Early works: Harlan Coben takes us for a ride

I feel cheated! And angry. I decided to swap genres for a change and chose a crime novel for my next read during my French holiday. I picked "Play Dead" by Harlan Coben at Heathrow (along "Serena" by Ron Rash, for which I will post a review soon), since I've always enjoyed Coben's crime novels. I find them usually well written, with a good plot and a number of twists that guarantee some suspense. True, there is a bit of formula in his writing, but it works. When I opened this...