Lisa Unger
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A propos de l'auteur
Lisa Unger was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1970, but grew up in the Netherlands, England and New Jersey. She received a degree from the New School for Social Research. Before becoming a full-time author, she had a career in publicity. Her works include Sliver of Truth, Die for You, and afficher plus Fragile. Beautiful Lies was selected as an International Book of the Month and Black Out won the Silver Medal for popular fiction in the 2008 Florida Book Awards. She has also written books under her maiden name, Lisa Miscione. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Lisa Unger
Unknown Caller 12 exemplaires
Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You (2010) 11 exemplaires
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger (2013-06-25) 1 exemplaire
House of Crows: Book 1-4 1 exemplaire
Das makellose Mädchen: Thriller (German Edition) 1 exemplaire
The Twenty (Short Story) 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Unger, Lisa
- Autres noms
- Miscione, Lisa
- Date de naissance
- 1970-04-26
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Florida, USA
New York, New York, USA
New Jersey, USA
Netherlands
England - Études
- New School for Social Research
- Professions
- author
- Organisations
- Authors Guild
International Thriller Writers
Mystery Writers of America - Agent
- Amy Berkower
- Courte biographie
- Lisa Unger is the author of fifteen novels and her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and Travel+Leisure Magazine. She lives in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with her husband, daughter and labradoodle.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 43
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 10,088
- Popularité
- #2,355
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 604
- ISBN
- 472
- Langues
- 15
- Favoris
- 19
Lisa Unger is one of my favorite Suspense/Thriller novelists. As such, I have a bad habit of hoarding her books, saving them up so that I always have one on hand when I get a craving for one of her books. The downside of that, though, is that I tend to lose track of them over time and they pile up, going unread for years. I’ve decided to work on that little quirk and so I’ve been trying to catch up on all my blacklisted LU titles.
This one was published in 2019, but the subject matter couldn’t have been more relevant or timely.
Rain and two of her friends were targeted by a killer who was also victim of extreme abuse by his parents. One of the victims would not survive, leaving the remaining two to live out their lives riddled with guilt and anger- at themselves and each other, while still sharing a nearly unbreakable bond, both knowing they had a ‘stranger inside’ - something no one else could possibly understand no matter how well they knew them.
All those feelings rise to the surface again for Rain when an acquitted murderer is found dead one year after the trial. As a journalist, Rain is itching to cover the story, but she’s given up her career in favor of being a SAHM. But when her suspicions about the possible vigilante slayings of other criminals who were either released from prison or escaped justice altogether, she knows she must pursue it- conflicted feelings or no…
Unger once again creates a dark, suspenseful, yet thought provoking story that explores duality in people in one form or another- including motherhood vs career- innocence vs trauma – and the ever-present good vs evil and justice or the lack thereof.
In the ‘Barbie” movie, America Ferrera makes a memorable speech- but she doesn’t have anything on Lisa Unger who writes a similar passage here, years before that movie was even thought of. Rain’s conflictions were multi-faceted, and she was an interesting character study. But her friend, Hank- now that’s an altogether different sort of conundrum. What role does trauma play in one’s thoughts and actions? Another very thought-provoking characterization.
The story is dark, twisted, absorbing and pretty much a quintessential Lisa Unger novel-but with a deeper level of inner human turmoil. I really liked the book- it made me think, it was creepy and suspenseful- all you would want from a thriller.
Overall, a very solid effort by one of my favorite crime fiction writers!
4+ stars… (plus d'informations)