No Second Chance: A Suspense Thriller

Enjoyed book. Twists and turns. I liked the author. I will read more of her books. I know several people that have recommended her.

Good story, well told. Coven is a great storyteller, and this book is no exception. An easy read that is hard to put down, he knows how to add intriguing twists and turns in this murder/kidnapping tale. Characters are colorful and believable. I was not disappointed.

NO SECOND CHANCE, a stand-alone thriller by Harlan Coben is well worth the read. This is my ninth Coben novel and it is by far the author's best. In most of his novels Coben highlights some current social or moral issue. In No Second Chance he illuminates the lucrative baby kidnapping, smuggling and selling racket. This gripping novel opens with Dr. Mark Seidman, father of six-month-old Tara, waking up in the hospital after 11 days of being in a coma. He is told that he is the victim of a shooting and lucky to be alive. He has no recollection of the shooting. He is also informed by a local detective and an FBI special agent that his wife died in the brutal shooting and his daughter is missing and believed to have been kidnapped. As in all Coben novels the venue is the New Jersey/New York area. Dr. Seidman is a trained pediatric ophthalmologist who, along with his partner, Zia Leroux, specialize in facial reconstruction in poverty stricken countries in Asia and Africa. Coben, known for his multiple and complex plots grabs the reader's interest from the very start and doesn't let up until the end. While local law enforcement and the FBI have pretty much given up on the case, Dr. Seidman weaves a path of death and destruction over the next 18-months while searching for his daughter. The writer makes sure Marc Seidman is surrounded by some interesting characters. His life-long friend, Lenny, who is also his lawyer; ex-girlfriend and ex-FBI agent, Rachel; and country-boy, Verne, to name a few, all make for a wonderful and supportive cast of friends. Even the bad-guy characters are well developed. Coben, known for his multiple and complex plots grabs the reader's interest from the very start and doesn't let up until the end. The book's ending is a shocker. I guarantee the reader will have a tought time putting this book down. I give No Second Chance a positive 5-star rating.

A very good book. It keeps your attention, once you think you have it figured out something else pops up. Highly recommended.

Let me start by saying I love Harlan Coben. I have read most of his books but missed this one. The storyline started out great with the attention to character development Harlan is good at. The last half of the book was just too wild for me. I like twists and turns and surprises but this was over the top, Still a good read, but not his best.

This is my fourth Harlan Coben novel in the last month and this one, no second chance is my favorite so far. An awesome prison break novel with high paced action. I stayed up way too late the last couple nights reading it. And another sweet twist yet again. It seems to be a running theme in his books. And this one, actually had me shed a tear or two when the two fathers meet face-to-face.read the book and you’ll know what I’m talking about. What a great read man. I can’t wait to tear into the next one.

I have read quite a few of Harlan Coban’s other books. They were suspenseful. The plots were complex, but were clear to follow. That does not mean there were not surprises, but when the truth came out fully, they made sense and I could cheer for the good characters and be glad that things went the way they did. (It is not easy writing this without giving away any of the plot twists in any of the books, including this one.) I ended up feeling satisfied with the conclusions of his books and I was very glad I had had the experience of reading each one. I cared a lot about the characters. Not so much with this one. The plot was rather convoluted and hard to follow, as were the characters. It was not a bad book and I am not sorry I read it. It was just that, at the end, it was not satisfying. I hate saying that because I have, as I stated, read quite a number of Mr. Coban’s books and loved them. This one, although it mostly held my attention, just left me barely caring. I will read more of his books because I can see this as just an aberration. Perhaps I expected too much and the disappointment belongs to me. I will watch for other reviews to see different experiences from other readers.

I love Coben Harlan’s books! I am in the process of reading all of them, and he is an amazing writer. This book is absolutely fantastic, and I believe that this one is his best of the bunch. Hard to choose a favorite because there are others that are close, but this one is unforgettable in so many aspects of the range of emotion he gifts to us- just a stellar book.

ハリウッド映画を１本観たような感じです。 ハラハラ、ドキドキ、十分なサスペンス、シリアス、アクション、たまにロマンス。 ハードボイルドなミステリーではありませんが、 「何か面白い作品を読みたい！」ということでしたら、迷わずオススメします。 登場人物に感情移入しやすいように書かれているので、 ここは賛否が分かれるところかもしれませんが、 アフターストーリーまでフォローされているところが、個人的にはよかったです。 また、主人公以外のキャラクターたちも実に魅力的です。（むしろ主人公よりキャラが濃いです） 私はこの本の中で、猛烈に好きになるキャラクターに出会いました！

Harlan Coben costuma escrever histórias que prendem o leitor. Neste livro, o eixo condutor da história está aquém de outras obras suas. Não chega a decepcionar, mas deixa uma sensação de que "faltou algo"

At his best

C'est une histoire pleines de rebondissements, je recommande cette lecturea tous les amateurs de suspense, et bien entendu bravo pour le Kindle qui me permet une lecture facile et a tout moment puisqu'il peut acompagner le lecteur ou qu'il soit!

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