Showing results by author "Harlan Coben" in Crime Thrillers

David and Cheryl Baskin are living the dream—married, a beautiful new house in the suburbs, a three-year-old son named Matthew—when tragedy strikes in the worst way possible. David awakes to find himself covered in blood... but not his own, his son's. While David is sure he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts him behind bars indefinitely. Then, five years following his imprisonment, his wife's sisterbrings David a photograph of Matthew looking very much alive, accompanied by an unknown figure. Can David escape prison, find Matthew and bring him home?

Thirty years ago, a child was found in the New Jersey backwoods. He had been living a feral existence, with no memory of how he got there or even who he is. Everyone just calls him Wilde. Now a former soldier and security expert, he lives off the grid, shunned by the community - until they need him. A child has gone missing. With her family suspecting she’s just playing a disappearing game, nobody seems concerned except for criminal attorney Hester Crimstein. She contacts Wilde, asking him to use his unique skills to find the girl.

You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, quite by chance, you see her busking in New York's Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is wasted, frightened and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Where criminal gangs rule, where drugs are the main currency and murder is commonplace. Now it's your life on the line.

Marc Seidman's idyllic world is brutally ripped apart when he is gunned down in his home. Twelve days later he wakes up in hospital to learn that his wife is dead and his baby daughter Tara is missing. A ransom demand is made and agreed to. But something goes terribly wrong. The kidnappers escape, and Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous warning: there will be no second chance. An agonising eighteen months pass with no word. And then, as Marc has just about given up all hope of seeing his daughter again, a package arrives with a note attached: want a second chance?

Over 20 years ago, heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors, and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now. On New York's Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3.

Discovered living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey, he has grown up knowing nothing of his parents, and even less about his own identity. When a match on a DNA database puts him on the trail of a close relative, Wilde thinks he might be about to solve the mystery of who he really is. Only this relation disappears as quickly as he's resurfaced. Wilde continues his research, becoming caught up in a community committed to exposing anonymous online trolls. Then people start to die and it soon becomes clear that a serial killer is targeting this secret community.

By the international number one best-selling author of Tell No One and Fool Me Once, soon to be a major movie starring Julia Roberts. A decade ago kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For 10 years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally miraculously arrived: Myron Bolitar and his friend, Win, believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager.

Fifteen years ago two teenagers were mysteriously found dead by the old railroad tracks in a small affluent town in New Jersey. One of them was Nap Dumas' twin, Leo, and the other the town's sheriff's daughter. Most people concluded it was a double suicide; others just didn't buy it. Nap has dedicated his life to finding out what really happened that summer, and when his missing ex-girlfriend's fingerprints show up at a crime scene, he's thrown into a labyrinth of dark family secrets and lies.

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.

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.

Sami Kierce, a young American backpacker, wakes up. He is covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of a woman. Anna. Dead. He doesn’t know what happened to her. He begins to scream. Kierce, now a disgraced detective, is teaching night classes when he recognises a familiar face in the crowd. Anna. It’s unmistakably her. As soon as she sees Kierce, she runs.

The first collaborative novel by Oscar-winning actor, producer, New York Times bestselling author and Reese’s Book Club/Hello Sunshine founder Reese Witherspoon and # 1 international bestselling author and TV creator Harlan Coben.

Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all.

Enquanto comemoravam o aniversário de seu primeiro beijo, o Dr. David Beck e sua esposa, Elizabeth, sofreram um terrível ataque. Ele foi golpeado e caiu no lago, inconsciente. Ela foi raptada e brutalmente assassinada por um serial killer. O caso volta à tona oito anos depois, quando a polícia encontra dois corpos enterrados perto do local do crime, junto com o taco de beisebol usado para nocautear David. Ao mesmo tempo, o médico recebe um misterioso e-mail que aparentemente só pode ter sido enviado por sua esposa.

Vor über zwanzig Jahren wurde Patricia Lockwood während eines Raubüberfalls entführt und schwer misshandelt. Ihr gelang die Flucht, doch ihr Peiniger wurde nie gefasst. Auch die damals gestohlenen Gemälde blieben verschollen. Bis in einem New Yorker Apartment neben einer Leiche eines der Bilder gefunden wird - und der Koffer, den der Entführer Patricia zu packen zwang. Zeit für Patricias Cousin, Windsor Horne Lockwood III, den Dingen auf den Grund zu gehen: Win, wie seine wenigen Freunde ihn nennen, ist hochintelligent, skrupellos und wild entschlossen, den Fall zu lösen.

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.

Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American dream they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat.

Simon en Ingrid zijn wanhopig op zoek naar hun dochter Paige, die onder invloed van haar vriend Aaron aan de drugs is geraakt en van huis is weggelopen. Hun zoektocht voert hen naar de duistere onderwereld van drugs en criminaliteit. Als blijkt dat Aaron is vermoord en iemand het ook op Ingrid heeft voorzien, komt alles in een stroomversnelling. Simon blijft vertwijfeld naar zijn dochter zoeken, weigert zich af te laten leiden en stelt daarbij zijn leven in de waagschaal.

Der 9. Fall für Myron Bolitar. Vor zehn Jahren hat Teresa Collins ihren Mann verlassen, jetzt bittet er sie überraschend, sofort nach Paris zu kommen. Doch als sie dort eintrifft, ist der prominente Enthüllungsjournalist bereits tot - ermordet. Und am Tatort finden sich die frischen Blutspuren eines Menschen, der schon seit Jahren ebenfalls tot sein sollte. Verzweifelt bittet Teresa ihren alten Freund Myron Bolitar um Hilfe. Der begibt sich auf eine höchst gefährliche Wahrheitssuche - und stößt auf eine Verschwörung, die ihm das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lässt.

Myron Bolitar, ehemaliger Spitzensportler und Detektiv wider Willen, erinnert sich nur allzu gut an seine eigene Jugend und weiß, dass Heranwachsende manchmal lieber eine Dummheit begehen, als sich an die eigenen Eltern zu wenden. Daher zögert er nicht, als die Tochter einer Bekannten ihn mitten in der Nacht anruft und bittet, sie zu einer Freundin zu fahren.