The Final Detail - Harlan Coben

My wife reads a lot of what I would call trash. She also delves into the occasional deeper book, one you really have to concentrate on, one that takes time. I, too, have books I find I have to concentrate on, and I suppose there is also a series of authors who write what she would, in turn, describe as my trashy books. Harlan Coben is part of this group, although I hasten to add that this is no criticism. Coben has written some excellent stand alone novels, most notably being Tell No One, which has recently been made into a French feature film, and very well made, too. However, the majority of his novels feature his recurring main character, Myron Bolitar, a ...  Read the complete review

It is good to discover new characters which manage to hold your interest and in this book by Harlan Coben I have come across two such characters the only shame is that when I got this book through readitswapit.co.uk as part of a swap I did not realise that it was not the first book to feature them and therefore as the stories starting point seems to come about because of events in the previous book I felt like I was playing catch up trying to piece together past events from small sections of the story as the events in the previous book are alluded to rather than being fully explained still despite this it did not really lesson my enjoyment of this book which was an ...  Read the complete review

What makes a book worth reading? Good plot? Well, yes of course that goes without saying. Detailed and descriptive scenes? Technical expertise? For me the thing that HAS to be there is good characters. Without it the plot is irrelevant. This is one thing that Harlan Coben does very well. His characters are wonderfully real and lifelike They’re as fragile and flawed as the rest of us. • The Author Harlan Coben has previously published five novels, only one previously ahs been released here in the UK, and has received glowing reviews and critical acclaim, this one, his sixth offering, is his second to be distributed ...  Read the complete review