Book Preview I WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL, lost in feeling sorry for myself—my dad was dead, my mom in rehab, my girlfriend missing—when I saw the Bat Lady for the first time. I had heard the rumors, of course. The Bat Lady supposedly lived alone in the dilapidated house on the corner of Hobart Gap … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1 There are moments in your life that change everything. I don’t mean little things like, say, what cereal turns out to be your favorite or whether you get into any AP classes or what girl you fall in love with or where you wind up living for the next twenty years. … Read more
Book Preview CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 … Read more
Book Preview A Note from the Author Okay, if this is the first book of mine you’re going to try, stop now. Return it. Grab another. It’s okay. I’ll wait. If you’re still here, please know that I haven’t read Play Dead in at least twenty years. I didn’t want to rewrite it and pass … Read more
Book Preview PRAISE FOR HARLAN COBEN ANDONE FALSE MOVE “The fast-paced plot spins the reader in a completely different direction than she expects to go. Myron is gallant, likable, and delightfully original. … His reflections on suburban life and racial divides are poignant and insightful.” —Los Angeles Times “The suspense is high in this twisty … Read more
Book Preview In loving memory of my mother-in-law, Nancy Armstrong And in celebration of her grandchildren: Thomas, Katharine, McCallum, Reilly, Charlotte, Dovey, Benjamin, Will, Ana, Eve, Mary, Sam, Caleb, and Annie In loving memory of my mother-in-law, Nancy Armstrong And in celebration of her grandchildren: Thomas, Katharine, McCallum, Reilly, Charlotte, Dovey, Benjamin, Will, Ana, Eve, … Read more
Book Preview Chapter 1 Kat Donovan spun off her father’s old stool, readying to leave O’Malley’s Pub, when Stacy said, “You’re not going to like what I did.” The tone made Kat stop mid-stride. “What?” O’Malley’s used to be an old-school cop bar. Kat’s grandfather had hung out here. So had her father and their … Read more
Book Preview A Note from the Author Okay, if this is the first book of mine you’re going to try, stop now. Return it. Grab another. It’s okay. I’ll wait. If you’re still here, please know that I haven’t read Miracle Cure in at least twenty years. It is my second published novel, one I … Read more
Book Preview “ YOU don’t know her secret,” Win said to me. “Then maybe I don’t want to know.” Two days before I learned the secret she’d kept buried for a decade—the seemingly personal secret that would not only devastate the two of us but change the world forever—Terese Collins called me at five AM, … Read more
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Book Preview Contents chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter 13 chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23 chapter 24 chapter 25 chapter 26 … Read more
Book Preview The horror of one night is forever etched in Matt Hunter’s memory: the night he innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years after his release from prison, his innocence long forgotten, he’s an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. With his wife, Olivia, pregnant and the … Read more
Book Preview Parents will find this compulsive page-turner from Edgar-winner Coben (The Woods) particularly unnerving. A sadistic killer is at play in suburban Glen Rock, N.J., outside New York City, but somehow he’s less frightening than the more mundane problems that send ordinary lives into chaos. How do you weigh a child’s privacy against a … Read more
Book Preview Praise for GONE FOR GOOD “This one’s even better than the last [Tell No One]. Gone for Good serves up everything you could ask for in acan’t-put-it-down beach book, yet complements its rocket-fast pace with a solid emotional underpinning. . . . Gone forGood contains more plot twists than you can count, with … Read more
Book Preview ALSO BY HARLAN COBEN Play Dead Miracle Cure Deal Breaker Drop Shot Fade Away Back Spin One False Move The Final Detail Darkest Fear Tell No One Gone for Good No Second Chance Just One Look The Innocent Promise Me The Woods Hold Tight Long Lost Caught Live Wire Shelter Stay Close Seconds … Read more
Book Preview Chapter 1 “Just behave.” “Me?” Myron said. “I’m always a delight.” Myron Bolitar was being led through the corridor of the darkened Meadowlands Arena by Calvin Johnson, the New Jersey Dragons new general manager. Their dress shoes clacked sharply against the tile and echoed through empty Harry M. Stevens food stands, Carvel Ice … Read more
Book Preview ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author wishes to thank the following: my friends and college roommates James Bradbeer Jr. and Lawrence Vitale; David Pepe of Pro Agents Inc.; Peter Roisman of Advantage International; my editor and friend Jacob Hoye; Natalie Ayars, M.D.; E. W. Count; the AOL Writers Club; and, of course, Dave Bolt. The author … Read more
Book Preview HIGH PRAISE FOR HARLAN COBEN’S MYRON BOLITAR NOVELS DEAL BREAKER “COBEN’S CHARACTERS COME TO LIFE THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD, AND IT TAKES A REAL WRITING TALENT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT.” —The Springfield Leader “[DEAL BREAKER] WAS A BLAST—LOTS OF FUN TO READ AND THE ENDING WAS A REAL SURPRISE! I … Read more