Elizabeth was taken. Her husband Dr. David Beck, has been stuggling for eight years, reliving the horror of what happened that night, the last night he saw her alive. A message appears on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. He has been warned to tell no one. He begins his search , but it is he who is being hunted. The twists will keep you reading on and on.

My first of many Coben books, and one of my favorites. A thoroughly twisted plot, backed up by some sympathetic, and some thoroughly weird, characters. I was so into it I couldn't put it down. You keep turning the pages to find out what happens next.

Annie, a realtor, is abducted from an open house. She was held captive in a remote cabin and tells her story through sessions with her psychiatrist. I felt like I was right there with her. The twist at the end was both well conceived and well hidden, although I did not care for its abrupt ending.

Hazel Grace is a 16 year who has accepted the fact that she is dying, until she meets a young man at a cancer support meeting. This new friendship brings her hope. While the storyline is saddening, the author manages to add humor to a very bleak situation.

Mack's youngest daughter is abducted while on family vacation and is believed to have been murdered in an abandoned shack. Four years later Mack receives a note, presumably written by God, inviting him to the shack for the weekend. I began to lose interest when the next character is introduced, but continued on. I ultimately found this book to be comforting and inspirational dealing with my own grief.

The death of a twin living in London bequeaths her possessions to her twin nieces back in the states. The nieces move to London to claim their inheritance and develop relationships with neighbors of their deceased aunt. Developments threaten to tear the twins apart.

I wasn't sure what I was about to read when I got started, this book is told from a five-year-old's perspective. Much of the dialogue is without complete sentences and makes sense once I interpret who is telling this story. The book is gripping, you won't want to put it down.

This is a heart-breaking story of a girl abducted at the age of eleven and held captive for eighteen years. The story of this girl is heartbreaking, the abuse, neglect and the only way of life she had come to know. Knowing that she is rescued comforted me reading and her stroy of trength and hope is encouraging.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh has a winner in her debut title The Language of Flowers. This is such a good read, I couldn't put it down. The girl is self-destructive because of early life experiences, you'll want to keep ready in hopes that she figures a way to overcome her past.