Showing results by author "Harlan Coben" in Literature & Fiction

For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible—that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive.

It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart 18 years ago. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light....

How far will you go to protect your child? Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their 16-year-old son Adam has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate Spencer, they can't help but worry. They install a sophisticated spy program on Adam's computer, and within days, they are jolted by a message from an unknown correspondent addressed to their son.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids. But their 16-year-old son, Adam, has been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of his classmate Spencer Hill - the latest in a string of issues at school - they can't help but worry.

Ex fashion model and successful business woman Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time that should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her sports superstar husband goes for a swim - and never returns. But what has happened to David - can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? Or is it some terrible, ill-judged hoax?

If your husband was murdered. And you were a witness. How do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam, back from the dead? You thought you trusted him. Now you can't even trust yourself.

The two a.m. phone call is from a young, frightened, lost girl who has called the one adult who had promised to help her if she ever got into any trouble: Myron Bolitar. But his help proves not to be enough. He picks her up from a cold street corner and - against his better judgment - is persuaded to drop her at an unknown address. This is a mistake that he lives to regret, for Aimee Biel's final wave from a darkened porch turns out to be the last time anyone will see her.

Sara and Michael. The ideal celebrity 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 to track the killer - or a perfect victim.

It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets and unanswered questions. While he desperately wants answers, Mickey's sophomore year of high school brings on a whole new set of troubles. Spoon is in hospital, Rachel won't tell him where he stands, his basketball teammates hate him....and then there's Ema's surprise announcement: she has an online boyfriend, and he's vanished.

A suburban wife and mother of two - with a dark and dangerous past. A promising photographer who now panders to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. A detective who can't let go of a cold case.... Three ordinary people who discover that when the past refuses to stay buried, the American dream can be a nightmare....

Ex-fashion model and successful business woman Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time which should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her sports superstar husband goes for a swim - and never returns. But what has happened to David - can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? Or is it some terrible, ill-judged hoax?

Et si l'amour repoussait les frontières de la mort ? Une exceptionnelle histoire d'amour mêlée d'émotion et de tension dramatique. Imaginez... Votre femme a été tuée par un serial killer. Huit ans plus tard, vous recevez un e-mail anonyme. Vous cliquez : une image... C'est son visage, au milieu d'une foule, filmé en temps réel. Impossible, pensez-vous ? Et si vous lisiez "Ne le dis à personne..." ?

Gardez votre sang-froid, la nuit sera longue. Il y a quinze ans, la vie de Nap Dumas a basculé : dernière année de lycée, son frère jumeau et la petite amie de celui-ci ont été retrouvés morts sur la voie ferrée. Double suicide d'amoureux ? Nap n'y a jamais cru. Désormais flic, Nap voit ressurgir le passé : Rex, leur ami d'enfance, vient d'être sauvagement assassiné. Sur les lieux du crime, les empreintes d'une femme que Nap pensait disparue : Maura, son amour de jeunesse, dont il était sans nouvelles depuis quinze ans. Le choc est total pour le policier. Celle qu'il aimait serait-elle une dangereuse psychopathe ?

Weer een briljante, zenuwslopende thriller van de koning van de domestic suspense. Elf jaar geleden werd Will Kleins ex-vriendin Julie gevonden in de kelder van haar huis: gewurgd. Al het bewijs wees in de richting van Wills oudere broer Ken. Die verdween echter spoorloos en er werd nooit meer iets van hem vernomen. Iedereen vermoedt dat hij niet meer leeft. Wil heeft inmiddels de draad weer opgepakt. Maar als zijn moeder op haar sterfbed onthult dat Ken nog leeft, en kort daarna Wills vriendin Sheila plotseling verdwijnt, pakken donkere wolken zich weer samen boven zijn leven.

Alleen Coben kan iets zo gewoons zó angstaanjagend maken! Voormalig special forces-pilote Maya Calloway ziet tijdens haar werk iets onmogelijks. Op de nanny cam speelt haar tweejarige dochter Lily thuis met haar man Joe. Maar die is twee weken eerder bruut vermoord. Verbeeldt ze het zich? Ze zou het zo graag willen, maar het kan gewoon niet waar zijn. Voor zijn nieuwste thriller ging Harlan Coben uit van de intrigerende vraag: kun je alles vertrouwen wat je met eigen ogen ziet, vooral als je dat wanhopig graag wilt?

WILDE. Il vit loin du monde, dans une forêt du New Jersey. C'est un enquêteur aux méthodes très spéciales. Nul ne sait d'où il vient, pas même lui. Un site internet, une recherche ADN et soudain une piste. Le secret de ses origines ? Enfin ? Un lointain cousin, star de téléréalité. Un homme suivi par une nation entière. Wilde touche au but mais le cousin disparaît.

Aos sete anos, Wilde foi encontrado morando sozinho na mata e ficou conhecido por todos como “o menino do bosque”. Agora, depois de uma tentativa malsucedida de se integrar à sociedade, ele está decidido a voltar para a floresta das montanhas Ramapo, o lugar a que realmente pertence.

Insomniaques, passez votre chemin. Dix ans que le privé Win Lockwood attend ce moment. Dix ans qu'il tente de retrouver la trace de deux enfants kidnappés. Et l'un d'eux est là, devant lui, dans cette ruelle malfamée de Londres. Win touche au but. Le happy end est proche. Mais le garçon lui échappe. Retour à la case départ. Le moment est venu pour Win d'appeler du renfort : son associé, son meilleur ami, le détective Myron Bolitar.

In deze adembenemende thriller zet de meester van het hedendaagse thrillergenre zijn traditie van ongekende spanning en onverwachte wendingen voort. David en Cheryl Burroughs leefden een droomleven, tot het noodlot toesloeg. Nu, vijf jaar na die vreselijke nacht, is Cheryl hertrouwd. En David zit een levenslange straf uit in een zwaarbeveiligde gevangenis voor de moord op hun zoon Matthew. Dan arriveert Cheryls zus, Rachel, onverwachts tijdens het bezoekuur in de gevangenis, met verontrustend nieuws.

Rockstar Lex und seine Frau Suzze führen eine äußerst glückliche Ehe. Voller Vorfreude erwarten sie die baldige Geburt ihres ersten Kindes - bis ein böswilliger Facebook-Kommentar Lex' Vaterschaft anzweifelt. Der verschwindet daraufhin spurlos, und verzweifelt bittet Suzze ihren Agenten Myron Bolitar um Hilfe. Myron willigt ein, ohne die Angelegenheit sonderlich ernst zu nehmen. Doch dann wird er mit einer ersten Leiche konfrontiert - und mit den Abgründen der eigenen Familiengeschichte.