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Sep 04, 2011

Michael rated it:

As a Lisa Gardner fan and in particular her detective D.D. Warren series this was such a thrill for me to read the opening book in the series. The story goes of Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge finding himself in a terrible position after he sees an armed man seemingly about to pull the trigger while pointing the gun at his wife and young son in their home. Bobby has only a split second on what to do and in the moment fires his sniper rifle and kills the man. Unfortuenly for Bobby the man More...

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Apr 05, 2011

Jeni rated it:

This was a fast-paced thriller that kept me guessing. Having been reading many historical mysteries lately, it was good for me to return to the 21st century, with telephones and DNA! The characters were well-developed and interesting, without being too easy to figure out. Bobby Dodge, the main character comes across as being a good cop, but not perfect, and not always predictable. Some of the situations the author placed the characters in stretched believability (now, why would she tell him that More...

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Dec 18, 2011

Ellen rated it:

I didn't give this five stars because I reserve that for books I'd like to own or read again because they were so amazing. However, this book definitely warranted a 4. I'd read two other Lisa Gardner books before and really liked them, so I was anxious to read the first book in the series. I was surprised that D.D. Warren is barely represented in this book, but not disappointed because the story about her friend Bobby Dodge was so engaging.

When Bobby Dodge, a police sharpshooter, take More...

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Nov 10, 2011

Nicola rated it:

Reason for Reading: I am reading this series but started with book #3, since my sister had the first book it was the perfect opportunity to catch up with the series.

Having read books 3-5 of this series it was a little strange going back to the first book as D.D. Warren is only a very minor character who is only introduced halfway through the book. Obviously, this book did not start out to be the "D.D. Warren" series. Instead the main character is Bobby Dodge, police sniper, More...

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Oct 16, 2011

Jeffrey rated it:

It's as entertaining as most TV crime drama> I didn't begin to get into the novel until the last quarter of the book. The plot does become complex. Bobby Dodge just isn't believable. I don't think a police sniper would very likely develop all the doubts Dodge expressed after his first kill. It as a clean shot, not like a close shoot out with a 38. And the subsequent investigation should have put him on the defensive and changed his attitude. Dodge made too many mistakes, getting involve More...

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Jul 18, 2011

♥Xeni♥ rated it:

Oh wow... what a powerful story. I'll list this book as 'true crime' because I don't doubt that stories like this are taking place all over the US (and the rest of the world probably too) every day.

This whole book just spoke to me, for some reason. Perhaps because I can understand the main character, Catherine, and thus can identify with her plight. Still, I feel like I can identify a tad with at least all of the characters.

The plot was very riveting (I read this book prett More...

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Feb 16, 2011

Erika rated it:

Detective D.D. Warren is less of a presence in this novel than the parenthetical reference might lead you to believe. Mostly, she saunters in wearing stiletto boots and slightly trashy clothes to reprimand her colleague, former boyfriend and prime suspect, Bobby Dodge for fraternization with the widow of the man he has just killed in his job as a police sniper. Overall, the book was a satisfying read incorporating characters that fit the roles assigned to them: the mysterious and dangerous wid More...

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Sep 30, 2009

Kath rated it:

My first Lisa Gardner book and loved it. Bobby Dodge is a great character and I really enjoyed this story. Bobby is not a typical tall, dark and handsome "alpha male" that most books tend to tell. Bobby's a former problem drinker with probably an average appearance (I do't think the details were disclosed other than he's 5'10", 160), with a troubled childhood and despite the fact the he's a sniper, has a somewhat passive attitude. Bobby though, likes to do the right thing, eve More...

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Jul 09, 2009

Bernadette rated it:

The book opens with Massachusetts State Police Sniper Bobby Dodge responding to a call out at a domestic disturbance where shots have been fired. When he observes a man pointing a gun at a woman with a small child in her arms he shoots to kill. Although at first Bobby is considered a hero for saving Catherine Gagnon and her son Nathan things soon turn sour. Police soon start to suspect that Catherine engineered her husband’s murder-by-cop and that Bobby may have been involved long before the nig More...

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Oct 17, 2010

Tifnie rated it:

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Dec 20, 2011

Pr rated it:

[audio] Despite being reviewed by Rendezvous, I don't consider this a romance at all. I can classify it as a mystery since we readers know pretty much what Bobby Dodge, the police sniper who kills a man in the line of duty, does. But there isn't a satisfying conclusion with all the facts and clues tied up. It definitely fits the bill for suspense, possibly because "facts" fly*** from every direction which is pretty much how life plays out. I didn't particularly like any of the characte More...

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Sep 12, 2010

Kayla rated it:

ALONE by Lisa Gardner

My Thoughts:
I really enjoyed this novel. It had a lot of twist and turns and stuff going on behind the scenes that leaves you a little clueless for a while, but that's not a bad thing. I liked the characters, they were complex and unique. I love books that have "side stories", usually related to the past, and ALONE did not disappoint in that area. I had myself guessing back and forth what I thought of certain characters - good? bad? victim? predat More...

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Jan 15, 2012

Jenny rated it:

We follow a cop who kills a gunman who is threatening his wife and child in a hostage situation....

then we hear that the woman is known to the cop ...

and we hear that the dead man's family is suing the woman for custody of her son, who is sickly and consistently in hospital

we hear of a private investigators findings and we start thinking maybe the woman is not so innocent ....

does the woman make her son sick to get attention?
the answer is not More...

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May 24, 2011

Darlene rated it:

This is a new author for me, and it is also a book that is first of the Detective D.D. Warren series, although I have no idea why it is called that because D.D. Warren plays a very minor role in the book.

From the author’s website: “In a split second of time, police sniper Bobby Dodge takes the fateful shot, killing a husband who appears on the verge of murdering his wife. In the cold light of day, however, it becomes clear there was more to the scene than meets the eye. As Detective More...

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Sep 21, 2010

Linda rated it:

Police sniper Bobby Dodge is called to a domestic disturbance, where he sees a man brandishing a gun at a frightened woman and child with a gun. It ends badly, with Dodge compelled to shoot him for the threat he poses. Dodge knows he'll have to deal with the emotional consequences of killing someone, but he's knocked for a loop when he learns that the man's father, a corrupt, power mongering judge who wants Bobby charged with murder. Against his better judgment, Bobby responds when the new widow More...

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Sep 23, 2011

Alison rated it:

I've been reading Lisa Gardner's books all out of order so I couldn't help but compare this to some of her 'previous' novels. It had many of the usual ingredients - law enforcement that is far from perfect, plot twists, and dubious characters you are forever second guessing.

Like many crime novels you really need to forget the practicalities of some incidents (whether it is an escape from death or capture in order to continue on the plight for true justice and the truth to come to li More...

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Jul 19, 2010

Simon rated it:

This book was my first introduction to Lisa Gardner. I like her style of writing. Everything was clear and understandable. Alone is a classic tale of "who do you trust?" I've read in other reviews that some readers didn't like how the author spent time in the villain's point of view. I disagree because as with many, if not all, good books spend time on you getting to know the characters whether on the good or bad side. Wouldn't it be weird to watch a movie focusing only about the good/ More...

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Mar 03, 2010

Michael rated it:

Mass. State Tpr. Bobby Dodge is a sniper on the Special Tactics and Ops Team. He's alerted about a hostage situation and when he arrives, he just has time to set up surveillance and he sees a man with a gun, pointing at his wife and child. As Bobby sees the man about to fire, Bobby shoots the man, Jimmy Gannon, and kills him.

We also learn that Gannon's wife Catherine had been abducted as a teenager and burried underground for almost a month while her abductor abused her. She was save More...

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Feb 08, 2011

Lori rated it:

This book is the first in Lisa Gardner’s Detective D. D. Warren Series, as well as the first book I’ve read by this author. When I saw this for only $.99 on my NookColor I didn’t hesitate to buy it and give it a read. I did a little read up on Lisa Gardner and found it very interesting that she actually sold her first book during her junior year in college. It was a romance sold to Silhouette Intimate Moments. She then went on to publish 13 romance novels before she took on a suspense novel. More...

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Jan 29, 2009

Sizzlin Miss Kenjii rated it:

This was my first Lisa Gardner book. I was an instant fan. I remembered thinking "Wow! This book is really good and I can't think of what is it, but wow." The begining, middle and end kept you engaged and that's what I like about any new authors I come across. I don't expect all thier books to be perfect but I am glad this first book I read was good. Looking for to more.

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Mar 10, 2011

Emily rated it:

It's obvious that Gardner has done her research for this exciting thriller. Bobby Dodge is a special forces trooper who is called to a domestic/hostage situation. He ends up killing the husband, but there's a lot more to the story. Is the wife the abusive one? What is wrong (medically) with the child? Also, the wife, Catherine, had been abducted and sexually abused when she was 12. How much does that situation have to do with what happens in the present?
An incredibly realistic suspense nove More...

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Apr 19, 2010

Dave rated it:

Got tipped to this book by reading "Hide", Lisa Gardner's "Detective D.D. Warren, #2). If you haven't read either, read this one first. It's not as good as "Gone", but you'll get more out of "Hide" if you do.
A state trooper sniper shoots a Superior Court judge's son, who is apparently menacing his wife and son with a gun. The judge apparently is upset. He accuses his daughter-in-law of setting his son up for "cop murder." He apparently want More...

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Feb 14, 2011

Kristie rated it:

What to say...

Bobby Dogde gets a call that sends him to an apartment across the street from a hostage situation. As he looks through his scope he sees a husband, with a gun pointed at his wife and small son. When the husband throws the kid across the room and takes aim at his wife’s head, with a smile on his face, Bobby shoots - killing the husband. But did Bobby kill the right person that night? Was the husband really going to shoot the wife or did the wife set the whole thing up an More...

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Jun 05, 2011

Brenda rated it:

Excellent read full of action throughout book. Bobby Dodge is a sniper who is called out to a domestic barricade and he shoots Jimmy Gagnon because he was in fear that he was going to shoot his wife. The book sets off from there. Judge Gagnon tries to sue Bobby for murder and Jimmy’s wife Catherine for custody of their son Nathan. Catherine is a survivor of a 28 day entrapment with a pedophile Richard. Never got counseling, just survived. Both Catherine and Bobby have childhood injuries an More...

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May 07, 2011

Jerry rated it:

A friend whose reading opinions we favor sicced us on to Lisa Gardner, so we thought we’d try her D.D. Warren series, starting with numero uno “Alone”. Ironically, D.D. makes little more than a token appearance as one of the police detectives working the case at hand, and even then her approach per se is seriously superficial. In the story, a police SWAT-team sniper, Bobby Dodge, makes the difficult decision to kill a man threatening his wife and small child with a gun. He then experiences al More...

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Jan 24, 2011

Stacey rated it:

Trooper Bobby Dodge, a sniper on the Massachusetts tactical operations team, is called out on a domestic hostage situation. A man is holding his wife and young son at gunpoint. The situation escalates, until finally the man is holding the gun to his wife's head with his finger on the trigger. But Dodge shoots and kills him first. It was justifiable - or was it? It soon begins to seem that perhaps the wife set her husband - and Bobby - up.

Everything I've come to expect from Gardner - i More...

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Aug 31, 2010

Shelley rated it:

Alone is the first book in the DD Warren series. Massachusetts police sniper Bobby Dodge sees what appears to be a domestic dispute gone badly. But is Dodge being set-up for the fall, or is Catherine Gagnon, the girl who was kidnapped, and buried alive for 28 days, responsible?
Bobby and Catherine are the main protagonist in this book, with DD as a sidebar. This book is immmersed in finely-tuned and researched machinations of SWAT techniques, of alleged spousal & child abuse, of aftermath o More...

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Mar 24, 2011

Martha rated it:

This is the first book I've read on my phone's Kindle. It's kind of a pain flicking those pages, as I read pretty fast and I have a Droid. But it is convenient on the plane when I finished all the scavenged newspapers. This is my airport hobby, to walk all around the gates and look for USA Todays, NY Times, Wall Street Journals and any local papers I can find that people have finished. Alone is about a cop who has to act as a sniper when there's a domestic situation. He kills the husband of a wo More...

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Mar 14, 2011

Jolie rated it:

This book was fantastic. From the beginning, where the author described the hell that Catherine went through when she was 12 to the call where Bobby shoots Catherine's husband to the scene where they release the man that harmed Catherine to the end...it was fantastic and a great read.

There were a couple of plot twists in the book. Did Bobby know Catherine before he responded to the domestic disturbance? Is Catherine abusing her 4 year old son? Why is Catherine's son so sick More...

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Mar 07, 2011

J. rated it:

It is a good smooth read once it gets into a groove. It just feels like it takes forever to get there. In some places, the story goes into great detail of places and events, in others, seemingly important information is just left out, making the work feel... uneven, at least until the final chapters when the storylines finally converge.

This is supposed to be the start of the D.D. Warren series, but to be honest I was not thrilled with D.D. She was wrong more than she was right, do More...

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