Gone for Good
by:
Harlan Coben (author)
On October 17, eleven years ago, Julie Miller was found brutally strangled in the basement of her house in the township of Livingston, New Jersey. On that day, Will's brother, Ken Klein, became the subject of an international manhunt accused of the crime. He has not been seen since. Will has...
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On October 17, eleven years ago, Julie Miller was found brutally strangled in the basement of her house in the township of Livingston, New Jersey. On that day, Will's brother, Ken Klein, became the subject of an international manhunt accused of the crime. He has not been seen since. Will has tried to get on with his life in the intervening years. He has a beautiful new girlfriend, Sheila, and a job working with the homeless. But when his mother reveals on her deathbed that Ken is still alive, and shortly afterwards Sheila disappears, the cracks start to show in his landscape again. But it is only when he finds that Sheila herself is wanted for a savage double-murder that his life actually starts to fall apart...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780752849126 (0752849123)
Pages no: 404
Edition language: English
I finished this book only because I was too apathetic to find another one to read. Disappointing, because I really enjoyed Caught and expected to enjoy this, my second Coben book, as much. Audiobook, borrowed from my local library via Overdrive.
When I first moved down to Florida, now almost a year ago in a few months, I had only one book in my entire household and it was a Harlan Coben book, [b:Promise Me|43924|Promise Me (Myron Bolitar, #8)|Harlan Coben|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1361152177s/43924.jpg|14596742]. I read it, and I don't r...
Good read for airplane, beach, etc. Interesting storyline that touches on the nature of identity and the long-term impact of trauma on people's behavior.
Good character study. Let's face it, we read novels for entertainment. A book might not be what one describes as "literature" but if a book entertains, keeps the reader involved, develops the characters and plot and resolves dilemas satisfactorily, the read was worth it. That's true with this boo...
"The truth is, we are mere animals, organisms, even, slightly more complex than your basic paramecium. You die, you're gone. It was pure megalomania to think we humans are somehow above death, that we, unlike any other creature, have the ability to transcend it. In life, sure, we are special, domi...
19 years ago
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