Tell No One

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What Coben does best is take readers into his characters’ hearts and minds. His protagonists are just common folks, minding their own business when—bam!—they are drawn into a terrifying world of sordid crimes and mayhem. (USA Today) With Coben, it's very hard to review a book without mentioning spoilers. If I wrote what I want to write, my review would look like a heavily redacted top secret file. So, I will just hit on some key points:

But there's one moment in particular that really did it in for me. Without going into too many spoilers, there is a moment when one of the Agents is questioning Elizabeth's parents about their daughter's death. When the Agent is just about to impart a key suspicion within the case, this inexplicably happens: From New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius. This book works very, very hard to convince you that the two lovebirds were truly soul mates. I guess Coben has to really sell that idea so that you’d believe that anyone would risk their lives to find the truth so I get why he writes it like that. It still makes them unbelievable characters because they’re just too perfect as a couple, and that prevented me from fully buying in to the story.

Book seven in Coben's wonderfully rich series (after 1999's The Final Detail), which features sports agent Myron Bolitar, former basketball player and totally believable human being, is all about Continue reading » While Alex is visiting Helene, Alex's sister Anna is participating in an equestrian meet sponsored by Gilbert Neuville in honor of his son who was an equestrian jumping champion who died eight years ago in 1997. When Anne shows up at Helene's apartment, she announces that she placed second, is very tired, and is going to bed. Helene whispers to Alex that she and Anne had had a little fight, that Anne was suspicious of Helene having an affair with a woman at work.

Old men stand at the corner and whinge about the day. Women carrying too many bags. Kids who probably should have been in school leaned against whatever was available, some cooler than the next." Oh no! I've just rated a Harlan Coben book only three stars! I found it hard to give time to this book as it's a busy time of year and a busy household. Of course this has nothing to do with the book. I liked this one, didn't love it, and only really wanted to see what happened. I didn't love the ending, there was so much going on. Maybe I had to think too hard! I still think he's an amazing writer. Can't love them all, huh?! I read [Harlan Coben’s] new book RUN AWAY straight through without moving. It’s RIVETING. (Ann Patchett) In the next scene, Gilbert Neuville is placed under arrest while attending the jumping show in his son's honor. As he is being escorted away, a rider falls on a fourth jump of a tight series. Alex thereafter visits Margot's mother and father where he confronts Margot's father regarding how positive he was when he identified his daughter's body after the murder. Out of this conversation we learn that Margot's father was a captain in the police force at the time and that Alex never viewed or identified his wife. Margot's father is irritated by all of Alex's probing questions and eventually asks him to leave.I’ve just finished reading ‘the match’, another great read. I really struggle to get into a book with the exception on Harlan Coben, Myton Bolitar should be televised by HBO, It’s such a great story line with Win always present, but Wilde carrying the baton really well. One of Myron’s favorite past time is slurping Yoo-Hoo. He is a fun character to be around. He is an everyday guy (as opposed to the eccentric Win). Basically, he is the guy next door who loves helping others. Okay, I'm gonna be honest. This was a difficult one for me to get through. I don't know if it's because it's a product of an earlier time period where such a novel would be praised as new and thrilling, but I was incredibly underwhelmed by this story. We never forget our first love. Mine ended up being murdered." Newcomers and fans alike will know they're deep in Coben country with the author's ninth book, in which a counselor Continue reading » After a six-year hiatus, it's good to herald the return of Myron Bolitar, the former Boston Celtics basketball star who became a sports agent and crime solver in Coben's sprightly, Continue reading »

The next morning on the way to work Alex stops by the morgue to talk with the coroner regarding Margot's file and photos of her autopsy. He is told by the coroner that the records are not filed there and that he would have to formally request them, which he does. Last Updated on September 10, 2020 Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the popular Myron Bolitar series, as well as numerous standalone psychological thriller novels, including books such as Tell No One, Gone For Good, Missing You, Run Away, and his latest book published in 2020, The Boy From the Woods. This is OK as far as thrillers go. It’s got a nice hook to it, but like a lot of these types of story, the plot twists eventually take a turn into pure outlandishness. Plus, I read Coben’s newer book Six Years recently, and that one also involves a man trying to unravel a mystery regarding his lost love so even though this one came first, it seemed more than a little repetitive to me. The pacing in this book makes for a brilliant mystery thriller - no time for unnecessary information or wordy explanations, it's a real rollercoaster ride!On the hindsight, I know that every author has a catchphrase or word, but the bizarre "potpourri" from all over "Gone for good" just gnawed my mind. Harlan Coben was born in 1962, in Newark, New Jersey. Like Myron Bolitar, Harlan was also born into a Jewish family. He grew up in Livingston, where he attended Livingston High School. He went on to study political science at Amherst College, where he became a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, along with the writer Dan Brown. I had a really tough time putting this book down for interruptions (sleep, errands, meals, etc.) because it was pretty unpredictable, a staple of Coben’s stories. You think you know who the good guys are, only to be disappointed at a later juncture. Even the good guys are presented with moral dilemmas where they make dicey choices and you question your own self as to whether you would have done things differently. Here you have a man who's done nothing but the right things expected of him and in the space of 24 hours is consorting with people and doing things he would never have considered as an option the day before. He continued writing the Myron Bolitar series until Tell No One, which was the first standalone thriller novel written after many years. It was published in 2001.