The Night Before (Paperback)

by Lisa Jackson (Author)
Key Phrases: life cord, crime scene team, Lisa Jackson, Caitlyn Bandeaux, Josh Bandeaux (more...)

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Product Description
Blood Will Be Spilled…

In the dark shadows of a sultry southern town, a serial killer strikes. It’s an act of sinister precision that has happened many times before…every victim an offering to a hunger that can never be sated…

Night After Night…

The next morning, Caitlyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes covered in blood. But Caitlyn has no memory of the night before, when her estranged husband was brutally murdered like so many others she has known…

After Night…

Wanted by the police and haunted by horrifying, fragmented memories, Caitlyn turns to Adam Hunt, the town's new psychologist. But how far can she really trust him? For as a twisted killer strikes again and again, Caitlyn's about to discover that those who appear the most innocent are usually the most evil...

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Zebra; First Edition edition (March 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821769367
• ISBN-13: 978-0821769362
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,129 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can One Trust Anyone Here???, February 16, 2004

By	tweetykiss "Unpublished Writer......." (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

I have been reading Lisa Jackson for several years now. I started reading her back when she was writing mainly romance novels. Then she went into the suspense Genre and got even better. I like her books so much that I had this on my wish list for a long time and then bought the book myself. It was money well spent as well as sleepless nights. That's right Ms. Jackson, I will hold you responsible for me not getting enough sleep for those nights.

The protogonist, Caitlyn wakes up with blood all over her and finds her husband murdered in his study. She has many hours of the night before that she is unable to account for. The police start harassing her because the evidence points to Caitlyn. It also turns out that nobody liked her husband and most are not sorry that he is gone including her family.

As Caitlyn keeps having strange dreams, she panics even more. Caitlyn turns to a new town psychiatrist, Adam who had temporarily replaced her regular psychiatirst, Rebecca. There are also questions to Rebecca suddenly leaving town and also there is the question of missing patient files on Caitlyn. Caitlyn also is not sure as to whether to trust Adam. She is also attracted to Adam. As it turns out, Adam has secrets of his own that he has to hide for his reasons.

Caitlyn also has a twin sister who nobody is in contact with. Caitlyn desperately tries to contact her thinking that she can solve the mystery as to what had happened the night of her husband's murder. Mean time certain members of her family are keeping their secrets as well and more corpses also turn up. I won't say much more on this story as I think all readers should read this book. This is a story that will stay on your mind and also pleae make sure you are not home alone when you read this book at night.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a romance, but very suspenseful, April 6, 2003

By A Customer

I devoured the other Lisa Jackson romantic suspenses, but had such a difficult time getting into this one once the heroine's internal dialogue became repetitive. I kept putting the book down--not a good sign. There's almost no romance in this story, and Adam and Caitlyn's encounters seem almost an afterthought instead of central to the storyline. While I don't read romantic suspense for the romance anyway, this wasn't a problem for me, but those expecting a vital romance should be forewarned. It ain't there. And, amazingly, I guessed the killer's identity within the first three chapters, something I rarely do. If it was that obvious to me, it should fairly leap out at more savvy mystery and suspense readers. That said, this is a well-written, complicated and intriguing tale of small-town entanglements and family interaction despite my having to struggle through the first chapters to get to the good stuff.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You will be shocked in this tale of murder and romance...., March 21, 2003

By	iheartjackbauer - See all my reviews

Caitlyn Montgomery has woken to find blood everywhere. On her sheets, on her walls, and all over herself. The only problem is that she doesn't know how it got there. Except for the cuts on her arms, there is no way that the amount of blood in her bedroom could have come from her. After cleaning everything up as best she can, Caitlyn gets a visit from the police, telling her it looks as if her estranged husband has commited suicide. Caitlyn is torn, as it looks like she was involved, but she can't remember anything. A woman that has always had mental problems, Caitlyn really loses it after her three year old daughter suddenly died after being hospitalized with a virus. Heartbroken over her daughter, she questions herself as a mother when her husband decides to sue her for the wrongful death of her daughter. The only person she can turn to besides her therapist is her twin sister, Kelly.

Adam Hunt has come to Savannah on a mission. He has come to find his ex-wife who was the therapist to Catilyn Montgomery. When he manages to instigate himself into Caitlyn's life as her therapist, he feels guilt. Guilt for lying to her and guilt for feeling something other than doctor concern, when he still has feelings for his ex-wife, Rebecca. But the more he sees Caitlyn, the more he believes that Rebecca's dissaperance ties into to Caitlyn and her family.

Then someone starts killing off the remaining Montgomery family. Starting with Caitlyn's husband, the killer then moves to the illigidemate Montgomery children. And each time it seems as if Caitlyn is involved, possibly even the killer. With her blackouts and memory losses, Caitlyn starts assuming the worst.

The truth is a shocker and something that I didn't even expect at all. I read some of the other reviews and I couldn't see where the reader would know about the outcome. I also had no idea of the killer and was just as shocked with that. I have read both Jackson's books, Hot and Cold Blooded, and I think that The Night Before definitley surpasses both books in suspense and romance.

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