Lisa unger weaves past and present, the tangled relationships of a small town into a gripping page turner. Lisa unger s ridley jones series is a crazily successful masterpiece, which was recognized by several awards. Fragile by lisa unger fragile a novel by lisa unger a nailbiting nuanced whodunit. Peopleeverybody knows everybody in the hollows, a quaint, charming town outside of new york city. Its a place where neighbors keep an eye on each others kids, where people say hello in the grocery store, and where high school cliques and antics are never quite. People magazine ungers taut and edgy tale stealthily plumbs the depths of desperation that grow more dangerous with the passage of time. That it is about small town secrets, or families cracking.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fragile. Lisa unger is an american author of contemporary fiction, primarily mysteries and thrillers. I was sad to see that she is narrating most of unger s books. Sun sentinel if youre a fan of jodi picoults family chronicle storytelling, youll enjoy fragile, too. People everybody knows everybody in the hollows, a quaint, charming town outside of new york city. Below is a list of lisa unger s books in order of when they were first published. In her childhood, lisas life was quite challenging because she had to move with her family to europe. Bestselling author lisa unger has made her mark boston globe and del. This book kept me up nights telling myself just one more chapter. Fragile delivers everything that lisa unger s readers have come to expect. Her novels have appeared on the new york times best seller list. A novel jones cooper book 1 kindle edition by unger, lisa. Despite their mostly happy marriage, when their son rickys girlfriend vanishes, maggie and jones find themselves at odds maggie is positive ricky had nothing to do with. A novel jones cooper book 1 kindle edition by lisa.
Though something of a departure from her recent thrillers, lisa unger s fragile shines with her signature talent and generates plenty of suspense. Her novels have sold over 1 million copies in the us and have been translated into 26 different languages. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the final installment of her lydia strong series, bestselling author lisa unger, writing as lisa miscione, brings us her most shocking and emotionally wrenching case yet. With millions of readers worldwide and books published in twentysix languages, lisa unger is widely regarded as a master of suspense. Lisa unger, then a future writer of fantastic, captivating thrillers, was born in new haven, connecticut. As an american author of contemporary fiction, lisa unger has managed to sell millions of copies worldwide, and some of. Lisa unger is the new york times and internationally bestselling author of eighteen novels, including confessions on the 7. Petersburg times an entertaining and extremely readable mystery. Bethany graves and her teenage daughter, willow, moved to the hollows from new york city when the bestselling novelist divorced willows stepfather, a shallow, self. Much of the emotional weight and considerable tension of fragile have to do with families. Its more of a small town mystery than it is a thriller filled with betrayal, twists and intrigue, but its still a very good book. A thrilling novel from new york times bestselling author lisa unger about the hunt for a missing girl and one communitys intricate yet fragile bonds. Her novels have sold over 1 million copies in the us.
Fragile by lisa unger fictiondb your guide to fiction books. I was sad to see that she is narrating most of ungers books. Currently ive read pretty much everything by this author except her latest novel, a standalone psychological supernatural thriller, ink and bone. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fragile. Many readers appreciate the setting of this suspenseful storya quaint small town outside new york city. Unger specializes in thrillers involving family life, and she steps back from her suspense roots this time to tell a slow, simmering, tragic tale. See all books authored by lisa unger, including inherit the dead, and fragile, and more on. A novel offers a psychological mystery of human frailty and makes you thankful for the security and love of a good family. Her novels have sold more than two million copies and have been translated into 26 languages. Fragile has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. But its also a sensitive meditation on the very nature of family and community and the ties that bind us to one another. Lisa unger books list of books by author lisa unger. It is the first book set in the hollows, and features jones cooper. The first nove ive read from lisa unger was beautiful lies, which is also the first in the ridley jones series, published in 2006.
I didnt know anything about her and her books when i started to read fragile, so i had no expectations. Bethany graves and her teenage daughter, willow, moved to the hollows from new york city when the bestselling novelist divorced willows stepfather, a shallow, selfabsorbed plastic surgeon. That it is about small town secrets, or families cracking apart. Lisa unger was born on 26 april 1970 in connecticut. I needed to read a book by an author whose name first or last starts with the letter u in order to finish rrrcs 2010 az author challenge, and thats how i discovered lisa unger. Her first novel published as lisa unger was beautiful lies in 2006. I liked lisa unger s another book and that is why i bought this one but it was a mistake. Florida timesunion lisa unger brings this little town alive with flourish. A novel jones cooper book 1 kindle edition by lisa unger. The hollows is the kind of place where your doctor was also your neighborthe cop at your door had been the burnout always in trouble when you were in high school. Many of her books, including beautiful lies, crazy love you and black out, have appeared on various editorial best of lists. As an american author of contemporary fiction, lisa unger has managed to sell millions of copies worldwide, and some of her works appeared on new york times best sellers list. Fragile delivers everything that lisa unger s readers have come to expecta thrilling story that affects complicated and nuanced people.
She is able to combine intertwining plot lines into a. With millions of readers worldwide and novels published in twentysix languages, lisa unger is widely regarded as a master of suspense. Fragile hollows, book 1 by lisa unger book cover, description, publication history. The cozy intimacy of the town is broken when ricks girlfriend, charlene, mysteriously disappears. Her first four books were published in her maiden name of lisa miscione. Unger published ten books and became an internationally bestselling author with her books being translated into twentysix languages, with around 2 million sales. Laura lippman, new york times bestselling author ofid know you anywhere. Set in the hollows, a secluded town about 100 miles outside new york city, ungers contemporary thriller offers. Beautiful lies, the first book in this two book series, invites a reader to get entangled in a weird, creepy story that happens to ridley jones. Lisa unger is a wonderful psychological thriller author with close to 20 books published to date. Fragile a novel by lisa unger a rich tapestry of psychological wounds. I liked lisa ungers another book and that is why i bought this one but it was a mistake. Aug 03, 2010 a thrilling novel from new york times bestselling author lisa unger about the hunt for a missing girl and one communitys intricate yet fragile bonds. Fragile is another book that travels between the past and the present, but not always so smoothly.
Florida weekly lisa unger brings this little town alive with flourish, probing the tragedies and the victories of the citizens of the hollows. Fragile is a novel by bestselling author lisa unger. Fragile hollows, book 1 by lisa unger fantastic fiction. A novel by lisa unger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Lisa unger books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Below is a list of lisa ungers books in order of when they were first published.
Lisa unger is an awardwinning new york times and international bestselling author. Its a place where neighbors keep an eye on one anothers kids, where people say hello in the grocery store, and where high school cliques and. Lisa unger is the new york times and internationally bestselling author of seventeen novels, including the stranger inside. Everybody knows everybody in the hollows, a quaint, charming town outside of new york city. Twelveyearold rain winter narrowly escaped an abduction while walking to a friends house. Fragile book by lisa unger half price books marketplace. Books that even after you close them and put them back on the shelf, stay with you for a very long time. Despite their mostly happy marriage, when their son rickys girlfriend vanishes, maggie and jones find themselves at odds maggie is positive ricky had nothing to do with charlenes. The narrator was just so slow and was not right for this book. Fragile by lisa unger signed first edition book see all titles by lisa unger. Now i wish i had known what to expect, because i wasnt in the right mood to read a depressing book. Fragile maggie and jones live with their teenage son, rick, in the hollows, a small town outside of new york city. She lives in florida with her husband and daughter. I could say that because it is all of those things.
Fragile a thrilling novel from new york times bestselling author lisa unger about the hunt for a missing girl and one communitys intricate yet fragile bonds. In fragile, author lisa unger tells the story of four fragile lives that are joined together by events separated by twenty years. A girl has gone missing in the hollows, a small town about a two hour ride away from new york. Of the hundreds of books i have read, there have been a few like that.
Though something of a departure from her recent thrillers, lisa ungers fragile shines with her signature talent and generates plenty of suspense. Lisa unger became a published author with the publication of her 2002 novel angel fire using the name lisa misicone, which was republished in 2011 under her current pen name. It was not always so clear which time period we were in, as many of the characters were the same. A best book of 2019 people, boston globe, kirkus, bookbub, popsugar, crimereads, shereads and more. Her first release as lisa unger was beautiful lies in 2006. Ungers genius is in plotting the story so that the reader never knows whats coming next.
Laura lippman, author of id know you anywhere unger keeps the energy level high. I could say that fragile is the story of a young girls disappearance. Set in the hollows, a secluded town about 100 miles outside new york city, ungers contemporary thriller offers solid entertainment, but lacks. Fans of authors like jodi picoult will want to read this one in a nice comfortable chair. However, she has spent most of her time in england, new jersey and netherlands.
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