Alone

by Lisa Gardner  480 pages

Alone begins with Bobby Dodge, Massachusetts police sniper, called to the scene of a hostage situation. After he kills a man who seems to be about to shoot his wife and son, Bobby deals with the psychological aftermath of the shooting, and is accused of colluding with the widow, Catherine Gagnon. She is dealing with her own psychological baggage as a childhood abduction survivor, and as the mother of a child suffering from a mysterious chronic illness. The suspense builds as we follow several story lines, including characters such as a crooked judge, the pedophile who abducted Catherine years ago, and D.D. Warren, the police detective who appears in several of Gardner's other books.