Darkness has fallen on the city of Portland, Oregon. One by one, the wives of affluent and respected men are vanishing from their homes. The only clues to their disappearance are a single black rose and a note that reads "Gone, But Not Forgotten." It is the rebirth of a horror that has already devastated a community at the opposite end of the country -- and, as it did then, terror and death will follow. Defense attorney Betsy Tannenbaum is trapped in a nightmare as the shadows of a killer darken her world. And she will soon be risking everything she has and everyone she loves to defend a cold, powerful, and manipulating client who may be a victim ... or a monster.
Sin duda el mejor ingrediente en una novela negra es el asesino que presenta y los asesinatos que ha cometido, seguido de esto, la investigación policial o lo que sea que marque el perseguir, buscar pruebas y dar con quien es el asesino y luego atraparlo, pues bueno, este libro no entrega eso, pero tiene más, mucho más.
He leído muchos libros de corte policiaco o novela negra, la mayoría me gustan, pero creo que son pocos que me dejan con este buen sabor de boca y con la emoción de haberme leído un libro que sobrepasa a la media en historia y calidad.
A los que nos gusta el género, no hay nada mejor que un libro que nos sorprenda por donde se le mire, este libro es brutal y tiene además una historia que a simple vista o en principio parecería simple o sencilla y de repente ¡BAM! te tumba del asiento, te hace sospechar en la culpabilidad del asesino y cuando crees que ya tienes todas las piezas, ahí viene de nuevo el golpe y ¡BAM! que no todo es lo que parece.
Como me encantaría poder poner aquí todo lo que estoy pensando sobre la historia, pero eso sería revelar demasiado y este libro, si deciden leerlo, tiene que sorprenderlos como lo ha hecho conmigo, hay que ir divagando entre la certeza de la culpabilidad, para luego dudar de esas certezas y sospechar que existe incriminación y persecución a un inocente y luego toparse con el grandioso giro de historia que tiene este libro.
Aunque es un libro de corte policial, también nos topamos con un thriller jurídico, no vamos a encontrar juicios largos, pero si, lo que tienen que pasar un abogado defensor y el fiscal para manejar este caso.
Un libro que sin duda recomiendo totalmente, imperdible.
It has been a long time since I've read any of Phillip Margolin's novels. This brilliant mystery, legal thriller had me from the first chapter, turning page after page with intense anticipation. The suspense almost killed me. By page 160 I had my own theories, but the red herrings had me bouncing back and forth between guilty and not guilty. By page 360, I was almost solving the crime myself. WOW. Now I remember why I loved his books so much but can not remember why I stopped reading them. Well, this book gave me a nice reunion and I will be sure to pick up more of his clever stories.
Gone, But Not Forgotten is Phillip Margolin's third novel. The novel tells the story of a womanizer and serial killer who emerges after a decade of silence. Gone, But Not Forgotten is incredibly suspenseful and has even made into a 2005 movie featuring Lou Diamond Phillips and Brooke Shields!
A serial killer is on the loose in the Portland, Oregon area; his victims are upper-class women married to successful and wealthy businessmen. While their disappearances leave behind limited clues of a black rose and a cryptic note, only a few people are truly clued in to the identity of this horrible perpetrator.
Gone, But Not Forgotten provides an interesting spin on a novel of mystery and suspense because we actually know who the serial killer is all along! The real mystery lies in how and why the killer takes these women, and also how he gets away with not being in prison.
Our intriguing supporting characters include a criminal defense lawyer who also happens to be a woman (which you'll see is conflicting with the case at hand) and a vengeful rogue-like cop (also a woman). While the defense lawyer represents the killer in present-time, the cop is determined to catch the killer in action after a decade-long period has passed and the killer still roams free. The end conclusion of the novel will definitely leave you satisfied because Margolin is amazing at crafting an ultimately suspenseful experience.
I'm normally not drawn to the mass-market genre of suspense but I do make a few exceptions in the cases of Phillip Margolin and Jeffery Deaver. These author's novels are just not as easily predictable as those of their competitors. Gone, But Not Forgotten is a quick, engaging read and wonderfully passes the time within the course of a relaxing weekend.
My other favorite books by Phillip Margolin include The Associate (2001) and Sleeping Beauty (2004).
La novela está narrada en tercera persona, dividida en 7 partes y alternando hechos del presente y del pasado. Narra una historia muy buena con mucha intriga y suspense, y tiene a partes iguales una gran investigación del caso y un caso judicial.
Tiene una ambientación espeluznante, tanto que te adentras en la historia desde el minuto uno, y hay momentos un pelín duros cuando se describen los crímenes que son brutales.
Por ponerle un “pero” voy a decir que para mí, lo más flojo de la novela es el personaje de Betsy Tannenbaum, no me terminan de concordar sus acciones con su forma de pensar.
Es una novela que se lee rápido, con un ritmo constante y un final acorde con el libro, en algunas ocasiones he sentido angustia por no poder avanzar más rápido para saber que pasaba, me podía el ansía….
agree with an earlier reader...this is a creepy story for sure
anyone else wonder why it is that these twisted characters always choose to debase and dehumanize women? why not take power over men for a change? is it that these male authors (I'll add james patterson here for his Kiss the Girls which seems to share the same villain) can't imagine a man being victimized? I have to wonder...
as for Becky our kind of hero just how dumb is she for a supposedly brilliant attorney? she lets this unknown reporter into her life without so much as reading a single paragraph she has written or even a phone call to an editor...talk about suspension of belief
have to admit that the writing is pretty good and the book zips along but overall I can't really recommend it
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN (Suspense-New York, Oregon/Cont) – G+ Margolin, Phillip – 3rd book Harper Torch, 1993- Paperback Portland attorney, Betsy Tannenbaum, is given a large retainer against future work by wealthy businessman Martin Darius. When the bodies of women who've been tortured and murdered are found on his property, Darius is arrested and Betsy asked to defend him. The women had disappeared from their homes with a black rose and note saying "Gone, but not forgotten" left behind. But when the case is tied to disappearances, and Darius, 10 years previous in New York State, Betsy questions whether she can continue to represent her client. *** This is what I consider to be a perfect weekend or airplane book. It draws you in quickly, keeps you reading non-stop, and has interesting characters and excellent suspense. But it also has some holes in the plot and a killer and motive I spotted fairly early on. That didn't make it any less enjoyable, but does take it out of the "excellent" category into "very good."
Son zamanlarda okuduğum en iyi kitap olabilir. İnanılmaz heyecanlıydı. Konusu da muhteşemdi, karakterleri de. Sonu da. Kitabın yarısından sonra bir tahminim oldu ama yarı yarıya kalmıştım. Tam tahmin edemedim yani. Kadınlar kaybolur ve geride bir not bırakılır. Gitti ama unutulmadı. Notun yanında bir siyah gül. Karısı ve kızını öldürülmüş bulan Martin Darius şüphelidir ama katil başka birini daha öldürünce aklanır. Tutuklanmaya direnen katil öldürülür, dava kapanır. 10 yıl sonra kadınlar yine kaybolmaya başlar. Not ve siyah gül aynıdır. Gerçek katil öldüyse kadınları kaçırıp öldüren kimdir? Efsane bir gerilim yaşadım. Sürekli merak ettim ve okumak istedim. Bazı yerlerde hüzünlendim bile. Kitabı gerçekten çok beğendim. İyi bir polisiye arıyorum derseniz bence hemen okuyun. Polisiye severler okuduysa zaten beğenmiştir. İlk defa başlıyorsanız çok doğru bir seçim olacaktır. 👍🏻👍🏻
Altijd dubbel als je in een thriller iets vroeger dan gepland (??) denkt te weten hoe de vork in de steel zit. Misschien was het toch zo geschreven/gepland zodat je een feel good momentje beleeft :-)
I enjoy everything I read by this author. Just had to get that out there once again. His books are page-turners and always good to the last page. There are no ackward boring moments. They aren't literary giants or complex but they are good old fashioned fun.
Una gran novela que aúna varios géneros y que te atrapa desde principio a fin. Contiene algunos pasajes duros aunque sin llegar al nivel de otros libros donde aparecen asesinatos seriales. Muy recomendable.
This was a well-crafted, well thought out thriller. It kept me turning pages long past my bedtime so I'd have the peace of mind knowing this creepy killer wasn't still at large.
Beautiful women, married to successful men, are disappearing without so much as a hint of where they've gone. The only thing the police have found at each scene is a black rose and a note reading, Gone But Not Forgotten. Nancy Gordon, a detective assigned to the case, is obsessed with finding the women or, most likely, their bodies. Her main suspect is Peter Lake. He had ties to all the missing women but unfortunately, there's no proof he's involved. He ends up being set free and soon after, disappears.
Six years later, different location, similar circumstances. This time the suspect is wealthy businessman, Darius Martin, who insists he's innocent. Martin's wife and daughter were victims of the original killer, their bodies discovered at home, by Martin, who claims he came home from work and found them. Martin hires Betsy Tannenbaum to represent him. She's one of the best criminal lawyers around, having made a name for herself after winning two very high profile cases. Betsy hires an investigator to look into the case. What he unearths makes Betsy realize Darius Martin isn't who he claims to be. He's much, much worse. And she and her daughter both are in terrible danger.
I couldn't put this one down. There are so many twists and turns and the ending took me completely by surprise. Even though it was written in 1993, it just had a different feel about it than the more recent thrillers I've read. There were a few times the hair stood up on the back of my neck and although I was tempted to put it down, I just couldn't. I had to know what was going to happen next. Excellent job by Mr. Margolin. Will definitely be reading more of his work.
I really wanted to like the protagonist, Betsy Tannenbaum, but good grief - her actions and decisions were idiotic. At first, I thought I'd give her (and Mr. Margolin) another chance. Read a bit more, see if maybe she's one of those "interestingly flawed" characters that I truly love - you know, the ones that are more in keeping with real people. But no. She was just stupid. Stupid about her estranged husband (wanting to reconnect with him after she found out he had been feeding her daughter lies; hooking up with a journalist without checking her credentials during a career-making trial, etc.) I was so fed up with her, that I left the last few pages unread. I mean really, even the killer was more interesting and believable.
entertaining to some degree but the way the author talks about women makes me think that he thinks of women as lesser objects. all of the women are described as 'blondes' or 'slender' or 'slightly over weight', etc. he also had a passage where one woman walked into her office and said to her secretary 'coffee, black'. no woman i know would ever dream of saying that to another woman - unless she was talking to a waitress. we don't treat other women as lesser objects like that.
i'll finish the book but i'll not get another one by this guy - if he has another one. im glad it was a library book and not one i purchased.
What a sorry book this was, poorly written, uncredible, a complete WASTE OF TIME! One star because spelling counts and I want to give credit where credit's due. This book is gone from my collection but I only WISH it could be forgotten!
Al inicio la verdad q no entiendes una poronga porque da grandes saltos temporales y cambia de personajes constantemente, pero conforme avanzas vas entrelazando a los personajes y las cosas que pasan.
I abandoned this book years ago and I can't even remember the plot. All I Remember was that it scarred me so bad...I was also like 12 so that tracks ig.
I read this book like, maybe ...a decade ago. Somebody turned me onto it and I read it in a day, couldn't put it down. I just really, really enjoyed this, enjoyed the characters. I remember really, really liking the killer in this book, which is weird. He was the villain but for some reason was likeable in his own way. I think I want to sit down and read this book again to refresh myself with it. If you like suspense, fleshed-out characters, mystery, and a plot twists then you might like this one. Phillip Morgan has other books out so maybe check this one out from the library to see if you like his style?^.^
Right up until page 200 or so, this book was headed for full-fledged 4-star glory. The plot is good, the writing is good (excellent, as far as writing in this genre is concerned) and I was genuinely puzzled, which is a good thing in a whodunnit. But the end was kind of a let-down. I won't go into the details, so as not to spoil it. But I thought the end was a let down. It's a good, enjoyable read, though.
This one was so close to meritting a 5-star review. But I found the character development to be just OK, and the story didn't quite sock me in the gut as I expected it would. But this guy can tell a story like gangbusters. He really kept me turning the pages at a fast rate and at every free moment I had my nose in the book. I recommend it, and most of you out there will really enjoy it.
Great story of a serial kidnapper and torturer who kills three people and frames another man for the crimes. When caught red-handed trying to kill the female detective whom he knew would not let the case rest, he refuses to identify the location of the kidnapped women unless he is granted a full pardon, by the state (New York) and the federal government. A short time later, he disappears, having already cleaned out his bank accounts and sold much of his property. A few years later, he surfaces in Oregon, under another name and working in a different profession. When women there begin disappearing in the exact same way, a New York police detective who worked the original case, travels to Oregon to tell the D.A. what happened in New York.
Fingerprints conclusively determine that he is the man from New York, but did he commit the Oregon crimes? His lawyer, whom he retains a week or so before the bodies in the Oregon crimes are found, is not sure.
An excellent, difficult-to-put-down book!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 Stars = It was a very good read. Might read it again.
0 peppers = No spice
This book was a fun read. It was a different twist on the typical serial killer mystery/thriller. The characters were nicely written and you definitely knew who you should and shouldn’t like.
Everything happened very quickly at the ending of the book but I feel like that was alright since the story leading up to it was a very engaging one.
I would have given this book five stars but I figured out the twist about halfway through. It is not super predictable but I feel like a lot of readers will catch onto it.
This was written in 1993 (when I was 4 years-old) and it was fun to see people talk about pay phones and landlines.
As usual, see the blurb if you want to know the story.
This is the first in a series, and I'll probably try the next by this author.
Pros: Interesting story (and criminals) and good protagonist, Betsy Tannenbaum, defense attorney.
Cons: Some of the courtroom stuff was repetitive (maybe because I already know what it was teaching us) and there are a few too many miscellaneous characters with names but no personalities. I had some issues with some illogical choices made by the MC early in the book (but the book was interesting enough for me to keep going). It was easier than usual to figure out the culprit.
Silne kobiece postacie, ciekawie nakreśleni pod względem psychiki bohaterowie i lekkie pióro sprawiły, że książka mnie pochłonęła. Przyjemny kryminał, nie znam się na nich, ale wydaje mi się niebanalny i staje pogrywał z moimi uczuciami, nie dając powierzchownie oceniać żadnej z postaci. Widać doświadczenie autora w sprawach karnych oraz konsultacje ze specjalistami dziedzin dotyczących ludzkiej psychiki. 4.5/5!