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I've gotten away from reading series in recent years. Mostly because I found myself waiting too long for the next book and eventually lost interest. The good news is that now, there are so many complete series for me to choose from! I'm really enjoying the D.D. Warren series and so far, this one has been my favorite. The premise was unique and the pacing was perfect. Of course, I love D.D. With her bottomless pit of a stomach and tough exterior. I'm looking forward to reading them all.
Live to Tell, begins with Danielle Burton having a flashback when she was only nine years old, her father murdered her mother and two siblings, before turning the gun on himself, for nearly twenty-five years she could not remember all the events of what happened that fateful night, but was haunted with why she was allowed to live, why did he kill them and not me?As the anniversary of the slaughter of her family approaches, two very different families, from different neighbourhoods are murdered,
4 can't take a breath starsThis one, #4 in the D.D. Warren series, kicks off with a bang and doesn’t really let up for the whole book. There’s a cameo from Bobby Dodge, but this one really features D.D.An entire family has been murdered at the outset and D.D. and her team get to work. Along the way, several other characters are introduced. Danielle, a nurse at the pediatric lock-down unit, with a tortured past of her own. We also meet Victoria who is struggling with a violent child. There’s also...
I just love all the twist and turns of this story. Danielle lives to tell her story.
SUMMARYWhen Danielle was nine years old her father murdered her mother and Danielle's little sister and brother as Danielle was cowering in her bed. As he was crooning the words Oh Danny girl, pretty pretty Danny girl, he turns the gun on himself. Twenty-five years later, Danielle is working as a nurse in a children's psych ward of a acute care facility in Boston Massachusetts. She still is struggling with her family's death and her survival. As the anniversary of their death approaches, two oth...
Whoo hoo I finally got to learn more about the elusive Detective D.D Warren, or D.D. as she is known. I started this series at number 3, and tracked back to read in order. The books in this series by Lisa Gardner are an awesome set, but funnily enough so far in this series, I feel D.D does take the back seat. But she showed herself here, and I really enjoy her character. She's a highly committed Detective Sergeant, a hard boss, a hard woman who really does have a soft centre, and this book is wh...
Detective D.D. Warren is called to the scene of a mass-murder. At first glance, it looks like a father has killed his three children and wife before taking his own life. As D.D. and her crew look into possible motives, they discover another family massacred. Is it just a coincidence? Or are these murders somehow tied together?This story is told by three women. D.D. Warren is the cop investigating two murder-suicide cases. Victoria is a mother of a troubled child she is afraid will someday kill h...
“Oh Danny girl. My pretty, pretty Danny girl.” What a haunting melody this proves to be! I listened to Live to Tell, Lisa Gardner’s fourth D.D. Warren police procedural during a seven-and-a-half hour round trip and got more than halfway through the audio version before switching to the print version upon returning home. Danielle Burton is a 34-year-old pediatric psychiatric nurse who is tormented by the memory of her father singing her name the night he shot and killed her mother and siblings th...
Rough to read but mostly well done. I have to admit that I did not find the end quite as satisfying as the rest of the story.
Detective D.D. Warren is back and knee deep in murders involving entire famiies. Also, mentally ill children who have various issues, but some are psychotic in nature. The murders are horrific and there are multiple suspects. The investigation is tense and disturbing. I like D.D. Warren as a character. She's strong, intelligent, and determined. The books have been interesting and well written. They always keep my attention. Hope I get the chance to read the next in the series soon.
Live To Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #4) by Lisa Gardner (author), Kirsten Potter (narrator)I'm having so much fun buddy reading the D.D. Warren series with my friend DeAnn. These books are full of things happening and have so many twists and turns that it's great that I can throw all my wild thoughts, suspicions, and surprise at DeAnn. Here we are again, with D.D. and gang, and the story throws us right into the violent mess that is D.D.'s job as a homicide detective. We are introduced to Danie...
This is such a fun mystery. After the first few chapters, I was completely sucked in and couldn’t put it down.D.D. Warren is the lead detective on a case in which the entire family was slaughtered except for the father who is clinging to life in the hospital.There is also the nurse Danielle, who works at a hospital for children with mental and behavioral issues, either because they were born with brains that worked differently or they were so badly mistreated by the people who were supposed to c...
Another easy 4-star book that turns into a 3 at the very end. Seriously, I could have done with a better explanation. Meh. Also, 4 books in I am still not D.D.'s biggest fan. Just for once I'd wish Lisa Gardner would allow her main character to solve the crime instead of the crime just sort of resolving itself towards the end when everything comes to a close. That would be a good thing. Because so far all we know about D.D. is how blonde and sexy she is and how much she likes to eat and needs to...
Ok, so, DD did not annoy me as much as she did in the previous book The Neighbor, but she still somehow manages to remain my least favorite character in her own series. At least this time she doesn't focus on one suspect and try to make that person the killer no matter what. However she still doesn't strike me as the sharpest knife in the drawer. Her technique for finding a killer seems to be 'That guy did it!...'No, wait, she did it!'. I had to shake my head at the fact that she seemed convince...
Great book. Its my first in the series and I guess I picked good one.
This was a pretty horrific case: an entire family is murdered. Pretty cut and dry at first, but of course things are never as they appear in a Lisa Gardner mystery. This is where the Alex and D.D. meet up for the first time, an immediate attraction brewing. D.D. is smitten once she finds out Alex can cook! Good Italian food and wine is a sure way to D.D.'s heart! The audio version as a re-read was fantastic!
Read: February 2018Rating: 5/5 stars (best of 2018)The plot: Gardner tells this story from three different perspectives; our main character D.D. Warren, and two secondary female characters. Danielle was the sole survivor of the massacre of her family when she was nine years old and Victoria is a single mother living with her extremely psychologically disturbed eight year old son.I loved this book and I read it at exactly the right time, as I've recently been reading with interest the news story
3 starsBook #4 in the Detective D.D. Warren series. I am not sure that Gardner did not take on more than needed in this book - which in the beginning seemed to make things very confusing. There are actually three story lines in this book. Two murders and one psychotic child. One mentioned then seemingly forgotten, the other two seemingly without any connection, until very late in the book. A psych nurse who had lived through the murder of her family when she was a child - one story line. A young...
Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren is called in to the type crime scene all law enforcement agents dread...the murder of children. An entire family was brutally killed and there aren’t any clues leading to why, other than the father being suspected of attempted murder-suicide. When another similar murder happens days later, D. D. and her team know it can’t be a coincidence even though they struggle to find a connection. Meanwhile, pediatric trauma nurse Danielle Burton is facing the 25th anniversar...
The story opens with Danielle Burton having a flashback to when she was nine years old and her father killed her mother, sister, and brother before turning the gun on himself in front of her. Now as the twenty fifth anniversary of that horrific event approaches Danielle is a 34-year-old pediatric psychiatric nurse and her life is about to be thrown into turmoil. Danielle has always had an especially difficult time around this time but now two different families have been murdered. Both families