Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including I Will Find You, The Match, Win, Fool Me Once, Stay Close, and The Stranger, as well as the award-winning Myron Bolitar series. Coben has more than eighty million books in print in more than forty languages worldwide, and several of his novels have been made into Netflix series. The winner of Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, he lives in New Jersey.
Praise for Just One Look
“The tension doesn't build slowly; it snaps and crackles right from
the get-go…The only plausible reason for setting down this book is
to make sure your front door is locked and
double-bolted.”—People
“A nifty suspense premise...[Coben] does a good job of riveting the
reader.”—The New York Times
“A heck of a ride.”—New York Daily News“Coben twists story lines
into psychological thrill rides. The pages flip so fast it’s a
wonder you don’t develop paper cuts.”—The Orlando Sentinel
“There’s plenty of adrenalin-pumping stuff here, but it’s the walk
down the hall of mirrors Coben does so well that rivets the
attention.”—The Houston Chronicle
“Harlan Coben remains one of the best in the game...It’s one of
those books in which the main character—and readers—have no real
idea what’s going on until the very last pages. This is both highly
satisfying and enjoyably frustrating, especially when the plot
twists are being carefully doled out by a pro like Coben.”—The San
Francisco Chronicle
“It’s only when the last page turns that the reader has a chance to
breathe, say ‘Wow!’ and marvel at the impressively interconnected
structure.”—The Miami Herald
“Coben proves his nimble, knowing grasp of plot and pace, juggling
as many as seven plotlines while still imparting a healthy
backstory to cameo characters. You’ll read it in a day, maybe two;
it’s fresh fast food in a cup-of-ramen world.”—Entertainment
Weekly
Coben's latest thriller (after No Second Chance) is a riveting, albeit perplexing, nightmare that finds hapless New Jersey wife and mother Grace Lawson dealing with an assortment of fearful developments, including a missing spouse, a terrifyingly adaptable hit man, deceitful friends, hidden agendas and ghosts from the past. Reader MacDuffie wisely takes her cues from Coben's prose. When he describes a policeman as "patronizing," she lends just the right vocal inflection to his lines, then quickly switches to the sarcastic tones of feisty Grace. And for the novel's most ingratiating character, Charlene Swain, MacDuffie's voice subtly shifts from vague to vital as the Percodan-popping, bored-to-tears housewife rises above her ennui to give Grace a helping hand in combating the wicked hit man Wu. Coben fills his thriller with unoriginal characters (including a murderer on death row, a rock-and-roller in comeback mode and a gentrified mobster with revenge on his mind), but MacDuffie's skillful interpretation brings the characters and action into sharp focus. Simultaneous release with the Dutton hardcover (Forecasts, Mar. 29). (May) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Praise for Just One Look
"The tension doesn't build slowly; it snaps and crackles right from
the get-go...The only plausible reason for setting down this book
is to make sure your front door is locked and
double-bolted."-People
"A nifty suspense premise...[Coben] does a good job of
riveting the reader."-The New York Times
"A heck of a ride."-New York Daily News"Coben twists story lines
into psychological thrill rides. The pages flip so fast it's a
wonder you don't develop paper cuts."-The Orlando Sentinel
"There's plenty of adrenalin-pumping stuff here, but it's the walk
down the hall of mirrors Coben does so well that rivets the
attention."-The Houston Chronicle
"Harlan Coben remains one of the best in the game...It's one of
those books in which the main character-and readers-have no real
idea what's going on until the very last pages. This is both highly
satisfying and enjoyably frustrating, especially when the plot
twists are being carefully doled out by a pro like Coben."-The
San Francisco Chronicle
"It's only when the last page turns that the reader has a chance to
breathe, say 'Wow!' and marvel at the impressively interconnected
structure."-The Miami Herald
"Coben proves his nimble, knowing grasp of plot and pace, juggling
as many as seven plotlines while still imparting a healthy
backstory to cameo characters. You'll read it in a day, maybe two;
it's fresh fast food in a cup-of-ramen world."-Entertainment
Weekly
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