Alone is for the most part Bobby Dodge’s story, but we are introduced to Detective DD Warren. The story is about a survivor. Catherine was snatched by a pedophile when she was young, trapped in a dark hole in the ground, and abused for nearly a month. She was found and rescued at random, but has never quite since gotten over her fear of the dark. Years have passed – she has a child, a husband, a life, and now suddenly, things have gone wrong. Bobby, a police SWAT sniper, responds to Catherine’s call that her husband has a gun and is threatening the family. In a split second decision, he shoots the husband to save the wife and child. But things aren’t at all as simple as they seem – and it might be that someone arranged all of it. Full of twists and turns and the revealing of some long-buried secrets, this book kept me captivated from the first page. What I like most is that Lisa Gardner gives you the point of view of every character involved so that you are fully aware of what everyone is thinking and/or going through. You are kind of thrown into this one from the start and then she back tracks so that the pieces to all your questions start coming together.