But I’m a lot less likely to ever read Patterson’s work again – so I guess Coben must be doing something right. So it might be a while before I read another Coben novel. I’m sure I’ll check out more of Coben’s work in the future, but I have to admit that I found a paperback of one of his older books on sale at the library today – and just looking at it exhausted me. I was mildly annoyed at the very end, but at the same time I liked how Coben left it a bit open-ended so the reader could draw his or her own conclusions. Granted, the last few chapters – as action-packed and exciting as they were – also felt a bit rushed and somewhat sloppy. Somehow, in the end, all of the seemingly random elements of this novel tie together, and while that made my head spin, I was also impressed. I know the time lapse was important to the sequence of events, but I wasn’t totally buying it. Like other reviewers, I think the fact that Kat is still pining for Jeff after 18 years is a little ridiculous. The romantic elements of this book seemed super cheesy to me. It reminds me that you just never know who you might be talking to. If I were still single, I think I’d probably swear off online dating for a while. Although Coben made it clear pretty early on what had happened to the missing woman, Dana Phelps, he drew out the suspense with hints of a sinister plot. First impression, though, is he seems like a wannabe James Patterson (and I’ve only read one Patterson book, but still). This was my first time reading a Harlan Coben novel, so I have nothing to compare it to in terms of his work.
Sorry for the long synopsis, but as you can see, there is a lot going on in this book – to the point that I was kind of overwhelmed the more I read it. As she’s drawn deeper into the investigation, Kat realizes there’s so much more at stake than the life of one woman who just wanted to start all over. And she’s floored when she learns who the man is. Meanwhile, Kat gets caught up in a missing person case that involves a woman who met someone on the same dating website Kat’s been using. When the man convicted of killing him dies in prison, Kat begins to wonder if the real murderer was brought to justice.
But Jeff seems to want to leave the past in the past.Īround the time Jeff left, Kat’s cop father was murdered. Kat is initially opposed to the idea, but then she becomes intrigued … even more so when she stumbles across Jeff, the fiancé who left her 18 years ago. NYPD Detective Kat Donovan has been single for 18 years when her best friend, Stacy, decides to set up a dating website profile for her.
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