Synopses & Reviews
Harlan Coben earned the raves of critics everywhere for his
New York Times bestselling thriller,
Tell No One, hailed as “pulse-pounding” (
People), “compelling and original” (
Los Angeles Times), and “a thriller of runaway tension” (
Iris Johansen). Now, in a bold new novel, Coben continues to stake out new ground in suspense, unleashing a haunting tale of secrets and betrayal...and of one man’s search for his missing brother that spirals into a breakneck hunt for a killer, a victim, and the truth.
As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman--a girl Will had once loved--was found raped and murdered in her family’s basement.
The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished, spending the next decade as the elusive subject of rumors, speculation, and an international manhunt. When his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good.
Now eleven years have passed. And Will, who always believed in his brother’s innocence, has found evidence that Ken is alive--even as he is struck by another act of betrayal. His girlfriend suddenly disappears, leaving behind compelling evidence that she was not the person Will thought she was. As two dark dramas unwind around him, Will is pulled into a violent mystery, haunted by signs that Ken is trying to contact him after all these years. Will can feel himself coming closer and closer to his brother . . . and to a terrible secret that someone will kill to keep buried. And as the lies begin to unravel, Will is uncovering startling truths about his lover, his brother, and even himself. He knows he must press his search all the way to the end. Because the most powerful revelations are yet to come....
Gone for Good is at once a powerhouse of suspense and a haunting tale of love--the love between brothers, between lovers, between family members. It is one of those rare thrillers that not only make the pulse pound, but stir the heart as well.
Review
"True to form, Coben keeps the plot twists coming fast and furious, and readers will give up trying to guess the outcome quite early on; yet the book's entertainment value lies less in its plot than its characters....[T]his title delivers." Publishers Weekly
Review
"Coben delivers far more than an absorbing mystery here. Through Klein, the psychological suspense turns on the question of guilt, surely, but also on the transcendence of familial love and forgiveness. Watching Klein decide among dangerous alternatives, as the clockwork plot keeps picking up speed, is breathtaking." Connie Fletcher, Booklist
Review
"Coben dispenses crucial plot twists with an eyedropper, expertly wringing the maximum suspense out of each jaw-dropping surprise. After a while, though, the high-energy revelations begin to sprawl, and this synthetic, highly enjoyable tale ends up stuck between grim realism and the sort of wish-fulfillment fantasy in which nobody, not even the dead, is ever gone for good." Kirkus Reviews
Review
"Coben has written another winner, guaranteed to keep readers awake all night....Complex and unpredictable, this is even better than Coben's last novel, Tell No One. Highly recommended." Library Journal
Review
"Coben stands on the accelerator and never lets up....[T]he action is seamless, clear, and riveting." Sean Gannon, People
Review
"Books that open with a bang sometimes fizzle by the middle, but Gone for Good ratchets up the suspense....If seat-gripping suspense was all the book delivered, it would be worth the price of a hardback, but Gone for Good is made better by well-developed characters who are as thoughtful and as flawed as real people." Katy Kelly, USA Today
Review
"To pass the time, Coben fills the pages with sympathetic stories of teen hookers, wisecracks about growing up in New Jersey and plenty of pop music references. Some may call this approach pointed social commentary, others, padding, but either way, Coben has a winning, intelligent style to go with the maze-like plot." Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Review
"Gone for Good's devious plot unfolds as an origami web would to reveal a tiny but deadly spider at its center. Coben's reputation has done nothing but expand since Deal Breaker, his award-winning 1994 debut, and his latest ups the ante by a factor of 10....Gone for Good is the best bet for whip-smart suspense." Mike Shea, The Austin Chronicle
Synopsis
The bestselling author of Tell No One returns with a page-turning summer thriller about a man surrounded by deaths and disappearances. Everyone Will Klein loves seems to be harboring dark secrets and each step toward finding out what is really going on takes him closer to the truth...a truth that is worse than anything he ever imagined.
Synopsis
In Six Years, a masterpiece of modern suspense, Harlan Coben explores the depth and passion of lost love
and the secrets and lies at its heart.
Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd.
But six years havent come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todds obituary, he cant keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todds wife hes hoping for
but she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, shes been married to Todd for almost two decades, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his lifea time he has never gotten overis turned completely inside out.
As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either cant be found, or dont remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jakes search for the woman who broke his heart, who lied to him, soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on a carefully constructed fiction.
Harlan Coben once again delivers a shocking page-turner that deftly explores the power of past love, and the secrets and lies that such love can hide.
Synopsis
In Six Years, a masterpiece of modern suspense, Harlan Coben explores the depth and passion of lost love
and the secrets and lies at its heart.
Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd.
But six years havent come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todds obituary, he cant keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todds wife hes hoping for
but she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, shes been married to Todd for almost two decades, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his lifea time he has never gotten overis turned completely inside out.
As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either cant be found, or dont remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jakes search for the woman who broke his heart, who lied to him, soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on a carefully constructed fiction.
Harlan Coben once again delivers a shocking page-turner that deftly explores the power of past love, and the secrets and lies that such love can hide.
About the Author
Harlan Coben is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty previous novels, including the #1
New York Times bestsellers
Stay Close,
Live Wire,
Caught,
Long Lost, and
Hold Tight, as well as the Myron Bolitar series and, more recently, a series aimed at young adults featuring Myrons nephew, Mickey Bolitar. The winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards, Coben lives in New Jersey.