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International number one bestseller Harlan Coben returns with a standalone thriller that explores the depth and passion of a lost love ... and the secrets and lies at its heart.

About the Author

Harlan Coben is an international No. 1 bestselling thriller author. He is the winner of the EDGAR, SHAMUS and ANTHONY AWARDS - the first to receive all three. His books are published in over 40 languages, with more than 47 million copies in print worldwide. www.harlancoben.com

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Coben is one of the best thriller writers in the business, and he delivers another amazing novel that will resonate with readers long after the final page is turned. The narrative is immersive, and the well-drawn characters and twisting plotting are stellar. With such a cool hook and a surprising and satisfying payoff, don't wait six years to read what might be Coben's best since Tell No One. LIBRARY JOURNAL

Coben (Stay Close; Play Dead) returns with another suspenseful thriller that will keep listeners guessing until the final track. It's been six years since Jake witnessed Natalie, the woman he loves, marry another man. When Jake sees that man's obituary, it causes love and longing to come crashing back in a way he can't ignore. He travels to the funeral in hopes of getting a new beginning with Natalie or at least some closure but instead unearths secrets that many people hope will stay buried. Jake's love for Natalie and the fear that she is in trouble keep him looking for answers despite the promise he made to her long ago and the danger to his own life. Scott Brick portrays Jake with an unstable voice that leaves listeners unsure the character is a man on a desperate mission to unravel a mystery involving his lost love or just plain crazy. VERDICT Highly recommended for thriller fans. ["The narrative is immersive, and the well-drawn characters and twisting plotting are stellar," read the starred review of the New York Times best-selling Dutton hc, LJ Xpress Reviews, 2/1/13.-Ed.]--Theresa Horn, St. Joseph Cty. P.L., South Bend, IN (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

In the prologue to this Kafkaesque stand-alone from bestseller Coben (Stay Close), Jake Fisher, a political science professor at Lanford College in Massachusetts, promises the love of his life, Natalie Avery, to leave her and the man she's about to wed, Todd Sanderson, alone. For six years Jake keeps his promise, until he sees Todd's obituary, flies to the deceased's Palmetto Bluff, S.C., funeral, and finds that the widow is not Natalie. This is merely the first of many shocks. He later gets the brush-off from Natalie's sister, and when he tries to revisit the retreat in Kraftboro, Vt., that Natalie was attending when they fell in love, he's told there is (and was) no such place. Surprising secrets among Jake's friends and colleagues propel him on a trail of violence and labyrinthine deception. Coben has achieved greater suspense in other thrillers, but this ranks among his strangest and most ingenious plots. 5-city author tour. Agent: Lisa Erbach Vance, Aaron Priest Literary Agency. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.