Heartbroken by Lisa Unger - ISBN: 9780307465214
Paperback
Dark secrets, shattered lives, converge on a haunted island.

Heartbroken

A Novel

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2013

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Summary

From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Lies, Fragile, and Darkness, My Old Friend, a shattering new thriller about the ties that bind.

A shattering thriller about three women, strangers, on a heart-wrenching collision course none of them could have seen coming.

Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her life, she did. Using the journals left behind by her aunt and grandmother, she wrote a novel based on a very real gener…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780307465214
ISBN-10:0307465217
Author:Lisa Unger
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:1 July 2013
Weight:295g
Dimensions:201mm x 132mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

New York Daily News Pick: “Summer’s Top New Thriller Novels.”

Publishers Weekly Editors Pick: “The Best New Books for Week of June 25th, 2012″

“Stellar… . Heartbroken should be on everyone’s summer to-read list. For best results, read it alone on an island on a dark and stormy night.”
USA Today (4 stars)

Heartbroken has all the makings of a high-wire thriller. But it’s the twisted psyches of its main characters that really unsettle… . Unger expertly shows how quiet betrayals can rupture a life as deeply as an act of violence.”
People (3 ½ stars)

“A can’t-put-down thriller interlaced with insightful family drama and echoes of Wuthering Heights.”
—Family Circle

“Lisa Unger is one of the few women to first break into the genre of thrillers, then to dominate it.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Lisa Unger masterfully writes of the joys and frustrations of family life in her latest novel… . What makes [it] shine is the struggle of multidimensional characters with issues that all of us face but sometimes don’t want to acknowledge.”
Associated Press

“Suspenseful… . An intense psychological thriller that explores a family with complex relationships, destructive secrets and uneasy legacies… . [Unger] keeps the tension high as she delves deep into each woman’s psyche, showing how the smallest decision can have far-reaching consequences.”
South Florida Sun Sentinel

“[An] insidious psychological thriller. Set, quite appropriately, on a claustrophobic island.” Chicago Tribune

“A superb stylist… . [Unger] probes the psychological dimensions of her characters with tremendous empathy and acumen… . Readers will be haunted for a long time by this profound and heart-pounding thriller.”
Florida Weekly

“[Lisa Unger is] a genuinely formidable voice in the world of dark thrillers, taking a back seat to no one. When [she] hits the ground, she does so at a full out sprint and leaves the reader breathless trying to keep up.”
Examiner

“Just in time to chill readers to the bone on some steamy summer night… Unger creates complex, believable family relationships, especially those between mothers and daughters, and uses those familiar scenes to anchor and contrast the creeping dread of her plot.”
Tampa Bay Times

“This page-turner is multi-layered and intriguing, as master storyteller Lisa Unger weaves a compelling plotline.”
Bookreporter.com

“Unger delivers compelling, fully drawn characters while at the same time putting the thrill in thriller. A first-class page-turner.”
Booklist (starred review)

“[A] tense psychological thriller… . Unger skillfully builds the fissures of each of [her characters’] lives as she illustrates the power of the heart and the corrosive nature of lies.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Will captivate fans of mystery and psychological suspense. This is one of Unger’s best novels yet.”
Library Journal (starred review)

“A triumvirate of strong women pitted against a shared past and dangerous future… . Unger knows how to write a taut thriller.”
Kirkus

About The Author

Lisa Unger

LISA UNGER is an award-winning New York Times and internationally bestselling author. Her novels have sold more than one million copies in the United States and have been translated into twenty-six languages.

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