Tell No One - Harlan Coben

This is the first Harlan Coben thriller I have read, reccommended to me by my close friend Miss Muppet, and unlike many of his other books is a stand-alone novel that doesn't form any part of a series. Which is always good. Because then you don't need to rush out to get the books that come before it just so that you can understand any of the backstory. With TELL NO ONE, the backstory is simple.....Dr.David Beck is witness to the abduction of his wife and he himself is assaulted. Months later, her body is discovered by police and laid at the hands of a serial killer who brands his victims with the letter K. Eight years pass and then police discover two bodies ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION I can’t recall where or when I first came across the author Harlan Coben but I have now read two or three of his books and thoroughly enjoyed them all. However, I’ve just finished reading “Tell No-one” and devoured it in less than two days. I often get really into books and find them quite compelling but it really is quite unusual for me to find it almost impossible to put them down but this one really hooked me straight from the off. Harlan Coben hails from Newark, New Jersey. He studied politics and worked in the travel industry before launching into a highly successful writing career that has seen him gather a veritable treasure ...  Read the complete review

Basically, I bought this book because I saw it sitting next to the latest John Grisham offering and with a couple of quid knocked off it in Woolworth’s and as I was due to go off to Spain in a couple of weeks I picked up the both of them, hoping that they may pass some aeroplane time there and back. In the end I was unable to take it to Spain as my mother had pilfered it a few days before I was due to go, and was still reading it when I left. Typical. Although in fact, it’s not very often that my mum borrows my books, so I was interested in finding out about what she thought of it, so hey, you’ve got two opinions rolled into one here. Don’t tell ...  Read the complete review

Thrillers? Yes, thrillers, a genre of novel that is well represented in the book shops, fast paced, page turning, suspense filled and usually easy to read. I am not the worlds biggest fan of the thriller, there are some good ones out there, but most of them are forgettable, read it quickly put it down and 2 months later, you can't remember the plot, the characters, the language or any of it. This offering by Harlan Coben falls into that category, it entertains, just, but it is not a book that I would ever read again, in fact I almost didn't read it all, but I did. Well, you cannot start a book and not finish it, well I cannot anyway and some books pick up. ...  Read the complete review

“Tell No One” by Harlan Coben has to be the most underestimated crime novel that I have read in a long long time. I read a lot of crime and forensic novels and so think I know what I am talking about (sort of!!). Harlan Coben has already won many awards for his novels and has written six other novels, “Deal Breaker”, “Drop Shot”, “Fade Away”, “Back Spin”, “One False Move”, “The Final Detail”, “Darkest Fear” and now “Tell No One”. He lives In America with his family and can also be contacted on email at bolitar@aol.com. In “Tell No One” we meet ...  Read the complete review