This works well as a gripping piece of popular fiction. I had to keep reading to find out what happened, but aside from that I didn't feel I got much out of it. It was a little too violent for my tastes, and didn't have the additional thoughtfulness that I like to see even in entertainment-led books. If you are a fan of blockbuster action movies then chances are this will be right up your street. ( )

2002

Eight years ago, Dr. David Beck seemed to have it all. Most of all, the love of his life, his wife Elizabeth. They had know each other since they were children and at the age of 12 had shared their first kiss and carved their initials in a tree at the lake front summer camp of David's grandfather. Every year since, they returned to that tree for their "kiss time" anniversary. Or they had until that night eight years ago, when they were attacked at the lake, David knocked unconscious and Elizabeth dragged away to her death at the hands of a serial killer, KillRoy.

Or was she?

On the anniversary of her murder, David receives an e-mail, making a reference to something only he and Elizabeth would understand. But how could it be? Her body was found, her killer is in jail. Is this some horrible joke? Is he going mad, wishing to believe something that is impossible or could, somehow, Elizabeth possibly be alive. He is warned to tell no one. Can he trust anyone to help him find the truth? The police, the FBI, his best friend since college, Shauna...will asking for their help put Elizabeth in more danger if she is alive and what price is David willing to pay to find out the truth of what happen that night.

This is the first one of Coben's books that I have read and a fine introduction to his work it is. It is a well written, fast paced thriller with enough action and twists and turns to keep you interested from the first page to the satisfying conclusion. And he also treats us to a good cast of characters to accompany us on the journey, characters that are never one dimension. There are good cops and bad, fine upstanding citizens that may have some very nasty secrets and even our "hero" David may have a few skeletons of his own that he would rather keep unknown. But the price of truth may have a very high cost that will play out until the very last page.
Overall, a satisfying, entertaining thriller that will certainly have me checking out some others of Mr. Coben books. Tell No One is a stand alone mystery but I am also anxious to check out his Myron Bolitar series, for which he is perhaps best known. ( )

this is about the 5th Harlan Coben book I have read, and so far it's the best...it's a fast-paced thriller that moves much quicker than the other ones i've read...every chapter will leave you on the edge of your seat...or La-Z-Boy ( )

This book was suggested to me by someone on Shelfari while playing a recommendation game. As soon as I checked it out I immediately thought it would be an interesting story so I added it to my ever growing TBR (to be read) list, or as I saw someone call it once, Mount TBR. I had never heard of Harlan Coben prior to this so I looked around for reviews of his books and they all had good things to say about them.

David Beck and his wife Elizabeth were visiting the family lake house when they were brutally attacked. Elizabeth was murdered that night and David was left for dead. Now eight years later, someone is playing a nasty joke on Dr Beck by sending him anonymous emails which lead him to believe that Elizabeth is still alive. But how could that be? When Elizabeth's body was found she was identified and her murderer had been caught and jailed. Dr Beck knows that it is impossible, but the hope that he will see Elizabeth once again sends him in pursuit of her. Unknowingly Dr Beck ends up being a suspect for several crimes and things are not looking good for him.

This book is truly brilliant, just a few pages in and I was hooked. It was impossible to put it down. The story is fast paced, and with Dr Beck running from the police it made for lots of action and suspense. There are also lots of twists throughout the plot which keeps you asking what is going to happen next. However the biggest twist was definitely the ending, I never saw it coming! Coben leads you to believe that everything has fallen into place and that the person behind it all has been identified, that is until you read the last lines and you find out that it is actually a different story entirely. This was a well thought out story and I liked Coben's style of writing, I just love it when a book sucks me right in and I can't stop reading. I nearly ruined the book for myself because for a reason unbeknownst to me I decided to skim over the last page when I was still early on in the book. It did reveal one thing but I didn't really get the ending then, so I'm happy that it didn't ruin the story. Just one piece of advice, try not to do that as much as you can.

I will definitely be reading more books by Harlan Coben, in fact I purchased The Woods along with this book because I read good reviews for it too. Oh and I also just learned that Tell No One was made into a movie so I will have to check it out as well. Even though I rarely ever like movies that are based on books, I still want to watch them to see what they managed to come up with! ( )