One day, while his wife is on a business trip, Matt receives two strange messages from her cell phone: one is a photograph of a man, and the other, a video of a woman with a wig, sitting on a bed, waiting for the man to join her. Matt is quite convinced that the woman with a wig is his wife Olivia. He is about to see his life shattered for the second time, and asks the help of a woman private investigator of his acquaintance. Meanwhile, an apparently unrelated event involves a woman detective, Loren Muse : a nun has been found dead in a catholic convent nearby. Surprisingly, she has silicon-augmented breasts...

As usual, Harlan Coben has crafted a very twisted mystery, with just too many twists and coincidences in my opinion. I thought he was trying to hard to fit everything together, and the ending is really over the top. I also had more difficulty than usual getting into the novel, but that may be because for a while, I could only read for stretches of 10-15 minutes, and Harlan Coben's novels are typically the ones one likes to read in one or two sittings. Still a decent suspense, but I wouldn't call it Coben's best, as many other readers seem to do. For me the best (so far) is Just One Look.

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By Harlan Coben:

Myron Bolitar Novels:

Coben, Harlan (1995) Deal Breaker

Coben, Harlan (1996) Drop Shot

Coben, Harlan (1996) Fade Away

Coben, Harlan (1997) Back Spin

Coben, Harlan (1998) One False Move

Coben, Harlan (1999) The Final Detail

Coben, Harlan (2000) Darkest Fear

Other Novels:

Coben, Harlan (2001) Tell No One

Coben, Harlan (2002) Gone for Good

Coben, Harlan (2003) No Second Chance

Coben, Harlan (2004) Just One Look

Coben, Harlan (2005) The Innocent

Coben, Harlan (2006) Promise Me

Links:

Harlan Coben Official Web Site