Tell No One

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Barnes & Nobles Nook is still not available in Germany, I would have at least liked to look at it, before buying something other. I read [Harlan Coben’s] new book RUN AWAY straight through without moving. It’s RIVETING. (Ann Patchett) After losing Alex in the chase, Captain Levkowitch stops by his mother's place to drop off some groceries. There he speaks with his partner and admits to being the one who called Alex's attorney, Elysabeth Feldman. In his conversation Levkowitch goes through a list of reasons why he doesn't think Alex would have murdered Charlotte including hiding the murder weapon in his apartment behind a desk, his stopping at the coroner's office on the way to work, and even going to work at all. While his partner cautions him about the consequence of doing something that would re-open the murder case of the serial killer Serton, Levkowitch counters that he just wants to get to the truth.

Terrible secrets lead basketball star David Baskin to fake his death while honeymooning in the tropics in this manipulative but otherwise engaging first novel. His bereaved bride, supermodel Laura Continue reading » This book works very, very hard to convince you that the two lovebirds were truly soul mates. I guess Coben has to really sell that idea so that you’d believe that anyone would risk their lives to find the truth so I get why he writes it like that. It still makes them unbelievable characters because they’re just too perfect as a couple, and that prevented me from fully buying in to the story. I have seen Coben novels around for years and I’ve even watched a couple Netflix adaptations but this is the first that I’ve read. Why did I wait so long?Book seven in Coben's wonderfully rich series (after 1999's The Final Detail), which features sports agent Myron Bolitar, former basketball player and totally believable human being, is all about Continue reading » I was looking for something new to read, so I stopped by my local library and have been hooked on Harlan ever since.

After a six-year hiatus, it's good to herald the return of Myron Bolitar, the former Boston Celtics basketball star who became a sports agent and crime solver in Coben's sprightly, Continue reading » Alright, so here's the thing. None of these complaints would be all that earthshattering or even surprising were it not for the fact that there's this underlying subtext that Coben seems to be trying to communicate about subverting expectations, classism and power dynamics, and being socially conscious or whatever. But he does a lot of telling and not enough showing. What's worse, he does a lot of telling, but then has his characters contradict what it is that's already been told. COBEN RAISES THE BAR FOR LITERARY WHODUNITS, Contra Costa Times, June 24, 2001 (quite positive review states, "... Harlan Coben with Tell No One which sets a new standard for traditional mystery fiction")

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A mystery thriller with all the right stuff, intrigue, suspense, romance and humor…Coben keeps you in suspense from beginning to end. (The Newark Tribune on Deal Breaker) If you really want to be a writer, you have to read more!" - these words have echoed in my head since I took that brilliant course, since I came up with yet another innovative novel concept based on a dream that would surely look phenomenal on paper, that I just, couldn't quite work out how to write down. She had brown eyes and kinky hair and a toothy smile. She also had braces and was fourteen years old and-- Alex meets his friend Helene, who is his sister's lover and domestic partner, for lunch in her restaurant, where he reads in a newspaper that two male bodies were uncovered near the Lake Charmaine. In his lunch conversation with Helene they discuss his plans to meet with Margot's mother in what has been a yearly meeting with her for the past eight years on the anniversary of Margot's murder. Alex also promises to stop by Helene's apartment after his visit with Margot's mother.