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    Look Again: A Novel
    Look Again: A Novel
    Look Again: A Novel
    Audiobook9 hours

    Look Again: A Novel

    Written by Lisa Scottoline

    Narrated by Mary Stuart Masterson

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground in Look Again, a thrilling audiobook that's both heart-stopping and heart-breaking, and sure to have new fans and book clubs buzzing.

    When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a "Have You Seen This Child?" flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys, because she knows her adoption was lawful. But she's a journalist and won't be able to stop thinking about the photo until she figures out the truth.

    And she can't shake the question: if Will rightfully belongs to someone else, should she keep him or give him up? She investigates, uncovering clues no one was meant to discover, and when she digs too deep, she risks losing her own life—and that of the son she loves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateApr 14, 2009
    ISBN9781427206596
    Look Again: A Novel
    Author

    Lisa Scottoline

    Lisa Scottoline was a trial lawyer before turning to writing full-time. She won the prestigious Edgar Award for her second legal thriller, ‘Final Appeal’, and her first thriller, ‘Everywhere That Mary Went’, was nominated for the same high honour. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives with her family in Philadelphia.

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    • 3/5
      After the first 70 pages, I skimmed this book. Although I liked the main character perhaps more than I do the lawyers in her Bennie Rosato series - because this one is not as silly as most of the lawyers - the book was not as engaging. It is not a particularly funny book, so maybe with the loss of the humor, the author lost the bond with her subject.
    • 5/5
      story about a child adoption gone wrong. A young woman reporter investigates circumstances surrounding her son's adoption. She becomes suspicious due to a photograph she happens upon. Murder, sleuthing, and a romantic interest
    • 5/5
      Great book, the story had me locked in! Read it!
    • 3/5
      interesting idea for a plot. really wanted to read it after reading the back. But I found the writing to be choppy and the author gave too many clues too early making it predictable.
    • 1/5
      sure wish I hadn't bothered with this book. it started out not so bad but by the end, it was hopeless. The writing was simple and mostly mundane with some really bad lines like....."the two women worked together for the next several hours, grimly destroying the evidence of a nightmare, with the only tools they had on hand. A hammer, a crowbar, and the human heart." Oh yuck!
    • 4/5
      Ellen Gleason almost throws away the flier "Have you seen this child?" until she looks at it agian. She doen not want to acknowlege that it looks suspiciously like her adpoted son Will. She is a journalist and cannot stop herself from thinking about the picture until she discovers the truth.
    • 3/5
      Everything about the book interested me….loved the title, the concept of coming across a “have you seen me” postcard and seeing your child on that card, single independent woman raising here child, who she adopted, mystery, and murder. So, how could I not love this book??? I don’t know. I just found myself a bit bored because of the predictability and the love romance between Ellen and her boss didn’t seem authentic enough for me. Perhaps I just high expectations of this book and so it fell short for me. However, I would encourage you to read it for yourself and maybe you will enjoy it more as you find a deeper connection with the characters and plot.
    • 4/5
      Scottoline is one of my favorite authors. Her characters are always satisfyingly real and the plots can twist in really surprising ways but never unbelievably so. I really connect with her characters to the point where I start feeling stressed out about their stress and have to remember that I'm "just" reading a book. The only disappointment is having to wait a whole year for a new one to come out!
    • 2/5
      Fast read. Very predictable until the end. Dramatic end that I didn't feel was believable.
    • 3/5
      I read my first Lisa Scottoline last year, but unfortunate it was not for me. I owned a few more, so I decided to give Look Again a chance. This one caught my attention right from the start. This was pretty fast paced and was so much better than the last one I read. I still do not love it, but it was good. I thought it was very unrealistic and took some unexpected turns. I do think it was a little longer than it needed to be.Overall, this was ok. I did not love and I did not hate it.
    • 5/5
      What would you do if you saw a Missing Child's photo that looked just like your child? Would you dig into the past, or would you throw the photo away?

      When Ellen receives a Missing Person's Flyer in the mail, she is stunned to see her adopted son Will's face looking back at her. As she tries to investigate the past, she quickly learns that something isn't right, when people start ending up dead...

      When her truest fears are revealed, Ellen and Will's lives are rocked when he is snatched away to be returned to his father...only the mystery doesn't end there...

      This book is very much like the book, Mothers and Other Liars...
    • 3/5
      This is a story of a missing child and an adoptive mother's love and determination to find Timothy no matter what. It is a bit repetitive in the fact that much of the book isseems to be the internal dialogue of mom. It was an interesting twist using the missing child milk carton flyer image as part of the story line. There was a high degree of emotional tension portrayed, but at times it lost its effectiveness. Still this story is a reminder to us all that those children we see listed and shown as missing are someones beloved child and deserve our attention. I give the book a 3 star rating.
    • 2/5
      Did not like the writing.
    • 3/5
      I can't quite give this one 4 look because I reserve that for the books that I think of long after the last page; but, I have to tell you, I could not put this one down!

      Ellen is a very likable character, and she is right-on with what a mother would do. Her co-worker Sarah plays the witch that we all know, but turns out to be perhaps a little more than meets the eye. The story with her father and boss top it all off nicely. As is common with Scottoline books, there is a marvelous twist at the end, a very satisfying conclusion, and when you read the last page, there is a breath of relief that all is well in the world you've just visited.

      On a side note, I bought this book at a Friends of the Library book store, and it turns out to be signed by the author! Bonus!!

      Recommended
    • 3/5
      While the story is somewhat predictable it does have some interesting twists. The romance is somewhat extraneous and I could have done without that. The ending is less than thrilling. If you like mysteries it's okay. Be prepared for a little corniness and somewhat unrealistic behavior by some of the characters.
    • 4/5
      This was my first book by this author. Very easy, fast read and I very much enjoyed it. Not heart pounding, hold my breath suspense, but suspenseful enough to keep my interest with a good twist towards the end.
    • 2/5
      Only read eight chapters, but couldn't finish. I didn't like their,itself an adopted child possibly being returned to the birthparents ( I didn't finish so I don know how it ended).

      That's the storyline but I couldn't read it.
    • 4/5
      One of Lisa's best works thus far (loved the audio as narrator was excellent)! When reporter Ellen receives a “Have You Seen This Child?” flyer in the mail, she starts worrying it looks like her adopted son and she starts her investigation which takes her to Miami to follow the birth parents...she has to know and does her own digging. However, there is more to the story of how he was kidnapped and uncovers the truth--risks losing her own life and her son. Some great twists and turns you will not expect!
    • 4/5
      from Dan at work; Excellent story. What would you do, if your adopted son looked EXACTLY like a missing child photo on a post card? And since you're an investigative reporter, you investigate, with almost deadly consequences. Lots of twists and turns and surprises in this book.
    • 2/5
      A very good premise for a story and suspenseful to the end. However, the writing was too descriptive when not neccessary (slowing down the flow), the characters did not grab me into their world (not 3 dimesional enough) and the neatly tied up ending was over the top sweet (although the twist at the end was intriguing).
    • 5/5
      Wonderful, suspenseful book. Lisa grabs your attention from the beginning by having you love her adopted son and their life. The things that happen afterwards leave you wanting to turn the page to find out what happens.
    • 3/5
      Mediocre book until towards the end, then it picks up.
    • 3/5
      Easy read. Fast paced. Slightly better than many beach book mysteries. Enjoyed it.
    • 3/5
      There was a certain amount of that feeling you get in dumb horror movies: you want to yell out "don't do it" to the character who seems intent on causing trouble for herself. I found that aspect a bit off-putting. Predictable end, even for me, and I really never "see it coming" when I'm reading. The saving characteristic was the moral/ethical dilemma that was really gripping: what would you do if you saw a picture of your adopted child on a missing children card? I think that aspect would have been more real without the neatly tied-up ending.
    • 4/5
      A frightening thriller facing every parent's nightmare with a twist. One family is missing a son, another one wonders if her adopted son is that missing son. There are many turns that keeps you guessing. It was one of those books not to read at night because you'll end up reading way past your bedtime trying to find out what happens next.
    • 5/5
      Great book! Nice suspense.
    • 4/5
      A quick read, with JamesPatterson-esque chapters, full of moral delimma and heart-wrenching drama. Entertaining and interesting story idea of "What would you do if you saw your adpoted child on a Have You Seen This Child ad?"
    • 4/5
      A mystery without gore. Very little violence. A good read!
    • 2/5
      This book came highly recommended to me, however I was disappointed. Simply some unbelievable almost silly situations, especially with the birth parents. Way too tidily completed at the end.
    • 4/5
      Lisa Scottoline's thriller, LOOK AGAIN, tells the story of a journalist who adopts a baby only to discover three years later that the adoption may not have been legal and that the child's biological parents may still be searching for their missing son. This was my first Scottoline novel, and I expected it to be another less-than-thrilling thriller, as I think most thrillers are. So-called thrillers usually spend the first 100 or even 200 pages painting a picture of the thrills to come. Not so with LOOK AGAIN. As every book that bills itself as a thriller should do, this thriller started the suspense on page one. LOOK AGAIN is one of those rare "not-put-downable" books, and I highly recommend it.