Book Reviews – One Step Too Far

One Step Too Far
by Lisa Gardner

The main protagonist of Gardner’s new novel is Frankie Elkin. Frankie is an alcoholic who is seeking redemption by travelling the United States searching for missing people, the folk who haven’t been found and are likely to be forgotten. In this story, a group of young men have gone to the woods for a stag weekend and the groom-to-be has gone missing. His father still organises a search party every year and refuses to believe that his son is no longer alive.

Frankie tags along with the group, hoping to help resolve the mystery. However, she is more of an urban expert and this hike is challenging in many ways. Frankie is a complex character and her irreverence and lack of pretentiousness was what drew me into the novel.

There is also quite a lot of tension that builds nicely and I didn’t guess ‘the guilty party’ until quite near the end. I read this while on holiday and it was perfect easy reading and I enjoyed it so much that I have now read the Frankie Elkin novel that preceded this one. If you like a clever crime/thriller, give Lisa Gardner a go.