In many ways this is a good old-fashioned story book. It has flashes of excitement and plot devices to advance the narrative, but this is a story about people.

Specifically this is the story of David and Elizabeth Beck, and the tragedy that befell them 8 years previous to the timeline of the book. The story starts in a secluded cabin next to Lake Charmaine, deep in the forest where no one can invade their privacy. Following a dip in the lake, David and Elizabeth are attacked by a pair of men who kill Elizabeth and seriously wound David.

Fast forward eight years, and David receives an email that suggests that Elizabeth, somehow, is still alive.
Parallel to this the Scope family are remembering Brandon Scope, son and heir to a multi-million dollar fortune. Daddy is a well known local philanthropist and whilst he is donating money to charity, he is a ruthless operator and so are the people that he uses to do his dirty work.
Slowly the narrative plays out and we find that David’s lesbian sister is employed by Scope Snr in his charity work, and his father is a controlling ex-cop who didn’t appreciate what his daughter saw in his son-in-law.

One of my favourite sections is right at the end of the book, where the story turns to David’s point of view and he writes that this is where the story ends because he hasn’t got to the rest of his life. This is the first time I have read a novel that ends this way and I appreciated the inventiveness of Mr Coben.

Tell No One is a well written, well crafted story about money, power and corruption that I enjoyed immensely. I have a varied reading taste and although this is not like the plot-driven books of Joseph Finder and Dan Brown, this was more satisfying.