read by Steven Webber (yes, THAT Steven Webber!)
Unabridged audio (10:20)
2019 Grand Central Publishing
385 pgs.
Adult Mystery
Finished 9/8/2019
Goodreads rating: 4.09 - 21,689 ratings
My rating: 4
Setting: Contemporary NYC
First line/s: "Simon sat on a bench in Central Park - in Strawberry Fields to be more precise - and felt his heart shatter."
My comments: This book was one heck of a roller coaster ride! And I'm not even sure how I feel about it as I finish, because some of the relationships just seemed a little bit off. Simon's love for his wife, Ingrid, was pure and would never waiver, but I still don't understand exactly why. Because she was beautiful? That part wasn't made clear at all, he just idolized and adored her. In a way that was the crux of the whole story, which is what's leaving me a little off. You're just supposed to understand this without any explanation. Oh well. It was a great whodunnit and Harlan Coben sure can spin a tale! I LOVED listening to Steven Weber's flawless reading. Of course, in my mind, Simon now looks exactly like Mr. Weber. Yum.
Goodreads synopsis: 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. And nowhere and no one is safe.
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