Her time with the man has affected her in ways that can and WILL make you feel so emotional. Kick was rescued a decade ago from a man who kidnapped her when she was 6 and sadly, she would never be the same again. That's not really surprising once you realize that this book deals with serious issues like pedophilia and child pornography. This book is very emotional, and at times even hard to read, because you become so overwhelmed. This is a book I was looking very forward to reading after having heard wonderful things about the author’s Gretchen Lowell series (to which I own the first book) and I wasn’t let down in the least. ***This review has also been posted on The Social Potatoīefore I say anything else, I feel the need to point out that if you’re interested in this book because it sounds ‘fun’, you might want to reconsider because it is anything but. *Originally published as One Kick (Simon & Schuster, 2014) For Kick, whose interest in child abduction is deeply personal, it’s a gamble worth taking.Ĭritically acclaimed as “excruciating…compelling” ( Booklist, starred review) and “propulsive” ( People), Gone is a high-octane and hard-hitting thriller you won’t be able to put down. Headstrong by nature, suspicious by circumstance, and a smart-ass by self-determination, Kick can’t help but see the writing on the wall: together, she and Bishop could make an unstoppable team, willing to do whatever it takes to see justice served…if they don’t kill each other first. Yet everything he tells her about himself seems to be a lie. He appears to have access to limitless money, high-level contacts, and details of Kick’s background long kept sealed by the court. And when the enigmatic John Bishop shows up asking her to help him rescue missing kids, Kick has every reason to be wary. She can pick any lock, fire any weapon, throw any knife, and aim a punch at her opponent’s trachea. Twenty-one-year-old Kick Lannigan is a survivor. Soon to be a TV series starring Chris Noth and Danny Pino!įrom the critically acclaimed author of the Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell series, an “utterly exhilarating and emotionally rich” thriller that will have “your heart in your throat” (Megan Abbott, bestselling author of Dare Me).
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