The Next Accident - Hardcover

Gardner, Lisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553802380 ISBN 13: 9780553802382

Publisher: Bantam, 2001

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, whose first three novels rocketed onto national bestseller lists, is one of today’s hottest suspense stars. Now, in her powerful hardcover debut, she takes us on a desperate manhunt for a sadistic killer who preys upon his victims’ innermost fears — just before he claims their lives.

What do you do when a killer targets the people you love most? How do you protect them when he knows their most secret fears and hidden desires? When he knows just when to strike? And, most of all, when he knows the same about you?

These are the questions that haunt FBI Special Agent Pierce Quincy. The official police report concluded that his daughter’s death was an accident. Amanda Quincy was driving drunk when her car careened out of control.

Pierce knew about his daughter’s problem with alcohol. He knew about her loneliness and insecurity. And so, he is certain, did the man who killed her. Quincy is prepared to risk everything to learn the dangerous truth about Amanda’s death — and there’s only one person willing to help.

Rainie Conner knows all too well the dark side of the human heart. An ex-cop haunted by her own violent past, she had once been paired professionally — and personally — with the brilliant, supremely logical FBI profiler.

Quincy had helped Rainie through the harrowing case that shattered her career and left her charged with first-degree murder. Now it’s time for Rainie to return the favor.

But this killer is like none these two hard-boiled pros have ever encountered. This twisted psychopath has an insatiable hunger for revenge ... and for fear. He isn’t satisfied with taking his victims’ lives. He wants to get inside their minds, strip them of every defense, render them powerless to resist.

He’s already killed twice; now he’s taunting Quincy and Rainie by making it no secret who his next victim will be: Quincy’s only surviving daughter.

The killer’s plan is chilling, brilliant, and unstoppable. The cops won’t help; the FBI can’t be trusted. As the clock ticks down to the final minutes of one unspeakably intimate act of vengeance, the only way Rainie can unmask this faceless killer is to step directly in his murderous path. She will become a murder waiting to happen. She will be ... the next accident.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“A cool and mostly accomplished psychokiller tale ... Connor [is] delightfully brash and spunky.”
— Kirkus Reviews
Praise for the bestselling novels of Lisa Gardner:

The Third Victim

“A suspenseful, curl-up winter read, this thriller teems with crisp, realistic dialogue and engaging characters.”
— Publishers Weekly

The Other Daughter

“Sheer terror ... a great read.”
— Iris Johansen

The Perfect Husband

“A streamlined bang-up addition to the oeuvre of Tami Hoag, Karen Robards, Elizabeth Powell and, these days, even Nora Roberts.”
— Publishers Weekly

“A dark, powerful tale of nerve-shattering suspense.”
— Tami Hoag

About the Author:

Lisa Gardner is the author of The Other Daughter and The Third Victim, both New York Times bestsellers, as well as The Perfect Husband. She lives in New England with her husband, Anthony, and her dog, Murphy, where she is at work on her next novel of suspense, The Survivors Club.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0553802380
• ISBN 13: 9780553802382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 339