Elizabeth, we soon learn, was killed that night by the lake. Beck is now a pediatrician in an inner-city health clinic. The last thing he remembers as he’s passing out is Elizabeth’s screams.įast forward eight years. Once they arrive in the woods, David is knocked on the head. The book opens with David Beck and his young wife making their annual pilgrimage to David’s family’s secluded lake property to carve a notch on a special tree on the anniversary of their first kiss. “Don’t start this book at bedtime,” several people told me. This should be the thriller that breaks this talented writer out of the mystery genre and earns him the recognition he deserves.This review gives away plot details that may spoil the reading experience for you. Coben is a skillful storyteller with a gift for creating likable characters caught up in circumstances that illuminate their complex emotional lives and deep humanity.
So when he discovers that people he was close to may be responsible not only for Elizabeth's murder but also the "accidental" death of his father, Beck's sense of betrayal is as understandable to the reader as his uncharacteristically violent reaction. In David Beck, Harlan Coben, the author of the popular series starring sports agent Myron Bolitar ( Darkest Fear et al.) has created a protagonist who shares many of Bolitar's best qualities-he's a decent, generous, gentle guy whose loyalty to those he loves is unquestionable. A powerful billionaire is equally determined to make sure his role in her disappearance never comes to light, even if it means destroying an innocent man.
And when a mysterious e-mail arrives on the anniversary of their first kiss, with a message and an image that leads him to wonder whether Elizabeth might still be alive, Beck will stop at nothing to find the truth that's eluded him for so many years. David Beck has rebuilt his life since his wife's murder eight years ago, finishing medical school and establishing himself as a pediatrician, but he's never forgotten the woman he fell in love with in second grade.
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