false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255655120m/5945209.jpg 5945209 9 The scent is unmistakable – gardenias, sweet and delicate, the same perfume that his beautiful first wife, Jennifer, always wore. Opening his eyes in the hospital room where he’s recovering from an accident, New Orleans detective Rick Bentz sees her standing in the doorway. Then Jennifer blows him a kiss and disappears. But it couldn’t have been Jennifer. She died twelve years ago...<br><br>Once out of the hospital, Bentz begins to see Jennifer everywhere, haunting and taunting him, then vanishing without a trace. Could she still be alive? But it was Bentz who identified Jennifer’s body after her horrible car wreck, and there had been no question in his mind that it was her crumpled form behind the wheel, her clothes, her wedding ring. He’s never doubted it – until now. He can’t tell his new wife, Olivia, about the sightings or his secret fear that he’s losing his mind, even though he knows she suspects something is wrong. But Olivia is also hiding a secret...<br><br>When a copy of Jennifer’s death certificate arrives in the mail, emblazoned with a red question mark, Bentz follows the postmark trail to Los Angeles, returning to the painful memories he’s tried so hard to forget, and straight into a killer’s web. Reconnecting with his former LAPD colleagues, Bentz begins to piece together Jennifer’s last days, but each new discovery only serves as a chilling reminder of how little he really knew about his first wife. Then the murders begin, each victim a part of Jennifer’s past, each grisly corpse pointing to Bentz as the prime suspect.<br><br>Someone’s been waiting patiently, silently. Someone who knows exactly what happened that night twelve years ago and has been anticipating Bentz’s every move. Soon it will be Bentz’s turn to suffer for his sins. But he won’t be the only one made to pay the ultimate price. For a diabolical killer has now made Olivia the prime target... 6117729 book 1 4 2009 Malice total:273|5:56|4:86|3:86|2:36|1:10| 273 960 469 69 4 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 11:29:16 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 11:31:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 28 13:06:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 09:48:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 18:52:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 13:45:51 -0700 2009
I think that my aversion to mysteries like this is that there isn't enough in-depth story. By nature, there has to be a lot of characters to have a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 15:27:16 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 10:29:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 22:01:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:21:30 -0700 2009
Lisa Jackson definitely has the earmarks of a good writer, but the massive tragedy that was the life of this poor co...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 04 21:16:51 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 21:16:51 -0700 2009 bookreporter.com to review early and after she was finished I read it. It took awhile for me to get into it but then I began to pull for the main character Detective Bentz. It is very suspenseful and full of twists and turns. As I read though I began to feel like it needed to...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:55:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 13:01:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 17:25:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 15:14:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:09:45 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:27:46 -0700 2009
This book started off slow, but picked up. It has you guessing whodunit, and there's a twist at the end that's kind of unpredictable. I would have liked for th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:45:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 23:30:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 06:51:43 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 06:54:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 10:36:17 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 10:41:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 17:44:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 19:33:28 -0700 2009
The main characters dead wife all the sudden reappears 12 years ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:05:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 08:47:18 -0700 2009
I have read so many thrillers, that it's often easy for me to figure out the "whodunnit" very early in a book. NOT SO with Lisa Jackson, she somehow manages to throw out enough hints that you might be able to figure it out, but...more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 20:49:19 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 20:38:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 16:06:44 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:49:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 10:55:17 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 12:01:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 01:00:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 16:48:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Apr 13 13:04:13 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 20:03:46 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:04:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:09:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:13:23 -0700 2009 Not a bad story and the characters were familar as they have been in other books of Lisa Jackson. But I cannot say I enjoyed it all...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5945209