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Just One Look

by Harlan Coben

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When Grace Lawson picks up a newly developed set of family photographs, there is a picture that doesn't belong-a photo from at least 20 years ago with a man in it who looks strikingly like her husband, Jack. And though Jack denies it, he disappears that night, taking the photo with him. Now, to save her family from a fierce, silent killer who will stop at nothing to get th...more

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Published April 26th 2005 by Signet (first published January 28th 2001)

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Jul 19, 2007

Miss rated it

Shelves: thriller

Although it was still a decent read much like his other novels, it could be time for Coben to change a little of his formulaic writing. The plot in this novel is so confusing that the last two to three chapters were devoted to explaining it all. It almost felt like the rest of the novel were just fillers.

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Apr 18, 2011

Connie rated it

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I really enjoyed this book, felt the suspense and action made it a page turner. However, I HATED the reason for all the secrecy, seriously lame, I wanted a big conspiracy and got, they were drunk, he stole my song and we didn't want to lose the trust fund. Blah, unsatisfying.

"The stages of grief: Supposedly the first is denial. That was wrong. The first is just the opposite: Total acceptance. You hear the bad news and you understand exactly what is being said to you. ...more

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Nov 03, 2007

Angie rated it

Shelves: 2007

Harlan Coben manages to snag your attention within the first few pages of his books and then reels you in like a helpless fish until you are so ensared in the story that there is no way you can put the book down until you reach the end. This book is no exception!

I will admit that there were a few parts in this book that were slightly far-fetched, but then again, reality can be a bit far-fetched sometimes. Overall, it was another great suspense story from Coben. If you enjoy his ...more

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Mar 24, 2007

Emily rated it

Shelves: mystery

This book seemed to have good reviews, but I didn't enjoy it that much. It moved pretty slow and I felt there were wasted pages. I hate to give bad reviews, but I don't think I would reccommend this one.

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Dec 22, 2009

Becky rated it

This is my first Coben book. It totally held my attention and was a pretty quick read for me. I couldn't wait to figure out who was responsible for Jack's kidnapping. While I felt for Grace who finds herself in a horrible situation, I just didn't really connect with her. She took off on her own search for her husband which seemed unrealistic to me. Especially with two children to protect. I can't imagine myself in that situation but don't think that I would have acted in the same way.

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Jul 07, 2008

Yulia rated it

Recommended to Yulia by: Frank Bogues

Shelves: criminal-intent, read-to-me-by-frank, lit-lite

Harlan? Yulia? Harlan? Yulia? True enough, this is my first try at one of his books, at Frank's recommendation, and despite the typo in the second sentence (tsk tsk) I do appreciate the simile it contains. Oddly, Frank says he read in an interview that Coben" doesn't choose the names of his novels. How strange, to leave that up to a publisher. Is it this way with most writers? Or is he not invested enough in titles to put up a fight?

But in all seriousness, this book h...moreHarlan? Yulia? Harlan? Yulia? True enough, this is my first try at one of his books, at Frank's recommendation, and despite the typo in the second sentence (tsk tsk) I do appreciate the simile it contains. Oddly, Frank says he read in an interview that Coben" doesn't choose the names of his novels. How strange, to leave that up to a publisher. Is it this way with most writers? Or is he not invested enough in titles to put up a fight?

But in all seriousness, this book has made me more aware of my double standards when it comes to which books I deem acceptable to read. If this were a mystery by a Japanese author, I'd already have read it or looked for it at my local Borders and Barnes and Noble. but because he's an American, my gut reaction is to assume this is beneath me, which just isn't fair. No, I won't become a fan of Stephen King or Janet Evanovich, but perhaps not all popular American authors are so bereft of wit and insight after all. And a good plot never hurts.

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I have to say, I was very impressed. Yes, it annoyed me that all the women in the book had to be attractive, that the bad guy was conveniently North Korean and another questionable character was Indian (I suppose the respective countries of origin can see it as a backhanded compliment . . .), but the plot was intricately woven (so much so that I found myself dumbly saying, "Wow, wow," while reconsidering events and connections in the book hours after finishing), the questions on guilt, discretion, and forgiveness thought-provoking, and the depiction of female characters less two-dimensional than in many thrillers. Sure, I would change things: I wouldn't have everyone marry the first person they ever fell in love with or be punished for falling for someone else later in life, but it could have been worse. I definitely didn't feel Coben had a conservative outlook on guns, which I liked. All in all, a nice surprise.

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Oct 12, 2008

David rated it

This was one of Coben's best books - if not THE best. First it grabs the reader's attention with a prologue in which a killer who is about to be executed admits to an Assistant US Attorney that he killed his sister (not the crime for which he is being executed)

Then it launches into the main story, when an ordinary middle-class wife and mother discovers a picture of what looks like her husband in a context in which she would not expect to find him. Then the confrontation and then the ...more

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Mar 17, 2008

Amy rated it

Recommends it for: those who like mysteries, and are okay with a little violence

Recommended to Amy by: Gary

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Nov 10, 2009

Jan rated it

Shelves: suspense, mystery, favorites, own-copy

I am in awe of Coben's masterful ability to weave such an intense storyline and when you think the story has wrapped up, he hits you with a zinger on the last few pages!! Grace, involved in a mini-disaster at a rock concert that killed some 18 people when she was a teen, discovers a photo in her recently developed photographs and, when showing it to her husband, he freaks and disappears that night. Her husband is not who he seems to be and the secrets just keep on coming...and so do the scary ...more

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Dec 28, 2011

Anjali rated it

Shelves: fiction, good-opening, mystery, read-in-2011, the-new-author-challenge-2011, women-protagonists

I read my share of non-fiction and literary fiction, but what got me started as a serious book reader was murder mystery or thrillers. No matter how heavy a book I am reading, give me a thriller any day and I am happy. I can’t read them too many in a row, but they are great as fillers and act as brain bleach when you are done with a heavy read and don’t have the energy to pick another similar book. They go fast, you don’t need to think too much about them and they satisfy your curiosity of ‘what...moreI read my share of non-fiction and literary fiction, but what got me started as a serious book reader was murder mystery or thrillers. No matter how heavy a book I am reading, give me a thriller any day and I am happy. I can’t read them too many in a row, but they are great as fillers and act as brain bleach when you are done with a heavy read and don’t have the energy to pick another similar book. They go fast, you don’t need to think too much about them and they satisfy your curiosity of ‘what next’.

Just One Look is one such book. It is about Grace Lawson who finds a strange, old photograph of her husband along with her recently developed vacation photos. She is puzzled how such an old photo got into her pile and on confronting her husband, gets an extreme reaction from him which ends with her husband leaving the house in the middle of the night. When he does not return for some days, she suspects something is fishy and launches a full fledged search for her husband. What starts off as an innocent search turns messy and she discovers many buried secrets, some related to her husband, and some of her own.

Coben creates a very strong plot and the suspense is set in from the word go. He creates an interesting protagonist in Grace and creates a tale for her which becomes entangled with the main track and we readers know nothing is as innocent as it looks. Eric Wu comes across as a devil and just reading about him gave me shivers some times.

The best part about the book is it is a page-turner, what every mystery novel should be. You don’t want to put the book down until you know why things are they way they are. Easy language, not many distractions from the main plot and fast pace makes this book one quick read.

The plot gets thicker as we read and somewhere Coben loses the grip and the story appears muddled. The main motive behind the crime remains unjustified or not satisfactorily enough. When the built-up suspense is so high and many questions are raised, the climax needs to be dramatic, but the book ends somewhat abruptly and leaves you with a bitter taste, making you wish the author had tied the ends in a better way. It is a good read nevertheless. If you need a filler, this is a good one.(less)

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Jun 24, 2011

Joy rated it

Excellent book by an author I just discovered in recent months. I've read several of his series of a private investigator/sports agent, but this was a stand-alone book. It was very good! The story was of a woman who picks up newly developed family pictures and finds a picture in the stack that really doesn't belong. Soon after she shows it to her husband, he suddenly leaves their home and disappears. That sets up the intrigue of whether he is hiding someting, a victim of some sinister plan,...more

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Mar 21, 2011

Annie rated it

Shelves: thriller-mystery-books

I liked this book by Harlan Cobain because it wasn’t seeped in lurid, gory details with bad language, and the lowest most debasing criminal acts, like some of the mystery books for adults. This novel did have clear, detailed, crisp writing, a twisty plot and hardly any bad language. It didn’t quite live up to the promised thrills and chills; but I liked how the main character was an ordinary person involved in an unordinary event. Grace is an artist, resisting suburban boredom but she loves h...moreI liked this book by Harlan Cobain because it wasn’t seeped in lurid, gory details with bad language, and the lowest most debasing criminal acts, like some of the mystery books for adults. This novel did have clear, detailed, crisp writing, a twisty plot and hardly any bad language. It didn’t quite live up to the promised thrills and chills; but I liked how the main character was an ordinary person involved in an unordinary event. Grace is an artist, resisting suburban boredom but she loves her two kids and her devoted husband, Jack. One day, she gets her pictures developed at the local photoshop and when she picks the pictures up, there is a strange photograph mixed in with her prints. It shows a group of four people, one who looks like her husband. One of the girls in the photo has her face ex’ed out. Later, Grace shows it to her husband, Jack, and later that night, without a word to Grace, he drives away and disappears. Grace must unravel the mystery of the photograph, while protecting her children from some unsettling characters with shifting alliances which makes Grace question who she can trust. This unfolds against a background of an anniversary of a bigger event in Grace’s past, called “the Boston Massacre.” When Grace was in college, she went to a concert of a popular singer, Jimmy X, who was two hours late appearing onstage. His delay caused the raucous crowd to riot at the sound of gunshots, and Grace was caught in the melee, she was trampled. Eighteen other people died; Grace survived her memory-gap inducing brain trauma and other injuries to escape overseas, where she met Jack. It’s layered, and while slightly character heavy; I liked the overall story and all the questions were answered, even if some the motives weren't totally airtight. I found it entertaining and hard to put down.

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Being a mother, Grace thought, was a lot like being an artist-you are always insecure, you always feel like a phony, you know that everyone else is better at it thank you. The mothers who doted obsessively on their offspring, the ones who performed their numbing tasks with that Stepford-ready smile and supernatural patience-you know, those mothers who always; always have the right supplies for the ideal after school craft...Grace suspected that these women were profoundly disturbed.
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Jun 10, 2011

CJ rated it

First of all, I LOVE Harlan Coben's books, especially the Myron Bolitar series. And Win. Coben is a master of suspense and his very creative analogies never fail to make me laugh out loud. That said, I found Just One Look to be just one tad too busy: far too many points of view, disjointed at times from too much jumping about, and way too heavy on superfluous descriptive passages. On this last, let me just say, if the description is pertinent to the storyline in some way or necessary to set an i...moreFirst of all, I LOVE Harlan Coben's books, especially the Myron Bolitar series. And Win. Coben is a master of suspense and his very creative analogies never fail to make me laugh out loud. That said, I found Just One Look to be just one tad too busy: far too many points of view, disjointed at times from too much jumping about, and way too heavy on superfluous descriptive passages. On this last, let me just say, if the description is pertinent to the storyline in some way or necessary to set an important scene, by all means, go for it. But please don’t spend three paragraphs describing the color of the walls in the attorney’s office and what pictures are hanging behind his desk, or for that matter, the style of said desk, depth of carpet, etc.

Don’t do it because I am going to skip it, as are many , if not most, readers. Elmore Leonard put it best: “Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.”

And especially don’t place the protagonist on the edge of a cliff with the bad guy sneaking up behind her, or in a conversation that is about to reveal whodunit, or the fate of the missing husband/wife … and then abruptly skip to some back story about so-and-so’s childhood … or parental issues … or traumatic prison years. Please. Please. Please! The momentum will be lost forever and, what’s more, your readers will begin to feel a vague resentment toward you.

I realize Harlan Coben is a seasoned author and a GOOD one–one of my all-time favorites. I have a list that I’m working through systematically. It started with Myron and Win and there are now only one or two books remaining before I will have completed the entire list. But, in this particular case, I found the aforementioned issues somewhat of a hindrance to the progress–and my enjoyment–of a very good story. (Is it possible that Coben uses ghost writers?)

Despite all of the above, I did enjoy the story. I give it four stars. (I would never dream of giving Harlan Coben less than four; I believe most have received the whole five from me.) Just One Look was well-thought-out and complex. I had trouble foreseeing where it was going until it got there—and that’s a good thing. It means it wasn’t predictable.

In summary: If you like Harlan Coben, by all means read this book. Just skip the parts that need skipping.
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Feb 01, 2008

Susan rated it

This story has a lot of holes and convoluted twists to make the plot work. It wouldn't last a minute in a literary criticism class, but it sucked me in good with the first paragraph and didn't let me to until the last word. Even as I 'read with my ears', I could hear the flaws and I didn't care. A 20 year old photo turns up in Grace Lawson's prints that she picks up from the shop. And that photo starts a chain of events that literally tears her life apart.

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Nov 25, 2011

Amanda rated it

Shelves: mystery, recommended-to-me, will-check-out-more-from-author, murder

I haven't really read a lot of "murder mystery" type books. I never look at the books by those authors as something that I "have to read". They don't really grab my attention and I feel like they sometimes have too much political things going on (police, lawyer, etc are always involved and there is always the legality system that rears it's ugly head & makes me want to skip all sections that have to do with it).

This was recommended to me by a co-worker and it wasn'...more

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May 13, 2011

Nancy Schober rated it

Not as good as 'No Second Chance.' I found the blend of violence and ordinary suburbia a bit too raw for my taste.[return][return]Coben certain created engaging characters.[return][return]Some quotes;[return][return]'I'm a swarm of useless facts.'[return][return]Being a mother, Grace thought, was a lot like being an artist -- you are always insecure, you always feel like a phony, you know that everybody else is better at it than you. The mothers who doted obsessively on their offspring, the ones...more

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Nov 13, 2007

Weinz rated it

Recommends it for: brainless thrillseekers with time to kill

Shelves: read-and-now-must-destroy

Why is it when people hear you enjoy reading that they automatically assume that you read the same books they do? A neighbor reccomended this one. I don't think the friendship will survive. I may have to move.

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Dec 30, 2009

Darcy rated it

Shelves: 2009

As I was reading this book my mind kept wandering. About page sixty I realized that I didn't care who killed the sister and what the deal was with the picture, so gave it up. This is not the book for me.

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Nov 15, 2011

Jen rated it

Gripping from the moment I started this book. I can't really say what it was, but this book grabbed me an only let me go for a few short breaks. It left me scared to go to bed at night, and rushing through the work day counting down hours til I could get back to it. The first 2/3 kept me riveted, then it slowed for a bit allowing me to actually reurn to real life anfd get things done in the house, but the end was amazing. Far more than I expected, and such a shocker. I really need to get more bo...more

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Aug 01, 2011

Susan rated it

Grace Lawson picks up her photos at photomat, and finds an old photo mixed in of five people, one of whom is possibly her husband. When her husband sees the photo, he takes off with no explanation and Grace is left to pick up the pieces. I wanted to like this book more than I did. The plot is intriguing and does keep you interested. However, some of the characters are just too over the top, the links between characters are a little forced, and their is a weird exchange at the end of the book tha...more

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Sep 25, 2011

Erin Martin rated it

Recommends it for: Thriller lovers

Recommended to Erin by: Robyn Kimberlin

Shelves: own-a-copy

While I really love Harlan Coben's books, this one unsettled me. The "bad guy" was just horrific. What he did made my skin crawl and made it hard for me to sleep some nights. While I love these kinds of books, I'm not a fan of torture and over-the-top violence. I also wasn't sure that it really wrapped up like the author thought it did. I felt very unsatisfied at the end.

I gave it four stars because I was compelled to read this book often. It had great characters and ...more

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Feb 27, 2011

Jennifer rated it

Shelves: strictly-mystery

So I think I am a Harlan Coben fan now. This book really caught my interest although the ending kind of made me sad!

Grace Lawson is the survivor of the Boston Massacre.... a rock concert that ended in a stampede with over 18 people dead and many more injured. Grace who was crippled during the aftermath of the horrific massacre finds her husband, Jack, in France. Their past a blank slate... at least that is what Grace thinks -- she can't exactly remember the night she became crippled......more

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Mar 15, 2009

Cindy Raney is currently reading it

Finished it - twists and turns. Really enjoyed it!

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Nov 05, 2011

Brittiany rated it

Shelves: 2011

Someone slips an old photograph into Grace Lawson's recently developed pack of photos... when her husband sees the photo he takes off into the night without so much as a "goodbye". When her husband doesn't return, the photo is the only thing she has to go on to find him. It leads her to a past she had no idea he had... It also causes her to ask for help from someone from her own past in which she wishes never existed...

I'm really liking Harlan Coben. This book definitely ha...more

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Jan 14, 2012

Catherine Mustread rated it

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Shelves: fiction, mystery, thriller, new-jersey

Getting close to my goal of reading ALL of Harlan Coben, with only three titles left to read: Caught, Shelter (#1 in his new teen series about Mickey Bolitar's nephew), and Stay Close. Though highly suspenseful mystery/thrillers they're all beginning to seem very much alike.

The beginning of Just One Look finds suburban housewife, Grace, picking up some just developed pictures and finding a picture of her husband taken 15 years previously, starting repercussions that involve kidnapp...more

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Jul 04, 2010

David rated it

I'm learning to appreciate Harlan Coben's ability to weave multiple plot twists together into a page-turning nightmare of thrilling proporion.

In Just One Look, the closest thing I have to a complaint is to say that the twists just keep on and on and on and on and on. The plot twists and revelations filled me up like I had just enjoyed a full Thanksgiving Feast.. One more twist and I felt like I would have exploded, but the revelations were carefully dropped one at a time and finall...more

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May 13, 2010

Nike Chillemi rated it

Harlan Coben is one of those who writes at a level of "sophistication" whereby almost none of his characters are likeable. The heroine remains likable until the last pages of the book (there is no hero) and then the author takes that away from the reader, almost. I like books with a likeable hero and heroine, but that's just me. To pull off this jaded world view, the plot becomes extremely complicated, until it finally casts doubt as to the goodness, fairness or honor of every single c...more

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May 07, 2010

Tony rated it

Harlan Coben- Just One Look (Signet 2005) 4 Stars

Grace Lawson has a life she loves, a great home, loving husband, and wonderful children, but one day it all seems to just unravel. It all starts when she discovers an old photograph mixed in her new roll of film, in the photograph is a man who looks just like her husband Jack. When confronted Jack denies it, but disappears with the picture. Now Grace must sort out just what is going on, but she soon realizes that she is not the only on...moreHarlan Coben- Just One Look (Signet 2005) 4 Stars

Grace Lawson has a life she loves, a great home, loving husband, and wonderful children, but one day it all seems to just unravel. It all starts when she discovers an old photograph mixed in her new roll of film, in the photograph is a man who looks just like her husband Jack. When confronted Jack denies it, but disappears with the picture. Now Grace must sort out just what is going on, but she soon realizes that she is not the only one who knows about the photograph, and is hunting for the details around that picture. Also searching is a ruthless killer who does not care who dies, just as long as he completes his assignment. With the police doing little she knows that if the truth is to be found she must do the digging herself. She must find the truth even if it costs her everything she has come to love.

At first I found Just One Look to be kind of difficult to get into, it had just enough oomph to keep me reading. Harlan Coben has definitely had better introductions, but the book did pick up the pace true to Coben’s reputation. The plot was a great with lots of twists and turns as Grace Lawson receives some shocking revelations. I love how Coben is able to make the reader think one thing and end up with a totally different result, just like an illusionist. I enjoyed the many characters we come across in this novel, they are expertly created and woven into the storyline, although I felt that I did not always how a couple of characters reacted, nor their actions. Coben chose interesting places to have some of the scenes, places where the reader would least expect their to be things of importance happening (for the novel’s sake anyways), which was good to see as it came across as a refreshing change from the places novels normally visit. Overall I really enjoyed Just One Look, and would recommend it to anyone who loves a good thriller.

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Jan 11, 2010

Shell rated it

Grace Lawson has put her life back together after a tragedy at a pop concert left her severely wounded and 18 other young people dead. She has a nice house, loving husband and 2 wonderful children. When looking through some photographs she has just picked up from the developers, she finds a 15 year old photo of 5 young people, one of whom is her husband slipped in amongst them. She senses instantly that something is wrong and shows the picture to her husband, Jack. Without a word, Jack leave...more

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Jan 23, 2010

Tiffiane rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The prologue totally sucked me in right away, and honestly, I was slightly disappointed that Scott Duncan didn't have a more active role in the book. The way the prologue was written, I was expecting Scott to be a lead character in the book, and to have it more centered around the death of Geri not being an accident.

I found myself really enjoying the characters in the book, but by the time I got to the end, I was wondering exactly why we needed to know about Charlaine and Freddy's li...more

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About Harlan Coben

International bestselling author Harlan Coben's last seven novels, The Woods, Promise Me, The Innocent, Just One Look, No Second Chance, Gone for Good, and Tell No One have appeared at the top of all the major bestseller lists, including The New York Times, Book Sense, The Times (London), Le Monde, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as many others throughout the Uni...moreInternational bestselling author Harlan Coben's last seven novels, The Woods, Promise Me, The Innocent, Just One Look, No Second Chance, Gone for Good, and Tell No One have appeared at the top of all the major bestseller lists, including The New York Times, Book Sense, The Times (London), Le Monde, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as many others throughout the United States and the world. His most recent book The Woods (2007) was a bestseller on lists across the country including USA Today, Publishers Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Nielsen Bookscan and Entertainment Weekly. Promise Me and The Woods were both named one of the best thrillers of the year by Library Journal. Coben's books are published in 38 languages and have 40 million copies in print world wide. His new novel, Hold Tight, will be published in the U.S. on April 15, 2008.
In his first books, Coben immersed himself in the exploits of sports agent Myron Bolitar. Critics loved the series, saying, "You race to turn pages...both suspenseful and often surprisingly funny" (People). After seven whodunit books Coben moved away from Myron Bolitar. "I came up with a great idea that simply would not work for Myron," says Coben. The result was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Tell No One, which has been credited by many as reinventing the thriller and which became the most decorated thriller of 2001 Ð nominated for an Edgar, an Anthony, a Macavity, a Nero, and a Barry; winner of the Audie award for Best Audio Mystery/Suspense Book; and a #1 hardcover book on the Book Sense 76 list. Coben followed the success of Tell No One with the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Gone For Good (2002), No Second Chance (2003), Just One Look (2004) , The Innocent (2005), Promise Me (2006) and The Woods (2007).

Coben's unique take on the American dream has struck an international chord. Bookspan, recognizing his broad appeal, named No Second Chance its first ever International Book of the Month in 2003.

Since 1995, Harlan Coben has won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award, the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award, and the Anthony Award Ð the first writer to win all three. In 2004 he was shortlisted for the Author of the Year Award for the British Book Awards, dubbed "The Oscars of the Book Trade." He was the first American to make the list.

Tell No One, Coben's first stand alone novel, was released as a film in France in 2006. A runaway smash, Tell No One has grossed over $32 million in France and Variety called the film, "a sharp, efficient package." Tell No One was directed by Guillaume Canet (Mon Idole), and features an all-star cast including Kristin Scott Thomas (Gosford Park), Nathalie Baye (Catch Me If You Can), and Marie-Josée Croze (Munich). The movie will be released in theaters in the US in the summer of 2008. FOX TV has purchased the rights to Coben's popular Myron Bolitar series for a pilot by Bones creator-executive producer Hart Hanson.

A graduate of Amherst College, Harlan Coben was born and raised in New Jersey, where he still lives with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben. Harlan and Anne have four young children and two dogs. (less)

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