Abducted (Lizzy Gardner, #1)

by T.R. Ragan

Lizzy Gardner is a one-million copy bestselling series.

When Lizzy Gardner was only seventeen, what should have been the perfect night became the perfect nightmare. Kidnapped just blocks from home after a romantic evening with her boyfriend, Jared, she woke up to find herself at the mercy of a depraved serial killer. Imprisoned and tormented for months by the maniac she came to know as Spiderman, Lizzy narrowly escaped, the only one of his victims to survive. But Spiderman escaped too, outwitting police and cursing Lizzy to spend her life looking over her shoulder…

Fourteen years later, Lizzy is a private investigator who teaches self-defense to teenage girls in her free time. She does what she can to help others protect themselves and to forget the horror of her ordeal, yet fears she will always be known as “the one who got away.” Then she receives a phone call from Jared, now a special agent for the FBI, with grim news. The killer has resurfaced, this time with a very specific target—Lizzy. And he’s made it clear that she will not escape him again. So begins a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, a terrifying, heart-pounding hunt that only one will survive.

• ISBN10: 1612185096
• ISBN13: 9781612185095
• Publish Date: 17 July 2012 (first published 1 April 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thomas & Mercer
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

Okay I liked Lizzy but I loved Hayley. She was a total badass. I would've liked to see more interaction between her and Lizzy. Lizzy was resilient and a real survivor to get through everything and still be there to give back to the community. Jared was good and I wish that he had hung in there with Lizzy because it really does seem like they're meant to be.

But there were some issues with the book - there's a hell of a lot of stupidity in this. For instance the story line with Brittany seemed kind of dumb. The thing is her aunt was abducted - you're seriously telling me that she has no commonsense. She talks online to some guy even though she knows the horror stories. She thinks someone is watching her house but doesn't think to mention it to anyone. She even thinks her swim coach is creepy but lets it go until Lizzy drags it out of her why she's acting weird. I just feel like an abduction would change the family and make them more worried and aware of the dangers and risks. Like Cathy doesn't even bother to tell her daughter that there might be a problem. Is she for real? Cathy annoyed the crap out of me. I didn't like her at all. Her petty jealousy and ignorance over what her sister went through is appalling. Jessica runs straight into a house without even bothering to let anyone know what's going on - like why not just spit it out on voicemail and be done. Or hell - a text.

Hayley is the only one besides Lizzy with actual brains. Sure, she used herself as bait - but she also explained what she was doing and got his DNA. Like that move was awesome. She might have died - but she also would've made sure he was caught.

I would like to read the rest of them but having read some of the spoilers I don't know that I'm up to the challenge. On the other hand, T.R. Ragan really knows how to write a suspenseful read.

[thebookdisciple]

Easy read overall. I liked how it jumped from character to character-it seemed to keep the book moving. But, it just wasn't that interesting to me really.