Fragile
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Lisa Unger is an award-winning "New York Times "and international bestselling author. Her novels have sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. and have been translated into 26 different languages.

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"[A] nail-biting nuanced whodunit."
"--People
""Folks in a small town descend into darkness and revisit long forgotten memories when a young girl disappears....[A] simmering, tragic tale. Fans of authors like Jodi Picoult will want to read this one in a nice comfortable chair....Unger's fans won't be disappointed."
"--Associated Press
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"This one is a stunner...Unger's genius is in plotting the story so that the reader never knows what's coming next...This is a read that will stay with you."
"--New York Journal of Books Review
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"Unger skillfully builds suspense by alternating point of view from chapter to chapter... Too many thrillers rely on coincidence or outlandish twists to connect the dots in a crime investigation, but Unger makes that process organic by using the interconnectedness of her characters' lives over the decades -- these people really do know each others' secrets. Even apparently unrelated threads -- like the chapters about the exterminator called in to trap the raccoons in Elizabeth's attic -- are cleverly woven into the plot. Unger is also adept at drawing believable characters and relationships. Much of the emotional weight and considerable tension of "Fragile" have to do with families, with how parents and their children relate (or don't) and how husbands and wives can think they know everything about each other -- and then find themselves surprised."
--"St. Petersburg Times"
"If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult's family chronicle storytelling, you'll enjoy "Fragile," too. It's set in a small affluent town outside New York, where everyone knows someone who kissed the pizza guy once and many have ugly memories and buried secrets. When a teenage girl goes missing, the lives of all who knew her unravel. Unger balances nicely the suspense of her missing person story (a layered one when the vanishing of another teenage girl 30 years earlier is connected) with deeper sentiments. How do you live in the present whenr

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