Skip to content
Scan a barcode
Scan
Added to your cart

The Bodies Left Behind: A Novel

Select Format

Select Condition ThriftBooks Help Icon

Recommended

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

$4.69
Save $5.30!
List Price $9.99
Almost Gone, Only 1 Left!

Book Overview

When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report?Brynn stumbles onto a scene of true horror and narrowly escapes from two professional criminals. She and a terrified visitor to the weekend house, Michelle, flee into the woods in a race for their lives. As different as night and day, and stripped of modern-day resources, Brynn, a tough deputy with a difficult past, and Michelle, a pampered city girl, must overcome their natural reluctance to trust each other and learn to use their wits and courage to survive the relentless pursuit. The deputy's disappearance spurs both her troubled son and her new husband into action, while the incident sets in motion Brynn's loyal fellow deputies and elements from Milwaukee's underside. These various forces race along inexorably toward the novel's gritty and stunning conclusion.The Bodies Left Behindis an epic cat-and-mouse chase, told nearly in real-time, and is filled with Deaver's patented twists and turns, where nothing is what it seems, and death lingers just around the next curve on a deserted path deep in the midnight forest. This description may be from another edition of this product.
More by Jeffery Deaver
International bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has written short stories and more than thirty novels. Born outside Chicago in 1950, he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University. Deaver is a former journalist, attorney, and ... Learn More About This Author

Customer Reviews

7 customer ratings | 5 reviews

Rated 5 stars
A sit on the edge of your seat, page turner not to put down novel

I was shocked to read negative reviews on this book. But those readers are digging too deep into what is real and what is a novel. I "got it" that they shouldn't be able to see much at night and how do they find each other in the dark. But that's a novel---the author has that right to make his stories against what is real life. And that's what helps to make it exciting. I thought this book was amazing----I lost a lot of sleep...

0Report

Rated 5 stars
Alone in the woods

I am a Deaver fan, and yes, he has a supremely twisted mind. I enjoyed the twists and turns of this novel. I am always thinking ahead, and I didn't imagine this ending at all. I was not dissapointed in this mystery.

1Report

Rated 5 stars
Excellent-couldn't put it down

I thought this was one of the best mysteries I have read in a while. It gripped me from the first page, had surprises and just really, really was good. Very different for Jeffrey Deaver, I thought. His other books are good too but this was pretty awesome.

1Report

Rated 5 stars
Buy this book! Thrills and twists galore!

Deaver is one of my favorite thriller writers, and this one is especially entertaining. Most interesting of all, he introduces a new detective, Brynn. The first chapter is amazing. A lawyer and her social worker husband, along with a friend, Michelle, arrive at their secluded vacation home and prepare to relax. Situated close to a lake and with only a few other empty homes nearby, and surrounded by deep forest, the...

0Report

Rated 5 stars
superb cat and mouse thriller

April seventeenth is a day that will affect many lives in Kennnesha County, Wisconsin. It begins with Emma and Steven Feldman enjoying a drink in their mini-mansion vacation home on Lake Mondac. They hear noises outside followed by two gunmen barging into their home. Before they shoot Steven, he connects to the Sheriff's Office for a brief moment. Sheriff Tom Dahl traces the 911 call and sends Deputy Brynn McKenzie to...

0Report

Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured