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! ( )

good read - Dr's wife kidnapped & presumed dead until 8 yeas later when a message appear on the Dr's computer ( )

Fast paced, edge-of-your-seat suspense. Couldn't put it down. ( )

this is making me very anxious, hope I get thru it :)

Ok, I got through the book and it was a very exciting story, however, I don't know why it made me so anxious. Throughout the entire story, I had such a horrible feeling. I do enjoy a good mystery/thriller every now and then and this certainly was that. I guess, I felt very protective of Dr. Beck from the very beginning and wanted him to find his Elizabeth. The tension to do this was felt from the very first page and it heightened page by page. Maybe I was in the wrong frame of mind to enjoy this book to its fullest.

Inspite of my anxieties about this book, I do highly recommend it. It sure will make for a good summer read. ( )