This book started off as quite a thriller however once the first twist came, which was about half way through, I felt that the book lost some steam. I'm not sure why but I think I would have enjoyed the book more if Coben had held off on the large plot twist for a bit longer. The remaining plot twists were pretty insignificant following that so I didn't care as much about them as the first one.
First Line: "You never meant to kill him."
Rating: 
(3.5/5)
Olivia goes on an out-of-town job assignment and Matt gets a phone call showing Olivia in a hotel room with a man. It seems like his wife is cheating on him.
What follows is a twisting and turning story that says you can't leave your past behind. I did like this story but found there were too many characters. I also found that the last twist concerning Olivia was just a little bit too much. However it is also nice that a bad guy like Matt is one the reader is rooting for the whole story.
First Line: "You never meant to kill him."
Rating:
(3.5/5)
Dr. Marc Seidman has been shot, his wife murdered and his baby daughter kidnapped. When Marc is finally ready to go home from the hospital his wealthy, priggish father-in-law summons him to see the ransom note.
Seidman goes against instructions and involves the police and things go terribly wrong. Marc soon finds himself turned upside down in an attempt to try and find his daughter.
Just when you think you have it figured out the story hits another bump and twist and you start all over. A great set of twists and turns where nothing is as it seems.
First Line: "When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter."
Rating:
(4.0/5)
Will starts trying to find where his brother is when his girlfriend suddenly leaves and the FBI visits asking about her. Her fingerprints were found at a double murder in New Mexico. With this help of his friend Squares, Will digs deep into his brother's past to determine what has happened and why he left all those years ago.
This book was full of suspense and made for quite a page turner. It involves mafia, murder, FBI, and cover ups. There were so twists at the end that I sort of saw coming. I do find Coben's writing pretty choppy though. He writes in very short sentences which makes the writing come off almost amateurish despite the fact that the plot lines are intricate and complicated.
First Line: "Three days before her death, my mother told me - these weren't her last words, but they were pretty close - that my brother was still alive."
Rating:
(3.5/5)
Eight years after his wife was murdered by a serial killer, Beck gets a weird email describing things that only his wife would know. He does as the email says and finds himself staring into a web cam with his wife walking through the streets. Can it really be her? Beck starts to untangle a web of lies and murder and gets in a lot of trouble along the way. This isn't so much a mystery as it is a thriller, which is a genre I've grown to really enjoy. Just when you think you have it figured all out, Coben throws you for another twist! I'm looking forward to reading another Coben book.
First Line: "There should have been a dark whisper in the wind."
Rating:
(4/5)
