiler Pierce Quincy call on all his friends and resources when his wife Rainie is kidnapped. A tense and exciting thriller. I liked the way we were able to view the action from all angles- the task force, the victims family and the victims. Pierce and Rainie make a great team and this book showed their strong bond even when seperated. An excellent, action-packed, suspenseful page-turner.
April 4, 2019
3-3,5. Entretenido
June 13, 2014
Really enjoyed this fast paced mystery.
I do have a bad habit of reading series books out of sequence but that's usually when I borrow them from the library and there isn't a whole lot of choice - there are only three Lisa Gardner audio books there from different series and that is it!
So, with that in mind I do feel like I missed out on a bit of background on Quincy & Rainie - it does work as a standalone story but I almost felt like I'd cheated and read a few spoilers by skipping the first few books!
The plot is exciting and action packed with a tinge of humour - love Kincaid.
The only criticism I have is for the frequent soliloquies from the main characters about how much they love each other, feel for each other, ache for each other etc... Ok, I get that you're in love but these bits just felt like empty ramblings.
Luckily I was listening on audio so just tuned out of those bits rolling my eyes and shouting come on!
Everything else was awesome and Gardner really ramped up the excitement towards the end.
I do have a bad habit of reading series books out of sequence but that's usually when I borrow them from the library and there isn't a whole lot of choice - there are only three Lisa Gardner audio books there from different series and that is it!
So, with that in mind I do feel like I missed out on a bit of background on Quincy & Rainie - it does work as a standalone story but I almost felt like I'd cheated and read a few spoilers by skipping the first few books!
The plot is exciting and action packed with a tinge of humour - love Kincaid.
The only criticism I have is for the frequent soliloquies from the main characters about how much they love each other, feel for each other, ache for each other etc... Ok, I get that you're in love but these bits just felt like empty ramblings.
Luckily I was listening on audio so just tuned out of those bits rolling my eyes and shouting come on!
Everything else was awesome and Gardner really ramped up the excitement towards the end.
January 2, 2026
J’ai vraiment été déçue par ce livre, parce que j’ai adoré vraiment tous les livres de cette auteure jusqu’à présent. Normalement on est plutôt dans les crimes tordus, les meurtres et les enquêtes policières.
Cette fois-ci, c’était un enlèvement d’une policière, et on dirait que ça ne m’intéressait pas. Les discussions entre les policiers étaient interminables. Heureusement que le p’tit pas fin de Dougie était dans l’histoire parce que ça aurait été vraiment plate…
⭐️⭐️ : Pas aimé
Cette fois-ci, c’était un enlèvement d’une policière, et on dirait que ça ne m’intéressait pas. Les discussions entre les policiers étaient interminables. Heureusement que le p’tit pas fin de Dougie était dans l’histoire parce que ça aurait été vraiment plate…
⭐️⭐️ : Pas aimé
February 18, 2017
Great suspense story and it was a good choice for an audiobook. I knew the bad guy as soon as he appeared but my opinion wavered at one point. Gardner does a great job at keeping you tuned into the story. I will go back and read some of the others in the series now as well!
Feb 2017:
re-read the epub version this time. I had forgotten some of the storyline and was pulled right back in!
Feb 2017:
re-read the epub version this time. I had forgotten some of the storyline and was pulled right back in!
March 16, 2017
This was one of my favorites of the series. The case itself kept me on my toes and had me gripping my e-reader for the last 20% or so. I also really loved the struggles and demons Quincy and Rainie are still fighting. It's one of the things I love about series that follow the same characters - being able to see the ups and downs of their personal journeys as well.
February 10, 2022
I should give this 3.3〜3.4 stars, but I found some of the stuff for too disturbing to do that. Soo 2.8 stars???? Also, all the different POV’s and time forwards and backwards was a bit confusing at times.
July 10, 2019
He leído más libros de esta autora y, sinceramente, me han parecido mejores, este está entretenido, pero, creo que le sobran páginas, que se podría haber resuelto antes, le han dado demasiadas vueltas a la historia. Creo que han metido demasiados interrogantes y me ha hecho que pierda interés por la historia, de hecho, he tardado en leerlo, lo iba dejando para el último de los que tenía empezados.
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