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    Wicked Ways
    Wicked Ways
    Wicked Ways
    Audiobook (abridged)6 hours

    Wicked Ways

    Written by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush join forces to craft this spine-tingling thriller in which one woman's birthright holds the key to a rash of brutal murders.

    Elizabeth Gaines Ellis is an ordinary suburban wife and mother. That's what she tells herself as she flits between her realtor job, yoga class, and caring for her daughter, Chloe. But for months now, Elizabeth has worried that she's far from normal…that she's somehow the cause of a series of brutal, horrible deaths.

    Her mean-spirited boss. A bullying traffic cop. Her cheating husband. Elizabeth had reason to be angry with them all. She didn't mean for them to die. No one will take her fears seriously—except the private investigator prying into her past.…

    The more scared and angry Elizabeth becomes, the higher the death toll grows. But those who wrong her aren't the only ones in danger. Because others have secrets too, and a relentless urge to kill without mercy or remorse.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 25, 2014
    ISBN9781441877031
    Wicked Ways
    Author

    Lisa Jackson

    Lisa Jackson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than eighty-five novels, including Afraid to Die, Tell Me, You Don’t Want to Know, Running Scared, Without Mercy, Malice, and Shiver. She is also the coauthor of the Colony series, with her sister, Nancy Bush. There are over 20 million copies of Lisa Jackson’s books in print in twenty languages. She is a recipient of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award and has also been honored with their Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense. Born in Oregon, she continues to make her home among family, friends, and dogs in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her at LisaJackson.com.

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    • 1/5
      Terrible, shallow storyline. I didn't even want to finish it.
    • 2/5
      This was my first Lisa Jackson novel, I enjoyed her writing, the story not so much. I found the characters flaky. Seriously, who goes out on a set up (date) get together after their husband is killed and they are a suspect, and these are your best friends. I didn't enjoy her child either...maybe if she had a part that wasn't so bratty all the time, I would have liked her better also. I found the story a little out there not so much the obvious but the murders and the murderer. I don't know I didn't mind the esp aspect as much as the characters seemed flat and not really realistic in their choices. I will, however, pick up another novel of Jackson's, I will be more careful to choose one that is more my liking. I do like her writing style and I am not ready to give up on her because this one book didn't hit a home run with me.
    • 5/5
      Wicked Ways (Wicked #4) by Lisa Jackson and Nancy BushWell this one did not disappoint! I read the first three books in the wicked series and really looked forward to this one. I think it was the best one yet. And I am so looking forward to the next one!This book I found to be more chilled as in not as much "evil" as the first ones which allowed for more of a story with the characters I think. Don't get me wrong there is still that lurking of something scary about to happen but without the gory details maybe is what I found. Can't wait for the next book about Siren Song.
    • 4/5
      This book is #4 in a series about a dysfunctional family of which the women have supernatural powers. Even though I am not a big fan of paranormal books I have read 2 or 3 from this series and enjoyed them all. The books revolve around a 'normal' type mystery with a dash of paranormal thrown in. They are fast reads with enough action and plot twists to keep you involved to the end of the book. A recommended light read.
    • 2/5
      A special thank you to Kensington Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

      WICKED WAYS, (The Colony Book # 4) by sisters, Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush with their latest suspense with the death count mounting, when dark secrets of the past surface.

      The Colony was apparently first introduced in Wicked Game, #1 in the series, about a group of women who live together at a lodge called Siren Song on the Oregon coast in the fictional town of Deception Bay. These women possess special gifts and the local people think they are strange.

      The story opens briefly with a scene for years past of a girl named Lena and she and her boyfriend were the ones who had stolen Lost Baby Girl. Much later seeking absolution she turned to the witches of Siren Song. (will not get into the other details which tie the stories together).

      Then you have Elizabeth, wife and mother of five year old Chloe, busy realtor with a cheating husband, Court of six years, about to make partner at the firm. Soon after the police comes to the door stating there has been an accident and Court has been in an accident (with another person in the passenger seat), with a hotel receipt at a hotel and a married woman as the husband was following them in order to use the affair as leverage in the pending divorce. However, Elizabeth knew it was going to happen, but she could not say anything to the police.

      And then there is Mazie’s death, (she was her assistant), three months earlier; they both died in car accidents, though Mazie had apparently been driving while under the influence and Court had lost control of his car while stone-cold sober. She is afraid she is willing people to die. It was her fault Mazie was dead, and also Officer Daniels, before her—after she wished them dead.

      What happens next is a series events, with an array of other characters, Ravinia, the youngest Colony member, Catherine, Nadia, Rex, an array of relatives, a past dark history, an adoption, an evil father, and the Lost Baby Girl, and more history. Honestly, I was a little lost, and not an enjoyable read. Was unaware until afterwards this was part of a series, so I did not have the background of the other three previous books.

      From the summary of the book, I was unaware of the witches and paranormal aspect, as not type of genre; as I prefer more crime thrillers and mystery. It started out OK; however, got a little weird and I was not invested in the characters nor the storyline. However, those who enjoyed the previous books in the series may appreciate.

      Also included, a sneak preview of Lisa’s latest book, Close to Home, a novel of a woman renovating an old Victorian haunted mansion where she grew up. Now she and her daughters uncover secrets buried within the house of a mother and a half-sister who vanished. Then in the same town teenage girls are disappearing and she thinks her memories are the key to solving the mystery.

      I have read some earlier books of Lisa Jackson and only a couple of Nancy Bush. Appears they are crossing over to more paranormal, and this just isn’t my thing.