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Title: No Second Chance by Harlan Coben, Scott Brick ISBN: 0-14-280018-X Publisher: E P Dutton Audio Pub. Date: 24 April, 2003 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 9 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (71 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: ANOTHER COBEN WINNER-BEST SELLER FOR SURE
Comment: Harlan Coben (Gone for Good, Tell No One, the Myron Bolitar series) has written some fantastic thrillers, but his latest, No Second Chance, is far and away the best. I won't repeat the plot summaries above, let me simply say that this book was so engrossing I couldnt put it down. Make sure you start reading it early in the day, or like me you will be up to 4 am finishing it.
I am also drawn to Coben's books by his richly drawn characters. There are no stock figures or stereotypes in this book-every character is multilayered, with levels of good and evil, and yet each real in his or her own way. Figuring out who's helping the book's lead character Marc Seidman and who is not drove me crazy, but in a good, absorbing way that I wish other whodunit readers would learn from. My favorite characters of Coben in the past included Win, Esperanza, Lou and Nina, but this book has given me a couple (I wont name them so I don't spoil your fun) to move to the top of the list.
Great story, great characters, mesmerizing read. Dont miss this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Fast-paced thrill ride and all-around fun read
Comment: Harlan Coben weaves yet another thrilling tale following his great title "Tell No One". I was drawn to this book "No Second Chance" after hearing a few friends tell me what a good writer Coben is. The talk was not just hype, Coben writes a masterfully suspenseful edge-of-your-seat thriller. It is a fast-paced story that manages to keep you intrigued and guessing for all of its 300+ pages. Let me tell you a few things that may help you make up your own mind about "No Second Chance":
Coben grabs your attention from the VERY FIRST SENTENCE ("When the first bullet hit me I thought of my daughter.") - What a way to start a book! The story grabs you and does let go until the thrilling (and surprising) conclusion. The main character has had his wife killed, himself shot to near death, and his daughter kidnapped. The prime suspect? The cops think HE is behind everything. He must stay one step ahead of the cops while trying to keep from falling behind the true criminals.
Coben combines characters that are cops, ex-FBI, lawyers, kidnappers, and international black market child-sellers and does it all masterfully. Pick this book up and you likely won't be able to put it back down until it's over. It's a very entertaining read.
Rating: 3
Summary: Entertaining
Comment: A very entertaining mystery/novel, where the narrator is shot
in the first sentence of the book, and he thereafter is occupied with only one thought, that of getting back his kidnapped child.
But the incident where he was shot also resulted in the death
of his wife, and the police, lacking other suspects, focuses on
the husband, a successful doctor, and the family and the police
have a difficult time working together to try to recover the
daughter.
Most worrisome is that no ransom demand is made right away, and
the daughter is not found or heard from. So there is considerable anguish and worry. Then when a ransom demand is finally made, it is made to the child's grandfather, and although he has money, he isn't very close to the husband, and
he definitely doesn't trust the police, either local or federal.
Unhappily, after the ransom of $2 million is paid, nothing more
is heard, and the daughter is gone. Time goes by, so it is
generally assumed the little girl has been killed, and life,
somehow, goes on for these people.
Then, after a year-and-a-half, another ransom demand is made,
and this time the father and grandfather are determined to make
sure they find out if the girl is alive, and, if so, to get her
back.
A lot of fascinating detail here, and this is generally a readable book, but there are some flaws in logic that will jar
some readers. There are a handful of places were any genuine
mystery reader will have to pause and ask: "Is that really what
that character would do?" "Would that really be the next step?"
The flaws and jumps in logic are distracting, and they prevent
this from being a "best" book in this category.
But, nonetheless, there is a surprising ending that is well done, and this is a worthwhile read.
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Title: Gone For Good by Harlan Coben ISBN: 0440236738 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tell No One by Harlan Coben ISBN: 0440236703 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 26 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben ISBN: 0440220440 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Darkest Fear by HARLAN COBEN ISBN: 0440235391 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: One False Move by HARLAN COBEN ISBN: 0440225442 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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