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In this "brilliant...deeply felt" (Stephen King) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of the Chet and Bernie mystery series, a deeply damaged female soldier home from the war in Afghanistan becomes obsessed with finding a missing girl, gains an unlikely ally in a stray dog, and encounters new perils beyond the combat zone.
LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military, and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an eye and with half her face badly scarred, she can barely remember the disastrous desert operation that almost killed her. She is confused, angry, and suspects the fault is hers, even though nobody will come out and say it.

Shattered by one last blow—the sudden death of her hospital roommate, Marci—LeAnne finds herself on a fateful drive across the country, reflecting on her past and seeing no future. Her native land is now unfamiliar, recast in shadow by her one good eye, her damaged psyche, her weakened body. Arriving in the rain-soaked small town in Washington State that Marci called home, she makes a troubling discovery: Marci's eight-year-old daughter has vanished. When a stray dog—a powerful, dark, unreadable creature, no one's idea of a pet—seems to adopt LeAnne, a surprising connection is formed and something shifts inside her. As she becomes obsessed with finding Marci's daughter, LeAnne and her inscrutable canine companion are drawn into danger as dark and menacing as her last Afghan mission. This time she has a strange but loyal fellow traveler protecting her blind side.

Enthralling, suspenseful, and psychologically nuanced, The Right Side introduces one of the most unforgettable protagonists in modern fiction: isolated, broken, disillusioned—yet still seeking redemption and purpose. As Harlan Coben raves, this is "a great suspense novel, and so much more. You won't forget the heroic LeAnne Hogan—and the same goes for her dog! Not to be missed."
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In this "brilliant...deeply felt" (Stephen King) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of the Chet and Bernie mystery series, a deeply damaged female soldier home from the war in Afghanistan becomes obsessed with finding a missing girl, gains an unlikely ally in a stray dog, and encounters new perils beyond the combat zone.
LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military, and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an eye and with half her face badly scarred, she can barely remember the disastrous desert operation that almost killed her. She is confused, angry, and suspects the fault is hers, even though nobody will come out and say it.

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Enthralling, suspenseful, and psychologically nuanced, The Right Side introduces one of the most unforgettable protagonists in modern fiction: isolated, broken, disillusioned—yet still seeking redemption and purpose. As Harlan Coben raves, this is "a great suspense novel, and so much more. You won't forget the heroic LeAnne Hogan—and the same goes for her dog! Not to be missed."
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        May 1, 2017
        Quinn (Arf, 2016, etc.) is known for caninecentric comic mysteries, but here the dog takes a supporting role as Afghanistan veteran LeAnne Hogan, marred by a disfiguring injury and PTSD, finds purpose after a close friend's death.A talented high school athlete, LeAnne rejects West Point after her father's suicide. Instead, she enlists as an Army private and then serves multiple Iraq and Afghanistan tours. As co-leader of a Cultural Support Team (a unit of combat-capable female soldiers who accompany Special Ops forces to gather intelligence), LeAnne lost her right eye, leaving her with a terribly scarred face and severe PTSD. Well-written flashbacks chronicle the CST soldiers in-country and introduce an Afghan interpreter nicknamed Katie, whom LeAnne considers a kindred soul and who ends up changing her life. In the novel's present day, LeAnne is a wounded warrior in a U.S. military hospital, where she's become an intense, isolated woman prone to bouts of anger and despair. Her character changes markedly as she tries to understand her hero father's apparent suicide and resolves to mend her contentious relationship with her mother. Then LeAnne's stumbling recovery goes off-rail after her hospital roommate, Marci, dies suddenly. LeAnne impulsively leaves the hospital, a defiant escape that's perfectly detailed by Quinn. In a journey ripe with symbolism, LeAnne travels west, then follows a compulsion to head to Washington and connect with Marci's daughter. Soon after she encounters a huge black dog at a dramatic moment, she learns that the child is mysteriously missing. Quinn realistically depicts the way civilians fail to comprehend a warrior's mindset. The despondency of PTSD portrayed with such brutal intensity--LeAnne's guarded, prickly, and cynical persona cracks but never fully opens--makes for emotionally difficult reading. There's a minor road-trip thread, and a mystery too, but this is primarily a psychological drama driven by a lonely struggle to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder.

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        Sgt. LeAnne Hogan is a patient at Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland. Wounded during a Taliban attack in Afghanistan, she has lost her right eye and suffered head trauma. Her physical wounds are on the mend, but her memory is still spotty. When her friend and roommate dies unexpectedly, LeAnne checks herself out and begins to travel around the country. Flashbacks to her childhood and her military service follow her westward. Awkward meetings with her mother and an army intelligence officer prompt her to visit her late friend's hometown. There LeAnne is befriended by a stray dog, who eventually gets named Goody. While visiting her friend's mother, she discovers that the friend's daughter has gone missing. With the dog she's reluctantly adopted, LeAnne begins her own search for the missing girl; at the same time, she struggles to fill in the gaps in her memory about the night she was wounded. A trip to Afghanistan and confrontations there and back in the States lead to solutions both fulfilling and unexpected. VERDICT Although Quinn's stand-alone pairs nicely with his "Chet and Bernie" dog-centric mysteries, canine-loving readers might be a little disappointed that Goody doesn't show up sooner. However, the fascinating characters and satisfying plot more than make up for that slight negative. [See Prepub Alert, 1/4/17.]--Dan Forrest, Western Kentucky Univ. Libs., Bowling Green

        Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        May 15, 2017

        Quinn departs from his popular "Chet and Bernie" mysteries with this stand-alone about a severely wounded female veteran suffering from PTSD who teams up with a stray dog to find the missing daughter of her deceased hospital roommate. Compelling characters and a suspenseful race to the finish will keep readers riveted. (LJ 4/1/17)

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        February 1, 2017

        Taking a break from his New York Times best-selling series starring Chet (woof!) and Bernie, Quinn introduces us to Afghanistan vet LeAnne Hogan, who returned home both physically and mentally maimed but remains determined to track down the missing daughter of her hospital roommate. In her efforts, she is adopted by one tough, sassy stray dog.

        Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military, and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an eye and with half her face badly scarred, she can barely remember the disastrous desert operation that almost killed her. She is confused, angry, and suspects the fault is hers, even though nobody will come out and say it.

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