In four days, someone is going to kill me . . .
Detective D. D. Warren is hard to surprise. But a lone woman outside D.D.'s latest crime scene shocks her with a remarkable proposition: Charlene Rosalind Carter Grant believes she will be murdered in four days. And she wants Boston's top detective to handle the death investigation.
It will be up close and personal. No evidence of forced entry, no sign of struggle.
Charlie tells a chilling story: Each year at 8:00 p.m. on January 21st, a woman has died. The victims have been childhood best friends from a small town in New Hampshire; the motive remains unknown. Now only one friend, Charlie, remains to count down her final hours.
But as D.D. quickly learns, Charlie Grant doesn't plan on going down without a fight. By her own admission, the girl can outshoot, outfight, and outrun anyone in Boston. Which begs the question, is Charlie the next victim, or the perfect perpetrator? As D.D. tracks a vigilante gunman who is killing pedophiles in Boston, she must also delve into the murders of Charlie's friends, racing to find answers before the next gruesome January 21 anniversary. Is Charlie truly in danger, or is she hiding a secret that may turn out to be the biggest threat of all?
In four days, someone is going to kill me. But the son of a bitch has gotta catch me first.
Jackie says:
"The thing about Lisa Gardner books is that they catch you from the very first paragraph and don't let you go. That's why I started this on a weekend so I wouldn't have to read this book in pieces. This concerns Charlene, 'Charlie', who is preparing to die. Two years ago on Jan 21, one of her best friends was strangled in her home. There were no defensive wounds. Last year, Charlie's other best friend was killed, 1000 miles away, in the exact same way. Charlie figures that this year is HER year to die since the three of them had been a constant fixture in each others' life since the age of 8. But she's not going to go without a fight. She moves to Boston, far away from anyone she knows, and she trains, and trains, and trains. She even contacts D.D. Warren, Boston's top homicide cop, to explain what are likely to be the circumstances of her (Charlie's) death should she not win her fight. Warren's already plenty busy--it seems someone has become a vigilante and is executing child predators. But then, the cases begin to have some similarities, especially after a traumatized 7 year old tells Warren what he saw after he was abducted from the public library. The tension is intense in this novel, and the ending breath taking. I wouldn't have expected anything less from Gardner."
Special note: Though this book utilizes many reoccurring Gardner characters, it reads very well as a stand alone.
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