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Harlan Coben
The worlds of celebrity and sports are brilliantly dissected and turned upside down in the debut thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger.Theirs was a marriage made in tabloid heaven, but no sooner had supermodel Laura Ayars and Celtics star David Baskin said “I do” than tragedy struck. While honeymooning on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, David went out for a swim—and never returned.Now widowed and grieving, Laura has a thousand questions and no answers. Her search for the truth will draw her into a web of lies and deception that stretches back thirty years—while on the court at Boston Garden, a rookie phenom makes his spectacular debut...
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Author
Harlan Coben
Pages
560
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2010-09-28
ISBN
1101443618 9781101443613
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"It’s Harlan Coben."
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Daria Quinones
"<strong>Meh</strong><br/><br/>Way too sappy and convoluted for a good mystery. This was mods trashy romance novel than suspense. I usually love Harlen Cohen's work but this missed the mark by a mile."
Lindsay Jocson
"This is Coben's first published work, originally released in 1990.<br/><br/>The book is interesting, and like all of Coben's works, it gets you interested right away. However, I see that Coben grew as a writer between this work and his first Myron novel, "Deal Breaker," from 1995.<br/><br/>When you pick up this paperback and read the back of the book, you immediately know a big chunk of the mystery. I don't know if Coben had any say-so about the blurb written on the back, but I think the novel would have been much more intriguing if I hadn't read the back. Anyway, the plot itself is fine, but once again, due to the information revealed on the back of the book, it was predictable. My main disappointment with this novel was the fact that Coben reveals a lot of the "secrets" during the story. In his later works, he usually saves them all for the "here's what happened" ending.<br/><br/>Overall, an enjoyable mystery read from Mr. Coben."
Laura Lamb
