Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
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Author: Harlan CobenEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-02-26
ISBN: 0440236703
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: WOW - I could not put it down
Summary: 5 Stars
It's rare that I find books that I just have to keep reading, but TELL NO ONE by Harlan Coben is one such book.
Eight years ago, David Beck's wife was murdered. But out of the blue, he receives an e-mail that appears to be sent by his murdered wife - it contains information that only the two of them would know. How can that be? This is the start of the mystery that David Beck begins to unravel.
While trying to figure out who sent him the e-mail, he gradually discovers more and more secrets from the past. At the same time, David Beck realizes that someone is out to get him. As the book progresses, he finds himself in greater and greater danger. This is (in my mind) the perfect thriller set-up - the protagonist is being chased, while at the same time trying to solve a mystery.
TELL NO ONE is a quick and easy read. The plot unfolds at a good pace, as more and more is revealed, and it kept me hooked until the end (with some good final twists on the last few pages).
This is the first book I've read by Harlan Coben, and I will definitely read more by him. After I finished reading it, I told my wife about it. She ended up liking it as much as I did - once she started reading it, she basically devoured in a single day. Highly recommend.
Summary of Tell No One
For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive.Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible-that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive.
Beck has been warned to tell no one. And he doesn't. Instead, he runs from the people he trusts the most, plunging headlong into a search for the shadowy figure whose messages hold out a desperate hope.
But already Beck is being hunted down. He's headed straight into the heart of a dark and deadly secret-and someone intends to stop him before he gets there.
David Beck has rebuilt his life since his wife's murder eight years ago, finishing medical school and establishing himself as a pediatrician, but he's never forgotten the woman he fell in love with in second grade. And when a mysterious e-mail arrives on the anniversary of their first kiss, with a message and an image that leads him to wonder whether Elizabeth might still be alive, Beck will stop at nothing to find the truth that's eluded him for so many years. A powerful billionaire is equally determined to make sure his role in her disappearance never comes to light, even if it means destroying an innocent man.
In David Beck, Harlan Coben, the author of the popular series starring sports agent Myron Bolitar (Darkest Fear et al.) has created a protagonist who shares many of Bolitar's best qualities--he's a decent, generous, gentle guy whose loyalty to those he loves is unquestionable. So when he discovers that people he was close to may be responsible not only for Elizabeth's murder but also the "accidental" death of his father, Beck's sense of betrayal is as understandable to the reader as his uncharacteristically violent reaction. Coben is a skillful storyteller with a gift for creating likable characters caught up in circumstances that illuminate their complex emotional lives and deep humanity. This should be the thriller that breaks this talented writer out of the mystery genre and earns him the recognition he deserves. --Jane Adams
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