Thursday Thrillers: The Guy Who Died Twice by Lisa Gardner

 

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

   

  The Guy Who Died Twice is Lisa Gardner's fourth short novel. It is e-published by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. In it, we are brought into the home of Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren and her family, husband Alex and son Jack. After putting her son down for the night, D.D. regales her husband Alex with the story from her latest case. Recently, Adam LaToile walked into D.D.'s precinct claiming to have information about a homicide. Of course, he was fetched quickly and delivered to her and her team. His information is about his impending murder. Rambling and incoherent, he leaves the station and D.D. confused. It appears to be a waste of their time.

   But a few hours later a phone call comes in and sure enough, Mr. LaToile has been found dead in his bed, with a knife in his back. Who had the motive to drive a knife into LaToile's back? Why did he believe he was already dead? And how do the LaToiles get their shortbread cookies to taste that good? It is an Agatha Christie-style whodunit. And no one is leaving the library until D.D. gets her killer.

  The Guy Who Died Twice was a fun little story with a big plot. It traversed the globe from Brussels to Paris to the United States, giving the reader a wonderful little mystery to solve. I had a lot of fun reading Warren and her team interact. And Gardner made sure to offer up as many "Red Herrings" as possible. I had a great time trying to solve this case and loved the reveal at the end. This definitely brought a smile to my face, since I love reading D.D. Warren thrillers. I gave this novel four out of five stars. 

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