No Second Chance

Description

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? The note is chilling, but Marc sees only one thing: the chance to save his daughter. And, haunted by deception and deadly secrets - about his wife, about an old love, and about his own past - he vows to bring Tara home at any cost.

Harlan Coben is an international number one bestselling thriller author. He is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards - the first to receive all three. His books are published in forty languages, with over forty-seven million copies in print worldwide. Both his standalone thrillers and series featuring the indomitable Myron Bolitar have been number one bestsellers in over a dozen countries, gracing the lists of the Sunday Times and the New York Times. His novel Tell No One was turned into the smash hit French film of the same name, and received the highly coveted Lumiere (French Golden Globe) for best picture as well as four Cesars (French Oscar). Harlan lives in New Jersey with his family. www.harlancoben.com

Coben is expert at taking such a situation and following it through in an exciting and moving way. No Second Chance is a consummate and thrilling piece of storytelling * OBSERVER * Harlan Coben is an American who has been heralded as the successor to John Grisham. His heroes are ordinary guys dropped into horrible situations. He's a much better writer than Grisham; No Second Chance has a terrific opening . . . writers don't really go into Coben's line of work to make us turn the pages slowly; if you can devour it at a sitting, it's a hit * DAILY TELEGRAPH * Page-turning tension makes this one of the top thrillers of the summer * IRISH TIMES * [A] superb thriller writer on great form * TIME OUT * Gripping, high-octane thriller in which a man is driven to his limits in search of his kidnapped daughter * WOMAN & HOME * Propelled into the front rank of thriller writers with his superb novel Tell No One, Coben's latest book proves that he has the wit and stamina to stay there. This is another tautly plotted thriller, written with heartfelt emotion and dashes of wit * DAILY MAIL *