

To say that I can't believe I waited this long and that I could kick myself for missing out would be to state it too plainly to you because Harlan Coben has just shot straight into the top three of my top ten favourite authors of the genre. But you know how it is, what with one thing and another and a bulging pile of books to be read and reviewed, I just somehow hadn't managed to give him my full attention. I've been meaning to get around to reading some or all of Harlan Coben's work, because if the reviews are to be believed and you are a fan of the 'Bloody Knife /Blunt Instrument' thriller, the man is quite simply not capable of turning out a duff novel. But on their thirteenth visit, Elizabeth is kidnapped and David is left for dead. David Beck and his wife, Elizabeth, make a ritual pilgrimage, every year, to the secluded Lake Charmaine, a place that has been part of their lives since they were children. His books of note include: The Stranger, Missing You, Six Years, Stay Close, Live Wire, Caught, Long Lost, Hold Tight, and his latest book that was released on March 22, 2016, Fool Me Once.Summary: Dr.

He has also received a like number of awards in several different countries. He has had several books on several best seller lists around the world.

His most famous character was Myron Bolitar. His novels revolved around central characters, and involved a reviewing of unsolved or misinterpreted actions such as fatal accidents, and murders with many twists and turns.

It was in his senior year at Amherst that he decided that writing might be the course that he wanted to follow in his career path.Ĭoben became an American author of mysteries and thrillers. Coben then went on to study political science at Amherst College where he had a fraternity brother, Dan Brown, who also became a well-known author. Author Harlan Coben, was born into a New Jersey Jewish family in 1962, where he eventually graduated from Livingston High School with his childhood friend, Chris Christie, who of course became a prominent politician and the Governor of New Jersey.
