Just One Look - Harlan Coben

I am currently working my way through all the books I can get my hands on by Harlan Coben. Since borrowing one of his books from my daughter, I have been hooked. I love it when I find a new author to like! 'Just One Look' is the most recent one I have read. In fact I took it on holiday with me last month and read it in two days! I would have read it in a day if I had been at home, as I found it hard to put down. The only problem was, by reading it so quickly I had nothing left to read for the rest of my holiday! The story centres around Grace Lawson. Happily married to husband Jack, and mum to their two children, her contented world is thrown into ...  Read the complete review

Grace has the so-called perfect life; a happy artist, mum of two and an adoring husband. This all changes one day when she collects her photographs and finds one that doesn't belong in her pack. On closer inspection Grace finds that the picture is of her husband as a much younger man. When Grace shows the picture to her husband, it is clear that it has struck a cord. He leaves the house - and doesn't return. The police believe he has just left her for another woman but Grace just knows that there is something terribly wrong connecting her husband with the people in the picture, and she sets about trying to find the truth - putting her and her children's life in ...  Read the complete review

Being a fan of Harlan Coben and an avid follower of the adventures of his main character, Myron Bolitar, the sports agent/private investigator with a quick wit and scary friends, I jump at the chance to get my teth into something a bit different with the author. His series of Bolitar novels are very good, but it is his stand alone novels that I consider to be a better quality of tale, and find them very hard to put down. Just One Look is one such book. Published in 2004, it tells the tale of Grace Lawson, happily married with children. When she picks up a bunch of holiday photos, she sees one that doesn't fit - one that is out of place and shows her husband ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever wondered what could happen to you at a rock concert? Masses of people all jammed into a single arena. I for one was convinced that I would be stabbed by some deranged drunk – off their head on crystal meths. Turns out that ‘The Beautiful South’ have a delightful set of fans that, judging by the age group, are more likely to cut you a slice of their homemade cake than your face. The characters in ‘Just One Look’ were not so lucky. Harlan Coben explores what occurs during a tragedy as well as the aftermath that could echo for years. 15 years ago Grace Lawson was crushed in a mass panic during a rock concert when a gunshot is heard. Now she ...  Read the complete review

This was the second book by Harlan Coben that I have read and I enjoyed it as much as the previous one "The Woods" Main Characters ============ Grace Lawson - an artist who was injured and left with the effects of her injuries which happened during a stampede at a rock concert in her teens Jack Lawson - Grace's husband who has shunned his family and disappears at the start of the book after being shown a phot which appears mysteriously in the photo's grace collects from the store. Eric Wu - the baddie of the book who attcks and kills an number of people in the book (not too much detail here I don't want to spoil ...  Read the complete review