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Lisa Unger Biography & Facts

Lisa Unger (née Miscione; born April 26, 1970) is an American author of contemporary fiction, primarily psychological thrillers. Biography Miscione was born in New Haven, Connecticut but grew up in the Netherlands, England and New Jersey. She spent her teens in the Long Valley section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Miscione moved to New York City after high school, where she graduated from the New School for Social Research and spent a decade working in publishing in New York. During a vacation in Florida, she met her future husband Jeff Unger, who was vacationing from Detroit. After marrying Unger, she resigned her job, moved to Florida and gave herself a year to sell her first novel. Fairly quickly, she found an agent and sold a deal to produce four crime novels. Her first four books were published in her maiden name of Lisa Miscione. In 2002, she published Angel Fire, the first book featuring Lydia Strong. The book received mixed reviews. Publishers Weekly described it as "gripping and terrifying right through the carnage of its final scene" and commended the novel's depictions of grisly scenes. Rex Klett, writing for Library Journal, praised the Unger's writing style and the book's suspense. However, Kirkus Reviews called it "predictable" and "flatly written", criticizing Lydia's characterization. In June 2006, Unger published Beautiful Lies, her first novel under her married name, through Crown Publishing Group. It became a New York Times Best Seller the week it was released. Awards Beautiful Lies was selected as a Doubleday Book Club International Book of the Month. It was also chosen in 21st place in the top 50 "Best Books of 2006" by the editors of Amazon.com, a BookSense pick and a finalist in the International Thriller Writers Organization "Best Novel" Award in 2007. In the Blood won the 2015 Silver Falchion Award for Best Novel (Crime Thriller) and was a Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller 2014. Novels Writing as Lisa Miscione. Re-released in 2011 by Crown Publishing Group: Angel Fire (2002) – Lydia Strong #1 The Darkness Gathers (2003) – Lydia Strong #2 Twice (2004) – Lydia Strong #3 Smoke (2005) – Lydia Strong #4 As Lisa Unger. Beautiful Lies (2006) – Ridley Jones #1 Sliver of Truth (2007) – Ridley Jones #2 Black Out (2008) – Standalone Die for You (2009) – Standalone Fragile (2010) – Jones Cooper #1 (The Hollows book 1) Darkness, My Old Friend (2011) – Jones Cooper #2 (The Hollows book 2) Heartbroken (2012) – Standalone In the Blood (2014) – Standalone (The Hollows book 3) Crazy Love You (February 2015) – Standalone (The Hollows book 4) Ink and Bone (June 2016) – Jones Cooper #3 (The Hollows book 5) The Red Hunter (April 2017) – Standalone Under My Skin (Oct. 2018) – Standalone The Stranger Inside (Sep 2019) - Standalone Confessions on the 7:45 (Sept. 2020) – Standalone All My Darkest Impulses (May 2021) – House of Crows #1 Fog Descending (May 2021) – House of Crows #2 Circling the Drain (May 2021) – House of Crows #3 Love the Way You Lie (May 2021) – House of Crows #4 Last Girl Ghosted (Oct. 2021) – Standalone Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six (Nov. 2022) - Standalone Novellas The Whispering Hollows (2016) (The Hollows series) References External links Lisa Unger's website Lisa Unger on a Comfort Junkie’s Resistance to Adventure Travel (The Wall Street Journal March 2015) Lisa Unger's Official Wattpad Profile Interview with Publishers Weekly Do Some Damage Interview Interview with ITW's The Big Thrill Interview with Booklist Interview with Suicide Girls. Discover the Lisa Unger popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lisa Unger books.

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  • Angel Fire synopsis, comments

    Angel Fire

    Lisa Unger

    The childhood murder of Lydia Strong’s mother has turned her into a woman obsessed with bringing brutal killers to justice. The reclusive, bestselling truecrime writer and investig...

  • Eye of the Beholder synopsis, comments

    Eye of the Beholder

    Emma Bamford

    Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller Vertigo, the author of the “subtle and ominous” (Lee Child) debut Deep Water returns with a wholly original and sinister novel about...

  • Heartbroken synopsis, comments

    Heartbroken

    Lisa Unger

    A shattering thriller about three women, strangers, on a heartwrenching collision course none of them could have seen coming.Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her...

  • No Rest for the Dead synopsis, comments

    No Rest for the Dead

    David Baldacci

    In this New York Times bestseller, twentysix renowned thriller authors team up to create a firstrate serial novela collaboration that combines the skills of America’s greatest stor...

  • Blutroter Schnee synopsis, comments

    Blutroter Schnee

    Sharon Sala, Emma Luxx & Rainer Nolden

    Caitlin Doyle Bennett lebt im Luxus. Die Schriftstellerin ist schön, reich und wird von vielen bewundert. Doch ihr Leben ändert sich schlagartig, als sie plötzlich blutverschmierte...

  • My Darling Girl synopsis, comments

    My Darling Girl

    Jennifer McMahon

    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Children on the Hill, a psychological thriller “that delivers both chilling scares and genuine emotion” (Chandler Baker, New York ...

  • The House of Now and Then synopsis, comments

    The House of Now and Then

    Jo Dixon

    You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jawdroppingly twisty and wholly engaging story about the consequences of discovering the truth. For readers...

  • The Red Hunter synopsis, comments

    The Red Hunter

    Lisa Unger

    What is the difference between justice and revenge? In this “heartstopping thriller” (Publishers Weekly) with “plenty of action” (Kirkus Reviews) by New York Times bestselling auth...

  • Smoke Screen synopsis, comments

    Smoke Screen

    Sandra Brown

    From the #1 New York Times bestsellng author of Seeing Red comes a "scorching...actionfilled" (Publishers Weekly) tale of corruption and betrayal, revenge, and reversal.When newswo...

  • The Darkness Gathers synopsis, comments

    The Darkness Gathers

    Lisa Unger

    Fresh from a tour promoting her last case, reclusive true crime writer Lydia Strong receives an anonymous cry for help, begging her to find and protect Tatiana Quinn, "and all the ...

  • Sliver of Truth synopsis, comments

    Sliver of Truth

    Lisa Unger

    The highly anticipated followup to the New York Times bestseller Beautiful Lies. Charged with relentless intensity and kinetic action, and playing out with unnerving suspense on t...

  • Crazy Love You synopsis, comments

    Crazy Love You

    Lisa Unger

    In the New York Times bestselling Jones Cooper series by Lisa Unger, falling in love should be a dream but sometimes it’s a living nightmare in this “haunting, compulsive tale that...

  • Fragile synopsis, comments

    Fragile

    Lisa Unger

    A thrilling novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger about the hunt for a missing girl and one community’s intricate yet fragile bonds. “[A] nailbiting nuanced whodu...

  • Gravity synopsis, comments

    Gravity

    Tess Gerritsen

    In this propulsive, “nonstop read” (USA TODAY) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shape of Night, a NASA doctor is in a deadly race against time to destroy a lethal ...

  • When a Stranger Comes to Town synopsis, comments

    When a Stranger Comes to Town

    Michael Koryta

    ANTHONY AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGYIncluding NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly’s story “Avalon,” soon to be adapted for television by David E. Kelley.  "The v...

  • The Bullet synopsis, comments

    The Bullet

    Mary Louise Kelly

    From former NPR correspondent and acclaimed author of Anonymous Sources Mary Louise Kelly comes an “actionpacked pageturner” (Publishers Weekly) about fear, family secrets, and one...

  • Woman, Missing synopsis, comments

    Woman, Missing

    Sherryl Clark

    Gutsy new P.I. Lou Alcott takes charge in this brilliantly crafted thriller. Twisty, gritty and unputdownable, in this story the underdog is fighting back. Perfect for readers of S...

  • Das siebte Opfer synopsis, comments

    Das siebte Opfer

    Mary Burton & Karin Will

    Ein Mörder auf der Jagd nach seinem letzten Opfer.Sieben Jahre ist es her, seit ein gefährlicher Serienmörder Seattle terrorisierte. Seine Opfer waren junge, hübsche Frauen. Ihre L...

  • Smoke synopsis, comments

    Smoke

    Lisa Unger

    Book Four in the Lydia Strong SeriesIn the final installment of her Lydia Strong series, bestselling author Lisa Unger, writing as Lisa Miscione, brings us her most shocking a...

  • Darkness, My Old Friend synopsis, comments

    Darkness, My Old Friend

    Lisa Unger

    The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Lies and Fragile returns to The Hollows, delivering a thriller that explores matters of faith, memory, and sacrifice. After ...

  • Dunkelziffer synopsis, comments

    Dunkelziffer

    Andrea Kane & Barbara Ritterbach

    Zwischen Gefahr und Ekstase ...Julia Talbot macht sich Sorgen um einen ihrer Schüler: Brian Stratford scheint unter großem Druck zu stehen. Die engagierte Lehrerin führt dies auf F...

  • A Shadow at the Door synopsis, comments

    A Shadow at the Door

    Jo Dixon

    From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that reveals the darkness of greed and desire where people will stop at nothing to get what...

  • Greenwich Park synopsis, comments

    Greenwich Park

    Katherine Faulkner

    This “gloriously tangled game of cat and mouse” (Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author) explores the anxieties of impending motherhood, unreliable friendship, and the hig...

  • In the Blood synopsis, comments

    In the Blood

    Lisa Unger

    The New York Times bestselling author and International Thriller Writers “Best Novel” finalist Lisa Unger returns to the dark psychological suspense that made Beautiful Lies a best...

  • Remember Me This Way synopsis, comments

    Remember Me This Way

    Sabine Durrant

    A gripping psychological thriller of secrets and obsession that will keep readers flipping pages to the stunning conclusion from the author whose suspenseful work has been describe...

  • Ricochet synopsis, comments

    Ricochet

    Sandra Brown

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red presents a spinetingling story of murder and betrayal in high society Savannah, where a homicide detective finds his careeran...

  • Hello, Darkness synopsis, comments

    Hello, Darkness

    Sandra Brown

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red comes Hello, Darkness, a brilliant, fastpaced tale about a woman haunted by her past and caught in a nightmare that thre...

  • Chill Factor synopsis, comments

    Chill Factor

    Sandra Brown

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red comes a suspense novel about a woman trapped in a remote cabin with a man who may be a serial killer.Five women are miss...

  • She Lies Close synopsis, comments

    She Lies Close

    Sharon Doering

    A compulsive debut thriller about motherhood, obsession and how far we’d go to protect the ones we love. "Every curve, every twist takes you further down the rabbit hole. Shar...

  • The Hidden Things synopsis, comments

    The Hidden Things

    Jamie Mason

    Inspired by the reallife unsolved theft of a 17thcentury painting, this is a “smart and hugely entertainingly thriller, with so many sharp twists and hairpin turns that you’ll need...

  • Last Girl Ghosted synopsis, comments

    Last Girl Ghosted

    Lisa Unger

    "A fivealarm fire of a situation…the surprises keep coming." The New York Times  Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating mat...

  • Twice synopsis, comments

    Twice

    Lisa Unger

    Book Three in Lisa Unger's Lydia Strong series  Acclaimed artist Julian Ross has just been found standing over her husband’s bloody corpse in their New York City apartment. Ju...

  • Black Out synopsis, comments

    Black Out

    Lisa Unger

    When my mother named me Ophelia, she thought she was being literary. She didn’t realize she was being tragic.On the surface, Annie Powers’s life in a wealthy Floridian suburb is ha...

  • Wie ein stummer Schrei synopsis, comments

    Wie ein stummer Schrei

    Sharon Sala, Emma Luxx & Ralph Sander

    Ermittler Trey Bonney steht vor einem Rätsel: Ein Kinderskelett wurde entdeckt eingemauert in die Wand eines alten Hauses. Doch wer ist das Kind, das siebzehn Jahre lang keiner ve...

  • Gefahrenzone synopsis, comments

    Gefahrenzone

    Andrea Kane & Barbara Först

    Eine junge Frau gerät in einen Strudel aus Ehrgeiz, Verlangen und gefährlichen Geheimnissen ... Der Parfümmagnat Carson Brooks wird von einem Unbekannten angeschossen. Die Verletz...

  • Angsttage synopsis, comments

    Angsttage

    Andrea Kane & Karin Meddekis

    Du sollst für meine Morde büßen. Und dann werde ich dein Leben nehmen ... Eigentlich hatte Sally Montgomery einen romantischen Wochenendtrip geplant. Doch die Reise verwandelt sic...

  • White Hot synopsis, comments

    White Hot

    Sandra Brown

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “masterful storyteller” (USA TODAY) Sandra Browna sexy, sultry, familybased thriller set in a small southern town.When her younger bro...

  • Smash Cut synopsis, comments

    Smash Cut

    Sandra Brown

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red comes this thrilling novel full of jarring, cinematic twists and breathless suspense that will have you on the edge of your ...

  • Beautiful Lies synopsis, comments

    Beautiful Lies

    Lisa Unger

    If Ridley Jones had slept ten minutes later or had taken the subway instead of waiting for a cab, she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. She wou...

  • Play Dirty synopsis, comments

    Play Dirty

    Sandra Brown

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red delivers a gripping story of obsession and its deadly consequenceswhere nobody’s playing by the rules.After five long years i...

  • Those Empty Eyes synopsis, comments

    Those Empty Eyes

    Charlie Donlea

    "Draws readers in from the first heartstopping pages and doesn't let go until the end." – Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman MissingThe bestselling autho...

  • Die for You synopsis, comments

    Die for You

    Lisa Unger

    Isabel Raine thought she had everything–a successful career, a supportive family, and a happy marriage to the man she loved. Then one ordinary morning, her husband, Marcus, picks u...

  • Tough Customer synopsis, comments

    Tough Customer

    Sandra Brown

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red “charges her characters and their relationships with electricity” (San Francisco Book Review) in this sizzling, sleepwiththel...

  • Rainwater synopsis, comments

    Rainwater

    Sandra Brown

    A romantic historical novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seeing Red about an independent woman who runs a boarding house in Dust Bowl Texas.Ella Baron runs her ...