Missing You

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The plot sprints along, and I gobbled up half the book in one sitting. Three-fourths of the way through I texted my Coben-reading buddy and asked WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?? But I should have known that everything comes together in the end. Wowser.

Missing You by Harlan Coben: 9780451414120

I always get excited when I first open a Harlan Coben book . I know I’m going to be in for an exciting ride and this book did not disappoint me. There was a new twist around every corner. The clues are given to us slowly. It made me think about putting together a puzzle for the first time. Piece by piece, the picture of all that is going on in Kat’s life fall into place, but it takes that last piece for everything to become clear. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Harlan Coben is my favorite author. His novels are replete with well-developed characters, believable dialogue, great humor, and they have more twists and turns than a steep mountain road. Coben’s last thriller, Six Years, was my favorite of 2013 and I just finished his new book, due out this Tuesday, Missing You. So, how does it measure up to last year’s offering? Read on, my curious friend. The reader (though not the cops) soon learns that Brandon's mother is indeed missing. She's being held by a group of murderous criminals who abduct wealthy people to force money out of them.The book alternates between accounts of Kat's investigations and descriptions of the gang's activities, which are seriously stomach churning.

Missing You by Harlan Coben | Waterstones

Missing You is the latest thriller by Harlen Coben. He really cranks these things out. I feel as I just read one a year or two ago. Anyway, I'm cool with that. Coben seems to the master at presenting readers with the idea that we never quite know who stole our hearts. Whether it be an old flame, a wife of 20 years, or even a family member, he suggests that someone is always hiding something. This novel is no different. Only this time the connections are more broad and cautionary to all you Match.com people out there. Here we have a story about Kat....a NYPD detective. After a close friend signs up the single Kat for an online dating service, she stumbles across an old flame. This one simple act, combined with the imminent death of her father's convicted killer sets Kat off to question events in her past that have always remained a mystery...to ask questions that might be best left unasked....to seek answers she might not be able to live with.....along this road of discovery she also stumbles upon a questionable missing persons case....and from there all hell breaks loose....But where he really shines is the romantic scenes. For my money, Coben is the best author when it comes to writing a scene that conveys characters’ spoken – and unspoken – feelings toward one another. His books always move me at some point, and Missing You did so on numerous occasions. A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Coben δεν παραλείπει, σε αρκετά σημεία, να τονίζει ότι 'η Νέα Υόρκη είναι η πόλη, όπου όλα μπορείς να τα δεις και να τα συναντήσεις'. Αυτή η άποψη του συγγραφέα παρατηρείται, κυρίως, στο 1ο μέρος, όπου φανερώνει και τη διάθεσή του να αποδομήσει την άνετη, ηθική, έννομη και οργανωμένη ζωή που προσφέρει η μεγαλούπολη, την οποία περιγράφει, ίσως, με αρκετή υπερβολή. Meanwhile, Kat bursts into the prison hospital and confronts the man who confessed to killing her father, but the visit leaves her more confused than ever. Her superiors tell her to let it rest and stop torturing herself, but of course, she's not going to do that.