Lisa Gardner - The Other Daughter

Pros: Great plot, excellent characters

Cons: David's back problems

The Bottom Line: Definitely should be on your Must Read list!

Review: Lisa Gardner once again hits the mark with THE OTHER DAUGHTER. Suspense seems to be Gardner’s forte and this book shows why she excels. Melanie Stokes was adopted as a young girl into a fantasy world. Her wealthy parents lavish her with anything she ...

Pros: Great plot keeps you guessing

Cons: None

Review: A serial killer is executed in Texas taking to his grave the identity of his only child. In Boston a nine year old girl is adopted by a rich couple after being abandoned in a hospital. Twenty years later Melanie Stokes still considers herself lucky. Then...

Pros: great story, great writing style, great ending

Cons: hard back books get heavy when you can't put them down

Review: Could you imagine being adopted at the age of nine and then 25 years later, wondering if your entire adopted life had been one big lie and web of deceit.
That's exactly what happened to a character named Melanie Stokes in the book, THE OTHER...

Pros: Interesting puzzle and a secret cover-up

Cons: Too few characters, not enough suspects

The Bottom Line: The pacing is too slow and the resolution is not much of a surprise

Review: This is the second book by Lisa Gardner that I have read. The first was "The Perfect Husband," which wasn't too bad for a first effort. Despite a similar sounding title, this book has nothing to do with the first one and is no attempt at a series. ...

Pros: still trying to think of one

Cons: just dreadful

The Bottom Line: I'm glad I didn't give this as a gift.

Review: The Other Daughter is, I suppose, a romantic thriller, though I would not call it sexy or edge-of-seat gripping. Frankly, the whole thing reads like a Harlequin written by a crime magazine buff. Melanie is found at the hospital at age 9 with minor ...