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.

Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.

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....

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.

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....

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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..." ?

Hoewel NYPD-detective Kat Mahon praktisch getrouwd is met haar werk, wil ze internetdating toch een keer een kans geven. Een stortvloed van emoties die ze jarenlang heeft genegeerd, overspoelt haar als ze op het profiel stuit van haar ex-verloofde Jeff, die haar hart brak en die ze al achttien jaar niet heeft gezien.

Kat voelt een vleugje hoop; dit zou weleens het moment kunnen zijn om het verleden te vergeten en met een schone lei verder te gaan. Maar als ze contact zoekt met de man achter het profiel, maakt die hoop snel plaats voor achterdocht en pure angst.

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 ?

Mickey Bolitar hat wirklich ein übles Jahr hinter sind: Sein Vater ist bei einem Unfall umgekommen, seine Mutter ist auf Entzug und jetzt muss er auch noch zu seinem Onkel Myron ziehen, den er kaum kennt. Doch es kommt noch schlimmer: Gerade als er neue Hoffnung schöpft, verschwindet seine Freundin Ashley spurlos! Fest entschlossen, herauszubekommen, was mit ihr passiert ist, findet er sich plötzlich in einem Strudel mysteriöser Ereignisse wieder – und diese scheinen mir dem Tod seines Vaters in Zusammenhang zu stehen.

Plus de soixante-quinze millions de livres vendus et toujours au sommet, le boss du thriller vous promet une nouvelle insomnie. Une SDF dans Central Park. C'est votre fille. Disparue depuis des mois. Elle fuit, elle a des ennuis. Vous voulez la sauver. Bien sûr, qui n'aiderait pas son enfant ? Mais vous ignorez que la rattraper, c'est la mettre en danger. Elle et tous ceux que vous aimez. Les secrets ne meurent jamais.

La tranquila vida de Matt Hunter cambió en un instante. Durante una pelea de universitarios, la mala suerte quiso que matara accidentalmente a otro chico. Después de cumplir condena y dejar la pesadilla atrás, Matt lo tiene todo para volver a ser feliz: una mujer maravillosa, un hijo en camino y un nuevo hogar. Un mensaje en el móvil, sin embargo, amenaza con arruinar su segunda oportunidad.

Hace veinte años, en un campamento de verano, cuatro adolescentes se adentraron de noche en el bosque. Dos fueron hallados asesinados y a los otros dos no volvieron a verlos nunca más. Para cuatro familias la vida cambió para siempre. Dos décadas después, está a punto de cambiar otra vez. El luto de Paul Copeland, fiscal del condado de Essex, Nueva Jersey, por la muerte de su hermana apenas comienza a remitir.

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.