| Left To Die | 
 enlarge | Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: Zebra
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 484
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1420102761
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781420102765
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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Condition: Expect to see visible wear to book including crease to cover and spine
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 Not A Complete Story Unto Itself! Stay Tuned for a Sequel! October 1, 2008
I strongly agree with other reviewers. I am greatly disappointed with the lack of plot closure in Left to Die.
Unless clearly stated, readers reasonably expect an author to provide a completed story in one volume. Page 497 "Dear Reader" is too late to be making this announcement. If the book cover had stated "Part One", I would've have accepted this lack of closure without complaint. Not knowing the story is "to be continued", until reaching the final chapter and finding it unresolved, is unacceptable.
Personally, I prefer to read a series from beginning to end, or at least over a relatively short period of time. Otherwise, the emotional interest I've invested in the previous book has disappeared by the time the sequel comes out - and I'm less likely to purchase it.
The bottom line is that once the reader has momentum, he/she wants to read the entire series. Since the readers are the ones who buy the books, I hope that Ms. Jackson and her publisher will listen to them and reduce the amount of time between books.
I rated this book a four instead of a five based on the lack of plot closure.
 A great read! October 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first Lisa Jackson novel and it won't be my last. I found the story gripping and exciting. I really liked the characters, especially jillian. My only gripe is I have to wait until August 2009 to see what happens next. Such a long time!
All in all a great premise and I read the book in two days! Now I want to go out and buy another of her books!
 Left to Die September 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a fairly new Lisa Jackson fan, but have read alot of her work. This book is SO unlike her style. It started well but there were too many characters to follow, too many unresolved issues, and the end was VERY disapointing. There is too much left to find out and givent he way this story went I dont want to read the next to find out what happens.
 WARNING - READ BEFORE BUYING September 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Readers Beware - I've long been a fan of Lisa Jackson's - however publishing a book WITHOUT AN ENDING AND EXPECTING READERS TO WAIT 12 MONTHS before being able to finish it is a cheap shot and an insult to her readers. She literally ends this book with the killer having the victim in his (?) hands. Lisa Jackson, I'm done - you can't treat your readers this way and expect them to come back.
Read at your own risk. If you HAVE to read this, I'd suggest waiting to buy it until 8/09 when Chosen to Die (apparently not a sequel, but literally the 2nd part of this book) is published. You've been warned.
Such an exciting book!!! - for about the first half!! September 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
WARNING! This book is a "Part 1 of 2"! That is what should be on the cover/jacket of this mystery by Lisa Jackson. I've read quite a few of her books and enjoyed them for the most part. In this book, however, there are very few really likable characters and worse, any of the characters (male or female) that are parents seem to be very irresponsible and not good examples whatsoever! They use their hard jobs (as cops) as an excuse to drink, hang out at bars, and generally carouse around.
The exciting first half of the serial killer and the reader getting to be a bit inside his mind, was suspenseful and chilling. However, as we get into a what seemed to be secondary story line (but ended up the primary story line), we have fewer details and motives and characters coming at us out of left field.
I definitely won't buy the "sequel" - Chosen to Die - but do recommend reading some of Ms. Jackson's older novels.
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