I really liked this book it was very suspenseful and fast moving, however I notice a lot of reviews state this is not the best book by Harlan Coben. Would someone recommended another book by this author that they feel is a better piece of work?

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Anirban Bose Take up any of his books except for "Missing You" and you will see the master at work. My personal favorites would be Six Years, Tell No One and The Woods

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Marc "Tell No One" is by far my favorite of his. The Myron Bolitar series is also excellent. "The Stranger" is good and fits into a lot of Coben's themes, but isn't, in my opinion, one of his best. It's very good, but not his best.

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Henrik Warne Tell No One - excellent thriller, one of my all-time favorites.

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Geri I am really enjoying Six Years....a real page turner.

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Alexandra Brown Trying reading 'The Woods'...suspenseful and addictive to the end. It is the book that got me hooked...I now want to read anything of Coben's I can get my hands on :)

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Lisa Rinfret Gone For Good is the book that got me hooked on Harlen

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Mark Simpkins I think Tell No One is awesome. All of his books other than the Bolitar series are about bad things, awful things, happening to the everyday joe or jane.

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Shawn I liked "Caught" and "Tell No One"

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Emile Bensdorp Actually I think this is Coben's best book, it's brilliant.
I read all of his books except one. ("Fool me once")

edit: "Tell No One" is nearly as good though, also brlliant, but my opinion is Coben tried a myriad of plot possibilities -but more important: his only one personal main theme (the family)- stayed the same. Here he surpassed himself.

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Max Peters I've read a lot of Harlan's books and "Tell no one" is probably the best one. But again, all of them are masterpieces.

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Becky Tell No One is one of the best thrillers ever, and you will be a fan after reading that one. I prefer his stand alone novels over Myron Bolitar. After Tell No One, Just One Look and No Second Chance are also excellent.

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Nick Rippington He is a great writer, but Tell No One is outstanding, head and shoulders better than his others IMO

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KD Tell No One is the first I read of this author, and I became a fan of his style. I have read most, The Woods is excellent. I would give them all a try.

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Richard Holcroft My favorite was "Tell No One."

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Sue All of his series of books with the Myron Bolitar character are great!! They are the only books of his that I have read that I loved...

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Mary I liked Caught, Six Years, and Hold Tight. I did not like/did not finish Deal Breaker.

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Amanda Pick up Tell No One, Dealbreaker or Caught. I enjoyed this book much better than Stay Close and Missing You, but it wasn't his strongest.

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Fonda Rush "The Woods" was a good one...it had me going until the very end. Enjoy!

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Lizzi Gone for Good was my favorite of Coben's books! I love all of his books of course but that one was amazing!

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Phyllis Fredericksen Personally I think the Myron Boltar series are his best.

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Melissa Young I love all of his books I have yet to find one I do not finish

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Denise I actually really liked Missing You. And Caught. To me, Six Years felt like one big long fist fight.

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