Purposive to prove her innocence, Myron endeavors to uncover the truth, despite Esperanza’s refusal to speak to him on advisement by her lawyer who doesn’t want Myron anywhere near the case, or his client. Edgar-winner Coben (Caught) continues to mine rich veins of terror in his New Jersey novels of domestic suspense, exploring both the reality and the ideal of family ties and the ease with which evil Continue reading » Reporter Wendy Tynes is on a mission to identify and bring down sexual predators through highly televised sting operations. Wendy and her team, with the help of the local police, have publicly shamed dozens of men through her news program “Caught in the Act”.

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Reluctant at first, Myron undertakes to help her not just to become her agent, but because he realizes that they have tie from the past that binds them together. Horace, Brenda’s father, coached Myron during his heydays in basketball, although the two lost touch after Myron's career tragically ended following a nasty knee injury. Capt. Maya Stern Burkett, the heroine of this stellar standalone from Edgar-winner Coben (The Stranger), has suffered more than her fair share of tragedy. Her career as a U.S. Army Continue reading »When an adored nun is then found murdered and a mysterious man—who was tailing Matt—turns up dead, all indications point to an ex-con who already served a sentence for a murder. Terrible secrets lead basketball star David Baskin to fake his death while honeymooning in the tropics in this manipulative but otherwise engaging first novel. His bereaved bride, supermodel Laura Continue reading » Paul Copeland, a New Jersey county prosecutor, is still grieving over the loss of his sister when he loses his wife to cancer, leaving him to raise their six-year-old daughter alone. As for the story, I'm afraid it just feels very routine and unexciting. The characters are one dimensional and overall it's just dull, dull, dull. Coben δεν παραλείπει, σε αρκετά σημεία, να τονίζει ότι 'η Νέα Υόρκη είναι η πόλη, όπου όλα μπορείς να τα δεις και να τα συναντήσεις'. Αυτή η άποψη του συγγραφέα παρατηρείται, κυρίως, στο 1ο μέρος, όπου φανερώνει και τη διάθεσή του να αποδομήσει την άνετη, ηθική, έννομη και οργανωμένη ζωή που προσφέρει η μεγαλούπολη, την οποία περιγράφει, ίσως, με αρκετή υπερβολή.

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This startling information sets Kat off on a quest to discover the truth about her beloved dad's death. Edgar-winner Coben's 10th Myron Bolitar novel (after Long Lost) is a perfect 10: providing readers with new information about the past of the former athlete turned agent and owner of MB Reps; a Continue reading »

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Anyway, Kat is working multiple leads, one of which involves her ex-boyfriend, Jeff, who might be mixed up in something illegal. Bonus points to Coben for coming up with a good catfishing scheme.

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Misfortune however strikes their trip, as Elizabeth is abducted, murdered, and her body dumped in a ditch. Although her killers were caught and brought to book, for David, there could possibly be no closure. Matt Hunter is forever hunted by the horrors of the night he genuinely tried to break up a fight, only to end up a killer. Now nine years after his release from prison, with his innocence long forgotten, the ex-con takes nothing for granted. The setup is irresistible, the twists generously piled on and the climax suitably pulse-pounding, even though best-selling Coben (Six Years, 2013, etc.) is hard-pressed to tie all those complications together or produce a payoff that rises to their deliciously suspenseful levels. When Valerie is murdered in cold blood and her body dumped right outside the stadium at the U.S. Open, Myron Bolitar, a renowned sports agent, steps in to investigate the killing; one that will unearth a gut-wrenching connection between two players and a six-year-old murder at an affluent mainline club. TV journalist Sara Lowell and Michael Silverman, New York’s most blistering basketball star, are the most envied couple on television. Their family, coupled with their far reaching social connections, links them to the very elite in the political, medical, and sports world; a web that will unreservedly tangle them up in a dilemma as controversial as it is destructive.Here we have a story about Kat....a NYPD detective. After a close friend signs up the single Kat for an online dating service, she stumbles across an old flame. This one simple act, combined with the imminent death of her father's convicted killer sets Kat off to question events in her past that have always remained a mystery...to ask questions that might be best left unasked....to seek answers she might not be able to live with.....along this road of discovery she also stumbles upon a questionable missing persons case....and from there all hell breaks loose.... Friends at work talk about Harlan Coben all the time. They watch the shows based on his books that play on Netflix and now Hulu, I believe. Missing You is the first Harlan Coben book I've read and I don't think it's been turned into a series on Netflix (yet?). I enjoyed the traditional police procedural feel of this book. Kat Donovan is pulled into a missing person case by the son of a wealthy woman. Nobody seems to take him seriously that she's in harm's way. Kat is the only one who gives his concerns the slightest consideration - and her consideration is very slight. She has a hard time deciding if the teen is looking for attention or if he genuinely has something to worry about. So when he runs into the stranger—whose motives are unclear and information is irrefutable—it turns his life upside down. No sooner does he confront his wife, Corinne, about the devastating secret he learns, than his mirage of a perfect life disappears as though it never existed. is a riveting, albeit perplexing, nightmare that finds hapless New Jersey wife and mother Grace Lawson Continue reading » Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

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Signs that Myron was a gifted basketball player were evident as early as the 6th grade, and he went on to be drafted by the Boston Celtics in the first round, until he shattered his knee during a preseason game against Washington Bullets—ending his career.Captain of the lacrosse team and a decent girl poised to join college next year with all the hopes and dreams her adoring parents, 17 year-old Haley McWaid is the pride of her suburban New Jersey family. So when she fails to come home one night, and three seemingly long months pass by without any word from her, everyone assumes the worst. Coben επιθυμεί να ενημερώσει και να αφυπνίσει σχετικά με τους κινδύνους που ελλοχεύουν στους διαδικτυακούς ιστότοπους γνωριμιών, και καταφέρνει να πλάσει ένα μεταμοντέρνο αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα 'νεονουάρ' με αρκετά έντονα στοιχεία ψυχολογικού θρίλερ και θρίλερ τρόμου. I'm taking a 'life's too short' approach to books these days and on this basis I've decided it's way too short to continue with this one. Desperate to save her marriage, and quite possibly her husband’s life, Suzze turns to Myron Bolitar for help. Myron however not only finds Lex, but also crosses paths with Kitty; his sister-in-law who, alongside Myron’s brother, forswore the Bolitar family years ago.