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Caught
by
Harlan Coben
17-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the...more
Hardcover, 388 pages
Published
March 23rd 2010
by Dutton Adult
(first published 2010)
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There were two parts to this book. Mind you, I have been anxiously waiting for Coben to come out with a new book. I absolutely love him and think he might be my favorite author of all time.
I always get wrapped up and into the story and literally finish his book within a day or less, and that was the case with this one. Like I said there were two parts to this book.
It kind of threw me because I'm not used to that style of writing from him. There was the dark anticipation and then it spun you for...more
I always get wrapped up and into the story and literally finish his book within a day or less, and that was the case with this one. Like I said there were two parts to this book.
It kind of threw me because I'm not used to that style of writing from him. There was the dark anticipation and then it spun you for...more
Seventeen year old Haley McWaid disappears from a small town in New Jersey. Wendy Tynes, an investigative sets up Dan Mercer, a social worker working with young teenagers, through her television programme Caught In The Act which carries out live televised stings. Think of the TV programme Cheaters except this television programme operates with the purpose of catching online sexual predators. But it appears all is not as clear cut and straightforward as Wendy originally thought or would like and...more
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I finished this book yesterday and as I read the last few lines I couldn't help remarking to myself that this had to be Coben's best one yet. The pacing was break neck, the characters though all different and some as dysfunctional as a human can get - were believable, some even sympathetic, and some NOT, which is as it should be. Our heroine is an investigative news reporter and a single mom who gets embroiled in job related issues (not good ones) and a murder mystery involving a major college,...more
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It really does not need to be said that this was an excellent read. One should only look at who the author is and then immediately would know that they are in for a treat.
This book (like all of this author's books) really packs a punch from the first page until, literally, the very last page. As promised, the author delivers another WTF ending that leaves you with adrenaline pumping and dizzy from excitement.
I absolutely LOVED the main character Wendy Tynes, although I admit I was not digging he...more
This book (like all of this author's books) really packs a punch from the first page until, literally, the very last page. As promised, the author delivers another WTF ending that leaves you with adrenaline pumping and dizzy from excitement.
I absolutely LOVED the main character Wendy Tynes, although I admit I was not digging he...more
The Premise: Reporter Wendy Tynes operates a Dateline-esque sting of a probable pedophile named Dan Mercer. He insists he's being set up. When the case against him is thrown out, she questions her conclusions. When she witnesses Mercer's murder...she's not sure what the hell is going on. Of course, as she digs deepers, the troubles (job loss, death threats, etc.) mount up.
The Big Issue: This is one convaluted story, with subplots within subplots within subplots. While Coben walks a fine line he...more
The Big Issue: This is one convaluted story, with subplots within subplots within subplots. While Coben walks a fine line he...more
Another great book from the master. I really enjoyed this one...quick and kept me guessing till the end!
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Harlan Coben's novels are a joy to read, in part, because they are so realistic that the reader can imagine the incidents happening to someone they know, or, to themselves.
Seventeen-year-old Haley Ward disappears and soon her parents realize they are experiencing a parent's worst nightmare.
Social worker, Dan Mercer, is a giving person, coaches girl's basketball and helps seriously troubled teens. Dan is in the midst of answering a young girl's plea to come to her home for assistance. He arrives...more
Seventeen-year-old Haley Ward disappears and soon her parents realize they are experiencing a parent's worst nightmare.
Social worker, Dan Mercer, is a giving person, coaches girl's basketball and helps seriously troubled teens. Dan is in the midst of answering a young girl's plea to come to her home for assistance. He arrives...more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and fun!, July 20, 2010
This review is from: Caught (Hardcover)
This was a fun summer read, a fast-paced suspense thriller without all the gore or grisly details that are often the hallmark of this genre. If you like Linwood Barclay (No Time for Goodbye or Never Look Away: A Thriller), you'll find that Coben writes similar tales. He writes mysteries about ordinary people faced with unexpected events that cause them to make decisions and perform heroic efforts to fin...more
This review is from: Caught (Hardcover)
This was a fun summer read, a fast-paced suspense thriller without all the gore or grisly details that are often the hallmark of this genre. If you like Linwood Barclay (No Time for Goodbye or Never Look Away: A Thriller), you'll find that Coben writes similar tales. He writes mysteries about ordinary people faced with unexpected events that cause them to make decisions and perform heroic efforts to fin...more
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Not one of Coben's best. For one thing, a character who speaks in the first person in the prologue immediately fades into the background after I had become intrigued by his story. I think it would have been stronger if he had been the protagonist, a man trying to get out of his own predicament. Instead, Coben switches to a new character and I couldn't quite get into her. (For one thing, the book changes from first person to third.) He briefly introduces a character from other books of his, but t...more
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This is Coben’s 17th novel. I have been lucky enough to have read them all. The awards he can claim as his, are the Edgar Award, the Shamus Award and the Anthony Award. Caught is his best work to date. It is a stand alone, not having anything to do with one of my personal favorites as far as characters go, Myron Bolitar and Win. Fortunately for us looking for a Myron fix, Win has a small part in the book. That is on the jacket; I am not trying to spoil anything.
Caught is all the right things y...more
Caught is all the right things y...more
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Harlan Coben’s latest book “Caught” completely captivates. From the first page of the prologue you will be “caught” by Coben’s intricate weave of lies and truth. I couldn’t put the book down; I was stuck to it, reading from the first page to the last in less than twenty-four hours.
Local news reporter, Wendy Tynes, has become quite famous in her New Jersey town for her “caught in the act” reports catching pedophiles as they attempt to meet young girls. Her latest target, Dan Mercer, is caught liv...more
Local news reporter, Wendy Tynes, has become quite famous in her New Jersey town for her “caught in the act” reports catching pedophiles as they attempt to meet young girls. Her latest target, Dan Mercer, is caught liv...more
Caught starts out with Dan Mercer opening a red door to a house after being receiving a call from a trouble teen he has been mentoring. Dan feels that it is a mistake, but he goes in anyway. Dan works at a community center with troubled teens. TV reporter Wendy Tynes and her crew are at the house for a sting operation to try to trap Dan Mercer, who Wendy believes is a pedophile. Wendy airs this “capture” of a pedophile and the series of events that unfolds in Dan’s life leads to unfortunate even...more
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Jun 08, 2010
Jennifer
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A decent summer thriller that both played out my gut instincts but kept me guessing until the end. A teenage girl disappears and a divorced do-gooder is caught in one of those online underage "sting" operations by an enterprising TV reporter and found to have an even more pedaphilic bent. However, all is not what it seems in suburban New Jersey. As the reporter, Wendy Tynes begins to suspect that she and her subject, Dan Mercer, were both set up, things get even more complicated. Coben enjoys ex...more
A lot of interesting little sub-themes in this one, including viral marketing, internet lies, and fake reviews to sell books. There's also a message about forgiveness (of all things!).
Coben does a great job of conveying the parents' love for their daughter. He incorporates complex emotions, philosophical conundrums, and social ills into the story, as well as humor, wit, and sarcasm.
This is not Coben's tightest story. There's a dead giveaway about Dan right in the prologue! I figured it out righ...more
Coben does a great job of conveying the parents' love for their daughter. He incorporates complex emotions, philosophical conundrums, and social ills into the story, as well as humor, wit, and sarcasm.
This is not Coben's tightest story. There's a dead giveaway about Dan right in the prologue! I figured it out righ...more
When "perfect" daughter Haley McWaid fails to return one night to her suburban home the whole community is shocked, and her parents are absolutely devastated. How could such a thing happen to a girl who had everything going for her?
Investigative reporter Wendy Tynes, who's had quite a bit of luck tracking down pedophiles, is determined to find the answer and embarks on a journey that could be dangerous, not only to herself but to her beloved son Charlie. However, in her quest to solve the myster...more
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I've read several of Harlen Coben's novels, and he never seems to disappoint. I needed a book that I could really sink my teeth into and get caught up in, and Caught definitely fit the bill. The action starts almost immediately, and there were enough plot twists to keep my attention throughout the book, while still maintaining some level of reality. The story did get a little convoluted towards the end, but it remained plausible enough for my taste.
This book was a 'standalone' story, and was not...more
This book was a 'standalone' story, and was not...more
If you like Coben's style, this book is great. I'm "reading" the audiobook and this is one of the best read books ever. The reader is fantastic. I think it would be helpful if goodreads had some kind of indicator or category for audiobooks. Sometimes I like the non- audio version of an author much more than the audio version, since the reader can give quite a different style to a character than I would have.
Haley McWaid is seventeen years old. She is a good girl, pride of her family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year. One morning, her mother wakes up and finds out that Haley never came home the night before.
Three months later, Haley McWaid is still missing. Everyone in the community, hopes for the best, but assumes the worst.
Wendy Tynes is a reporter. She works to identify and bring down sexual predators. Her news program is called Caught in the act. Wendy and her team h...more
Three months later, Haley McWaid is still missing. Everyone in the community, hopes for the best, but assumes the worst.
Wendy Tynes is a reporter. She works to identify and bring down sexual predators. Her news program is called Caught in the act. Wendy and her team h...more
17-year-old Haley McWaid's mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before.
In regular Coben fashion the story then takes numerous twists and turns.
Wendy Tynes is a reporter out to identify and bring down sexual predators via televised sting operations. Her latest target, Dan Mercer, is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.
Is Dan Mercer connected to the Haley McWaid disappear...more
In regular Coben fashion the story then takes numerous twists and turns.
Wendy Tynes is a reporter out to identify and bring down sexual predators via televised sting operations. Her latest target, Dan Mercer, is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.
Is Dan Mercer connected to the Haley McWaid disappear...more
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Like Hold Tight, this book was fast-paced, and kept me guessing until the end. I enjoyed the different threads, but missed the character development a little bit. You cared enough about the characters to care when something bad happens to them, but I would have liked to know them more.
One thing that I really loved was the group of men who had lost their high-paying jobs, who got together to help each other. I loved the descriptions of "Ten-a-Fly", and I especially loved his wife, who was not onl...more
One thing that I really loved was the group of men who had lost their high-paying jobs, who got together to help each other. I loved the descriptions of "Ten-a-Fly", and I especially loved his wife, who was not onl...more
I was hooked the moment I started this story, unable to put it down until the final denouement. Yes, I started to suspect what might have happened, but it was not until the author led us there that I knew for sure, which puts this book in the category of excellent!
The breathtaking pace, the character interaction, and the personal views of the characters were very well done. Our main character, Wendy, is not someone I think I would like. In fact I would probably dislike her intensely, especially...more
The breathtaking pace, the character interaction, and the personal views of the characters were very well done. Our main character, Wendy, is not someone I think I would like. In fact I would probably dislike her intensely, especially...more
CAUGHT (Pub. 2010) by Harlan Coben is an intriguing page-turner. This story brings a lot to the table, and in classic Coben style, takes us deeply into the lives of families torn apart by unexpected trouble.
Dan Mercer is accused of being a pedophile and set up by a local reporter, Wendy Tynes, in a sting operation to bring the guy down. We get only a brief glimpse of things from Dan's perspective on the front end of the story, but that quick glimpse leads us to believe he's been wrongly accused....more
Dan Mercer is accused of being a pedophile and set up by a local reporter, Wendy Tynes, in a sting operation to bring the guy down. We get only a brief glimpse of things from Dan's perspective on the front end of the story, but that quick glimpse leads us to believe he's been wrongly accused....more
Wow! I couldn't put this one down! Harlan Coben continues to captivate me from the very beginning and "Caught" never really let me go until I reached the final punctuation mark!
Dan Mercer opens the novel by telling us that the door he is about to open will "destroy my life." And, oh, is he ever right. A divorced man who counsels troubled foster children, Dan is called to help a teenage girl who is supposedly in serious trouble. He has no idea that he's been accused of being a pedophile and that...more
Dan Mercer opens the novel by telling us that the door he is about to open will "destroy my life." And, oh, is he ever right. A divorced man who counsels troubled foster children, Dan is called to help a teenage girl who is supposedly in serious trouble. He has no idea that he's been accused of being a pedophile and that...more
I am generally a fan of Harlan Coben's, but I think this book had a number of problems with both structure and believability. The set-up is that Dan Mercer, a guy devoted to helping down and out kids, is entrapped by an overzealous TV news reporter and revealed as a pedophile and sexual predator. It is Dan's first-person voice that opens the book, so naturally we start out rooting for him. I will not reveal his fate here, but the plot line fans out into a complex nexus of problems and dilemmas i...more
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NALTrade|October 2, 2012|Trade Paperback|ISBN: 978-0-451-23798-9
Reporter Wendy Tynes is making a name for herself, bringing down sexual offenders on nationally televised sting operations. But when social worker Dan Mercer walks into her trap, Wendy gets thrown into a story more complicated than she could ever imagine. Dan is tied to the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old New Jersey girl, and the shocking consequences will have Wendy doubting her instincts about the motives o...more
NALTrade|October 2, 2012|Trade Paperback|ISBN: 978-0-451-23798-9
Reporter Wendy Tynes is making a name for herself, bringing down sexual offenders on nationally televised sting operations. But when social worker Dan Mercer walks into her trap, Wendy gets thrown into a story more complicated than she could ever imagine. Dan is tied to the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old New Jersey girl, and the shocking consequences will have Wendy doubting her instincts about the motives o...more
I have given this book 4-stars due to the fact that it was raining yesterday, a Sunday, and I read the whole book with fervour ...and yes, The author is irritating...The pages are "littered with" American slang, cliched expressions and coloquialisms .... but "one has to give it to him". He "keeps you in there".."till the bitter end" with twists and turns that are plausible and not so obvious that you are just waiting for them to appear on the page ( reference to my last read by Linwood Barclay)....more
Aug 21, 2012
Brenda
marked it as to-read
Engels
Thriller
400 pagina's
Eerste druk: Dutton Adult, New York (Verenigde Staten)
Dan is jeugdhulpverlener. Het telefoontje is zoals vele anderen: een dertienjarig meisje, vermoedelijk misbruikt, een adres en de opdracht polshoogte te nemen. Als hij het huis betreedt en de tv-camera's ziet, de verslaggever tegen hem hoort schreeuwen over zijn seksuele omgang met een minderjarige en de politie hem in de boeien slaat, beseft Dan dat zijn leven voorbij is. Drie maanden later is Dan verdwenen, dood ge...more
Thriller
400 pagina's
Eerste druk: Dutton Adult, New York (Verenigde Staten)
Dan is jeugdhulpverlener. Het telefoontje is zoals vele anderen: een dertienjarig meisje, vermoedelijk misbruikt, een adres en de opdracht polshoogte te nemen. Als hij het huis betreedt en de tv-camera's ziet, de verslaggever tegen hem hoort schreeuwen over zijn seksuele omgang met een minderjarige en de politie hem in de boeien slaat, beseft Dan dat zijn leven voorbij is. Drie maanden later is Dan verdwenen, dood ge...more
Harlan Coben- Caught 3 Stars
Wendy Tynes is a reporter catching pedophiles in the act by using chat rooms as a sting operation. When she catches social worker Dan Mercer in her web, she had no idea just how much it was going to change her life. Suddenly the story gets complicated and everything seems to be amuck. Nothing makes sense anymore and the question is, was he really guilty, or was he set up?
I loved the opening line for this book. It was a great way to draw you into the book. I also loved...more
Wendy Tynes is a reporter catching pedophiles in the act by using chat rooms as a sting operation. When she catches social worker Dan Mercer in her web, she had no idea just how much it was going to change her life. Suddenly the story gets complicated and everything seems to be amuck. Nothing makes sense anymore and the question is, was he really guilty, or was he set up?
I loved the opening line for this book. It was a great way to draw you into the book. I also loved...more
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With over 50 million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben’s last six consecutive novels, SIX YEARS, STAY CLOSE, LIVE WIRE, CAUGHT, LONG LOST and HOLD TIGHT all debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and lists around the world. His first Young Adult novel SHELTER was just released in paperback, and the second in the Mickey Bolitar series, SECONDS AWAY, was released on September 18th....more
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