Catch Me: A Novel (Detective D. D. Warren, 6) Audio CD – CD, December 3, 2013

Catch Me (D.D. Warren, #6) by Lisa GardnerCharlie Rosalind Carter Grant comes to Detective D.D. Warren claiming she will be murdered in four days. As D.D. begins to investigate she starts to question everything about Charlie.Something seems off, but she is not sure what. As the days count down, secrets will be revealed, lives in danger and no one is quite who they seem to be.A fast paced thrilling suspense. Twist, turns and secrets slowly revealed had me on the edge of my seat. Just when I thought I had it all figured out a another shocking event. I was engrossed from the first page until the last.A must read for Lisa Gardner fans and those who enjoy a great crime/thriller/suspense.

This one started out slower than the first ones, but I have to say it gets to me that her stories are so GOOD that I don't want to put the book down and get on with my life every day. She is awesome~

Detective D. D. Warren is back on the case. Three different men have all been shot at close range. All three were pedophiles.Meanwhile, a woman has approached the detective-a woman named Charlene “Charlie” Grant. Two years previous, on January 21, Charlie’s best friend Jackie Knowles was found killed. And one year ago, also on January 21, her other best friend Randi Menke was also killed.Charlene tries to impress on Detective Warren that she will be next, and January 21 is fast approaching.Will the police be able to solve these crimes in time to save Charlie? Are they connected?I love every crime thriller I read by Lisa Gardner. I’m very happy to have some in this series yet to read. They don’t really have to be read in order, as each does fine as a stand-alone.

Book was bought new but arrived with the cover dog-eared. This is the first time I have had a problem but it is very disappointing.

So far I've not been disappointed in one of Lisa's novels. Each story grows larger than what you anticipate. The twists and turns leave you reeling at times but eventually lead to an end that works if not becomes completely satisfying.Catch me was as well done and any of her other novels but left slightly unfinished at the end. It makes me wonder if another story is out there for one of the secondary characters and I eagerly anticipate her next book.I love her evolution of D.D. Warren and Alex. Their new roles as parents show them both in a different light and one that is very flattering for D.D. especially. The character "Charlie" is a tough as nails woman who is not sure she has overcome her torturous childhood and is not sure if there are things she does that she shouldn't. Her memory is faulty or missing and her physical and emotional exertions keep her slightly off balance most of the time. "Jesse" is the little boy we hope stays safe in the end. We don't always get what we want... In "Detective O" we see a little of a younger version of D.D. and can't help but compare the two current personalities. Her characters as always are detailed and rich with mystery of their own. Even older more well known characters always show us a new side, something different.The story line, as in any of her other books is a hard one. The details of the abuse of scattered characters throughout the book is heartbreaking and horrifying at the same time. As always, there are triumphs and failures in the end. You hope for the best and accept what she gives us with a nod and "It really couldn't have ended any other way" and still been a Lisa Gardner book. She's not easy to take. Her fictional worlds are harsh and unyielding but not without its share of love and sometimes, even humor. We don't always get what we want in the end, but I think Lisa Gardner has the courage to write the hard stuff and keep us wanting more when all is said and done.I think my only disappointment was the absence of Bobby Dodge. I've grown so used to him popping up that his absence was felt. But then again, maybe D.D. has finally and completely let him go as her first love.

My reviews for all of these books in the series have been extremely positive so far. Read these in order.

I enjoyed the complex, well-plotted, and bifurcated storyline featuring Boston PD Sergeant Detective D.D Warren, who’s hunting a serial shooter killing pedophiles. At the same time, we meet seven-year-old Jesse Germaine, who plays online games with kids with funny nom de guerres—Helmet Hippo and Pink Poodle. Oh, he’s a big boy, who’s been warned about stranger danger.D.D. Is intrigued after meeting Charlie Grant, who insists someone will kill her on 21 January, at 8 pm. Her best friends were killed one and two years ago on the same date, same time. The plot lines are skillfully woven and eventually intersect. A warning: there are disturbing scenes and descriptions of physical and psychological child abuse, Munchausen Syndrome, gun violence, etc.I rated this 3.5 stars, because the storyline has several implausible events and developments, and I had to push to suspend disbelief at the contrived ending. Furthermore, I didn’t like D.D.’s domestic situations with her husband and baby, which seemed like filler.I decided to up my rating to 4 stars, because I listened to the Audible version, which is very skillfully narrated by Kirsten Potter. Due to Ms. Potter’s voice acting, I let the annoying fill material continue to play out, albeit at 1.7-2.0 speed.

Lisa Gardner and her sargent detective DD Warren: there's no going wrong with these two. Well written. Gripping. True page turner, makes you race through the pages

Another great thriller from this author, loved it

Terrific police procedural, full of twists and turns. Just love Detective DD Warren. Glad motherhood hasn't mellowed her too much, still as grumpy and suspicious as ever.

Enjoyed it very much

As an unashamed admirer of ballsy Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren of the Boston Police Department, Lisa Gardner is my 'go to' girl when I need a shot of adrenaline and this sixth appearance of D.D., Catch Me, certainly fitted the bill!D.D. Warren is on cranky form when she returns to duty following her maternity leave, not because she has been parted from her ten-week-old son, Jack, or at the mercy of his fragmented nighttime sleeping. Hell, no.. As a born workaholic who lives and breathes her job and likes to be in control, her parents arrival from Florida is imminent and no one radiates disapproval like D.D.'s mother! Finding herself pregnant at forty-one was not part of D.D.'s plan, but with a supportive and caring partner in crime scene expert, Alex Wilson, she rather likes the domestic bliss and security of her own family nest in suburbia.Walking into her first crime scene back on the job and greeted by the stench of a festering corpse that has spent days awaiting discovery, the deep freeze of mid-January is the only saving grace. Not that D.D. is exactly mourning the demise by two gun shot wounds to the forehead of a man whose house contents reveal his paedophilic tendencies, especially not as a new parent herself. But the use of a .22 caliber gun seems a curious choice of homicide weapon, more intended for self-defence than a lethal weapon. Then her team tell her about the incident of four weeks previously, when another paedophile by the name of Douglas Antiholde also met his death at the hands of two wounds from a .22. Two victims, one predator - D.D. is back in the saddle with only six hours to solve the crimes before home time and a return to baby Jack. Returning to her car she finds a handwritten note on the windscreen with a chilling motto and which matches a similar note found on the first victim. An analysis based on the penmanship of the letter points to a tightly wound perfectionist with obsessive tendencies... and interestingly a female.It is at then that D.D. is intercepted by Charlene Rosalind Carter Grant, enquiring if D.D. will be assigned to her case without any incident having yet occurred, something even D.D. is at a loss to answer. For as Charlie tells D.D., she is the last man standing in the trio of three childhood friends, both clinically dispatched in their own homes with no sign of forced entry, no signs of a struggle and a robbery ruled out on the exact same date, January twenty-first just one year and a thousand miles apart. As a born survivor, hardened by a tough upbringing and a sick mother, Charlie has run from her home town, severed contacts with her past and has trained, prepared and visualised her murder. She is fit, fast, accurate with a gun, licensed to carry and a confident bare knuckle boxer and tells D.D. that as one of the most respected homicide detectives in the state of Boston, she wants her on the case. Working as a dispatch handler with no criminal record an intrigued D.D. looks into Charlie Grant and her interest is piqued. As one of the best in the business, D.D. relishes the opportunity to up her game and with Charlie craving a return to the town she ran from, D.D.'s newfound status allows her to appreciate the pull of home. Randi Menke, Jackie Knowles, Charlie Grant? Three days to solve two cold cases with no new leads... welcome back Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren.As D.D. consults with FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and her father, Pierce, who compiled the initial report comparing the murders of Charlie's friends, it is lost on no one that the three women had drifted apart and for the connections between the trio, the microscope needs to concentrate on their earlier years, possibly the existence of a school friend that didn't make the final cut to the select trio. As D.D. takes Charlie back to relive her harrowing past at the hands of a mother with Munchausen's by proxy it becomes clear that she is reluctant to recall the memories. After a lifetime of being prepared, Charlie Grant appears as lethal as any predator lying in wait and when it becomes clear that she fits the profile for the type-A female who simultaneously fits the gunning down paedophiles the suspense skyrockets. As the final hours count down to the twenty-first, D.D. no longer knows if Charlie is running from a past threatening to catch up with her or genuinely living in fear of a January twenty-first predator.As D.D. simultaneously uncovers the paedophilic grooming on the kiddie websites where vulnerable victims are snared she is assisted by hot-headed sex crimes Detective Ellen O who enlightens her on the "virtual rabbit hole, with dark alleys and seedy strangers everywhere" that the internet can be to unsupervised youngsters. As Detective O enlightens D.D. on the largest target profile for internet predators being the five- to nine-year-old boys she explains their methodology and techniques for locating victims in their vicinity and progressing beyond the stock phrases exchanges permitted of the monitored platforms. Simple enough strategies but when the victims computers reveal another level of horror in their participation in training rooms for sharing tips with younger would-be groomers, all going on right under the noses of the police force, the news is sickening. As this story progresses, Gardner narrates the story of seven-year-old Jesse Germaine unsuspectingly getting lured into the trap on such a website and just how even a child perfectly prepped with the stranger danger foresight can quickly become out of their depth. As Jesse is lured in, his unexpected saviour from the hands of a predator is a woman with an uncanny resemblance to Charlie going by the name of Abigail.. raising the prospect of Charlie being a target for a one series of murders and a likely victim of another.Just a point of note that after having read the eighth book in the series, Find Her, ahead of Catch Me, I feel duty bound to point out that the theme of victim versus predator is a returning one, again raised in the case of Charlie Grant as with Flora Dane of Find Her. Despite this, the backgrounds to each character were entirely different and it certainly didn't feel like I was rehashing old territory. Lisa Gardner's flair for characterisation and a genuinely informative study of a situation means her style easily engages. Gardner intensively researches her subject matter and her assured understanding of the world she recreates is demonstrated by the confident dissemination she provides.And as any good detective knows, D.D. Warren included, especially with a new baby making demands, the key isn't to work harder but to work smarter! Come game day, you always want D.D. on your side!Review written by Rachel Hall (@hallrachel)