Review of THE NEXT ACCIDENT by Lisa Gardner (see her website)

Bantam Books

When FBI Special Agent Pierce Quincy's daughter suffers a one-car, drunk-driving accident and remains in a coma, it at first seems an unfortunate tragedy. But when she dies months later, her death becomes only the first in many horrible losses for Pierce. His ex-wife is viciously butchered. His father is kidnapped from his nursing home.

Worst of all, Pierce himself has been framed for his ex-wife's murder. It takes the combined efforts of Pierce, his private-eye sort-of girlfriend Rainie Conner and his criminology-student daughter to defeat a villain who preys on his victim's minds just before he kills them. He's a villain so cruel he will stop at nothing until he reaches his ultimate goal--Pierce's utter ruin. He plans to take away from Pierce everything Pierce loves--just as the agent did to him.

Author Lisa Gardner (see more BooksForABuck.com reviews of novels by Gardner) is in top form with this delicious thriller and the multi-faceted romance between Pierce and Rainie. It's a book that keeps you up at night--even if you're a little bit afraid to read it after dark.

Four Stars

Reviewed 11/13/04

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