I love this series but I didn't love this novella. I actually found it to be slow and boring but I will keep reading this series because I love DD Warren!

So Lisa Gardner has an idea for a story – albeit a short story, a novella and in true Gardner form shares this well constructed page turner even if the glee is short lived. But from the very title THE GUY WHO DIED TWICE fans of Lisa Gardner already know. Yes we know we are in for a treat. So sit back, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy.
Ever heard of the movie Clue with stars like Leslie Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn and Christopher Lloyd – just to name a few of the reasons Clue the movie is a cult classic.
So a guy walks into the police headquarters and tells them he is dead. Of course that is ridiculous since he is very much alive. But you see that will be short lived – no pun intended.
DD Warren is called to Adam LaToile’s house to investigate a murder. That guy’s. So now he is dead and for the remainder of THE GUY WHO DIED TWICE Lisa Gardner has us playing armchair detectives to find out who did it. I immediately had thoughts – actually visions of the amazing cast of the movie Clue running room to room as they acted out the possible scenarios of the crime.
So yes I was smiling and at times laughing while reading this little gem of Lisa Gardner’s.
In THE GUY WHO DIED TWICE you find DD Warren at her very best eating shortbread and drinking tea – very civilized – with the slew of suspects. In the comfort of their home and waiting.
THE GUY WHO DIED TWICE is at times DD retelling the events of the day to her husband Alex. Then the story moves back to the victim’s home with dialog that is pure Lisa Gardner. You have to keep reminding yourself this is a novella.
So I truly encourage you to take part in this brief crime novel and see if you can guess where Gardner is going. Be part of the investigation. All the clues are there. Now see if you can figure out who killed THE GUY WHO DIED TWICE.

I am a huge fan of Lisa Gardner's Detective D.D. Warren series and so of course I am going to read any and all books she writes that are part of this...including the short stories. And what a fun, crazy short story this one turned out to be!

I loved the way this one was structured - at night where she was decompressing after her crazy day, going over the case with her husband and then taking us back to the day itself, hour by hour. So we get to be there as D.D. is gathering facts and we get to hear her commentary after the fact as she rehashes the situation with her husband, but it's done side-by-side. It really was quite a clever way to structure the story, and allows you as the reader to try to put the clues together before the final reveal.

I'll tell you, this one definitely had me scratching my head as I wondered what really happened and I loved the sense of the closed room - or in this case, a closed house - feel we get from this book. And the author's note at the end is quite fascinating. Even though this really is quite a short story, coming in at under 100 pages, I found myself completely engaged and enjoyed every bit of it. This was the perfect little teaser for the upcoming new novel in this series - Never Tell, which comes out next month!

A man goes to the police station and tells them he’s dead. He clearly isn’t and they try to convince him he isn’t dead and send him home. A few hours later they get a phone call saying he’s dead. DD Warren and the other detectives try to figure out what happened and unravel this story. The house is filled with many suspects- the maid, the gardener, the driver, the doctor, the wife. and each one is a suspect. A perfect short story to read while waiting for Gardner’s next book to be published

A super quick read of a neat short story by Lisa Gardner. Reading this, I felt like I was in a game of CLUE. Overall, an enjoyable quick story with one of my favorite detectives, DD. Thanks for the advanced read.

Received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Wow, did you wake up dead this morning? A man walks into the police station to report a death........his!!! Well written short with some humor thrown in along with a murder. Lisa Gardner's D.D. Warren books are always an interesting and entertaining read. Enjoy! 📚

I'm loving short stories more and more lately, and this one is no exception. Lisa is a favorite author of mine and I love the Agatha Christie style writing in this one. I want more of this from Lisa! I really enjoyed the short read!

Excellent short story which starts with a man walking into the police station to declare he is dead. What follows is a closed house mystery that would make Agatha Christie proud! Lisa Gardner packs enough twists and turns into a riveting read that will keep you guessing.

I don’t usually read short stories, but when the opportunity arose to read this little gem from one of my favorite authors, Lisa Gardner, I could not pass it up.

I really enjoyed this Agatha Christie style mystery! Adam LaToile walks into a police station claiming he is dead. Hmmm…he is walking, talking, and breathing so clearly he is not dead! Can you imagine the shock when the police learn, just two hours after that visit to the police station that Adam now really is dead? He was found at home, in his own bed – now we have a good old-fashion whodunit.

The list of suspects is long. Was it Paulette the maid, Ernesto the gardener, Charlie the driver, Dennis the personal chef, Manuel the manservant, Martha LaToile his wife, or Dr. Anil the doctor?? I decided to put my detective hat on and went to work with D.D. Warren to solve this crime.

At just under 100 pages I got a really fun, quick mystery, that kept me guessing until the end. That’s right, I know you are surprised, but I did not manage to solve this mystery nearly as well as D.D. Warren!

Lisa Gardner's The Guy Who Died Twice is set a beautiful, spacious, Back Bay townhouse. A well educated, wealthy middle aged man appears at the police station to report his own murder and less than 24 hours later, the man is found stabbed to death.
The detectives conduct their investigation in the townhouse and interview the maid, the chef, the gardener, the driver, private doctor, and the wife of the murdered millionaire. While there are no security cameras in the home, the different individuals are able to alibi others.
Fans of DD Warren will enjoy this short murder mystery and the glimpse into the lives of privileged, Back Bay.

The Guy Who Died Twice by Lisa Gardner is a short story set in her D.D. Warren series. After a weird day D.D. sits down with her husband to tell him about it.

A man walks into the police station desperately claiming he has died. Unable to convince him he is alive the squad sends him on his way only to have him turn up hours later actually dead.

Twisty right!? This was like a cozy mystery game of Clue for seasoned detective D.D. Warren. I really enjoy seeing the more cozy domestic side of D.D. as she relaxes with her husband after a long day. This was the perfect little short story with an interesting plot that tied up nicely without being super obvious.

The Guy Who Died Twice was a fun little mystery novella with one of my favorite Lisa Gardner Detectives, D.D. Warren, sharing a very unusual case of murder to her husband over dinner. As you can gather from the description a man walks in to report his death/murder, and yet he is very much alive at the time. They all chalk this up to mental illness, but a few hours later D.D. and her team are called out to a grand estate to investigate the same man’s actual murder. There’s a whole house full of suspects, each with a possible motive to murder the man, so D.D. must sort out the stories and solve his murder.

There was a definite Agatha Christie vibe to this case with a murder happening in a big, grand estate, old wealth and a surplus of servants and family on the property that could’ve committed the murder. D.D. and her team interview and dig for clues, spending the day on the estate to gather the facts. We get the highlights as a reader as she shares with her crime-scene-expert husband, Alex, over a glass of after-dinner wine! Sounds like a perfect way to spend the evening to me! Love Alex!

The mystery wraps up in perfect Agatha Christie style! I won’t say how, but you’ll see in the end. You can easily read this in an hour/hour and a half. Bonus, you get to spend time with D.D. and her lovely husband while sorting out the clues!

Lisa Gardner’s D. D. Warren is one of my favorite detectives and this short story contains all the elements that have lofted her to that elevated position. Humorous, clever and intriguing, The Guy Who Died Twice presents D.D. with her ‘strangest case’ ever.

This is number 9.5 in the series and while it can certainly be read as a standalone, it doesn’t serve as a good introduction to the characters or the author’s writing style. It is simply too short to be anything other than a quick, satisfying read for fans of the series.

D.D.  was confident she’d seen it all until the dead man walked into her office. Convinced that he is a hazard to himself and others, Adam LaToile tells D.D. and her squad that he has a contagious case of death. He believes a group of righteous people had killed him for being a scourge on the earth. Lifting his prints from a glass of water they give him and thereby confirming his identity, the detectives return Adam to his next of kin. Just a few hours later they receive a second call: Adam LaToile is dead. The cause, this time, is obvious. He has a knife sticking out of his back.

D.D. has an instant pool of suspects in the wealthy widow, personal doctor, and household staff. It doesn’t take her long to figure out who, but the why surprises even this unflappable homicide cop.

Told from the comfort of her own sofa as she sips a glass of red wine and cuddles with husband Alex, D.D. spins a story that takes the reader from France to Boston and back again. There is little character building since this story serves simply as filler between book nine in the series - Look for Me -  and the upcoming book ten - Never Tell. There is also no real purpose to the story. It’s a clever, unique little snippet out of D.D.’s endless list of cases but it doesn’t shed new light on old mysteries or give us insight into what’s coming. Its sole purpose is to entertain and it does an excellent job of that, providing a thought provoking, albeit quick, mystery which is sure to delight the author’s fans.

The Guy Who Died Twice is only sixty pages long, so it’s an excellent pre-bedtime read for those who want something fun and engaging that won’t keep them reading into the wee hours. I certainly enjoyed it and think other devotees of the D.D. Warren series will as well.

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Having recently read Never Tell, I was excited for this short story featuring D.D. Warren again. Good suspense in a tale of a man who walks into the police station claiming his is dead; hours later he is found newly dead in his bed. Many suspects, secrets from the past that come to light, and a satisfying conclusion to the murder. Gardner never disappoints!

I'd like to thank netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. This book was a fun who dunnit through process of elimination and a great filler before the next D.D Warren book comes out.

The Guy Who Died Twice by Lisa Gardner. I am a fan of Lisa. She writes a thriller that makes you think about it for days. In this short story DD is sharing a strange case with her FBI husband. It is like a version of Clue. A man dies in his mansion. We have a cast of characters as we solve the ‘who done it’ to include the wife, doctor, chef, chauffeur, and the maid. I enjoy following the interviews and how DD reveals the killer. Can you guess the killer?

Lisa’s short stories are a great diversion for a dreary winter day I highly recommend picking one up.

Violence - solving a murder
i dont recall any language

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3.5 stars to this standalone DD Warren short story. Reminded me so much of an Agatha Christie or other similar whodunnit, because it involves a small cast of characters that DD brings together in the end in order to reveal the culprit.
I enjoyed the mystery and the real-life science behind the story. Those looking for a short mystery will be intrigued and this one is both captivating and fast-paced.

I love all of Lisa Gardner's books, if you haven't read anything by her, this is a nice way to get your feet wet. I do recommend reading all of the other D.D. Warren books in order, because although the mysteries stand alone, the characters have gone through a great deal of change and development and that's a big part of the story.

What a great short story!

D.D. Warren tells her husband about the weirdest case of the day as they relax over wine. In flashbacks interspersed with the telling, the story of the man who came to the police department to report he was dead ends up dying is disclosed.

It is written in a humorous and easy to read style. The characters are all fun and intriguing. Each of the suspects has a secret to hide. The book offers shades of the game of Clue. The mystery is solved in true Colombo fashion.

I loved this book. I am typically not a fan of short stories or novellas but this one may change my mind. The writing is tight, quick and comical. The characters are well developed even in such a short time.

Readers of Lisa Gardner books will get a fix of D.D. Warren until Never Can Tell is released. Others who are not familiar with this author will become fans after reading this gem.


I received an ARC by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affects my opinion or ratings of this book.

4★★★★Stars


Genre: Mystery/Short Stories
Type: Standalone
POV: First Person – Female


Expected publication: January 8th 2019


❝ Liars tended to fall into two camps. Those who held back- the Dr. Anils of the world -and those who were overly detailed - like Mrs. LaToile. Either way, neither one was being completely honest.❞


DD the famous FBI detective who I came to love from the previews books was assigned to a very crazy bizarre case, one very unusual case she hadn’t come across before and she had to solve it. When a man comes to her detective station very confused apologizing for being dead, the case gets more interesting when later after he gets dismissed and sent to his family for help he in fact ends up dead.


This is a very short but really good book that will have you trying to put all the clues of this mystery together. The book goes back and forth from the past where DD finds herself finding the truth and to the present where she’s telling her husband the details of the case.


❝ "I am not dead, I am not dead. I AM NOT DEAD." But somedays, D.D. knew, the woman still wishes she was.❞



When DD goes to the house where the murder occurred she finds a challenge because everyone including the wife, employees and even family doctor are all suspects. Overall, I really enjoy this short story, The Guy Who Died Twice was very detailed, funny, surprising and fascinating. Readers who enjoy cold case files and murder detective books will find this book appealing.

D.D. Warren has just had the weirdest day. As she sits home with her husband, she has to recount the story to him. If she hadn’t just lived it, she wasn’t sure she’d believe it.

A man walked into the station claiming to be there to report a death, his. He claimed he wasn’t alive anymore but was dead. Obviously suffering from mental issues, they called his house & sent him home in the car his wife sent for him. A few hours later, they were called to the house where he was really dead this time.

It’s truly remarkable how Lisa Gardner comes up with her story lines. This was quite hard to believe. It was interesting to read a little more of the process with the entire investigation taking place in one day. I’m not sure if it was the delivery (DD recounting everything to the husband as if it was a story) or the fast pace of the plot but I wasn’t able to get as emotionally tied to the story as I usually can with her longer books. This was still a very good story, just not what I was expecting.