Friday, March 20, 2020

Harlan Coben

“When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter…

Marc Seidman awakens to find himself in an ICU, hooked up to an IV, his head swathed in bandages. Twelve days earlier, he’s had an enviable life as a successful surgeon, living in a peaceful suburban neighborhood with his beautiful wife and a baby he adored. Now he lies in a hospital bed, shot by an unseen assailant. His wife has been killed, and his six-month-old daughter, Tara, has vanished. But just when his world seems forever shattered, something arrives to give Marc new hope: a ransom note.

We are watching, if you contact the authorities, you will never see your daughter again. There will be no second chance.

The note is chilling, but Marc sees only one thing – he has the chance to save his daughter. He can’t talk to the police or the FBI. He doesn’t know whom he can trust. And now the authorities are closing in on a new suspect: Marc himself. Mired in a deepening quicksand of deception and deadly secrets – about his wife, about an old love he’s never forgotten, and about his own past – he clings to one unwavering vow: to bring home Tara, at any cost."

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Kidnapping; story told from the victim’s point of view. Not my favorite kind of books.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Harlan Coben

Sara Lowell Michael Silverman

“They were looking for a miracle cure…

Sara and Michael. The ideal couple, darlings of the media – until their lives are shattered by a mystery illness.

Dr. Harvey Riker. His clinic has found the miracle cure that millions seek. One by one his patients are getting well. One by one they are targeted by a serial killer more fatal than the disease.

Lieutenant Bernstein. His true desires make him a perfect choice of track the killer – or a perfect victim.

Can anyone stop the killer who will do anything to prevent the world’s most desperately needed miracle cure …?"

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Like everybody in the book was fooled by the miracle cure, I think many readers probably, at least I am, feel being fooled by the title. The so called miracle cure that created by the clinic of Dr Harvey turned out to be just a fraud. I have a feeling, when I know who the monster was, that the book is only a fraud.