Harlan Coban latest........

[carpetmojo]

Thought I would see what this new one was about, I like the Bolitar series.

Went to the Kobo site, clicked in "Caught" to find out more...... and was presented with this as a "synopsis" :

" The pulse-pounding new thriller from Harlan Coben. This stunning new thriller from Harlan Coben will not disappoint. As always, Coben's masterful narrative will gently draw each reader in and consequently shock them at every twist and turn. "

So now I am supposed to be fascinated by the storyline, hooked by it's ingenuity, and feeling Coban is up to scratch with his latest offering...........

Hmmmmmm....................

"Synopsis"......................... ?

[Penforhire]

C'mon, you know the formula. Win breaks someone's kneecaps (or just wants to), Myron dodges cream pies, Esperanza tsk-tsks at him, and, oh yeah, some new secret from his past surfaces, lol.

[edbro]

From an Amazon review:

This is the story of high school senior, Haley McWaid, the pride of her family, good grades, never gets in trouble, a little obsessive compulsive who doesn't come home one night and goes missing.

It is also the story of Dan Mercer, a social worker, who works with troubled teens, who may be a sexual predator, as he is "CAUGHT" by a television show, hosted by Wendy Tynes who is on a mission to expose internet predators. It also delves into the lives of Dan's old college roommates and how they may have complicated Dan's life. The whole thing leaves Wendy worrying about who she can trust.

This story takes more twists and turns than an old country road and you better be belted in. It is a story filled with tension, stress, pressure, that challenges the reader. It is a thrilling, gripping, spine tingling novel that deals with things that could only be seen on television setting up shop in this community.

Harlan Coben takes all these plots and ties them together in what I believe will be the best book I read this year.
You will be "CAUGHT" from the first page and you will not be RELEASED even after the last word.
This is definitely not a book to me missed.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R34UOGG...wasThisHelpful

[captkjaneway]

Got it, read it - not bad. My problem is I m getting a bit bored of some of the formulaic writing now being churned out by these authors.....need new blood.

[carpetmojo]

Connelly seems to manage it with Bosch, but I must say, the "expanded" review doesn't make me desperate, to be honest.

Tried James Lee Burke ?

I know, I always go on about him - but, well, he is some writer ..........I mean I can just read them over and over.
I probably get through the whole canon around once every 2/3 years.
And never any problems buying me a book for b/day or Christmas.........

Brilliant.

[Penforhire]

Connelly has better prose, more depth to the character, and a stronger sense of location. Los Angeles, the real deal, is almost a character in his stories.

[captkjaneway]

See Connelly was another I got bored with.....maybe it's me lol