Showing results by author "Harlan Coben"

You've lost your daughter. She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it clear that she doesn't want to be found. Then, quite by chance, you see her busking in New York's Central Park. But she's not the girl you remember. This woman is wasted, frightened and clearly in trouble. You don't stop to think. You approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you follow her into a dark and dangerous world you never knew existed. Where criminal gangs rule, where drugs are the main currency and murder is commonplace. Now it's your life on the line.

Fifteen years ago two teenagers were mysteriously found dead by the old railroad tracks in a small affluent town in New Jersey. One of them was Nap Dumas' twin, Leo, and the other the town's sheriff's daughter. Most people concluded it was a double suicide; others just didn't buy it. Nap has dedicated his life to finding out what really happened that summer, and when his missing ex-girlfriend's fingerprints show up at a crime scene, he's thrown into a labyrinth of dark family secrets and lies.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Myron Bolitar might have a slightly dubious past, but he knows how to handle himself and is doing just fine as a sports agent. And then he meets Brenda Slaughter, one of the hottest female sports stars around. She's gorgeous, funny and single, and also seems to have mislaid her agent. But when her father disappears, and the Mob starts leaning on her, it soon becomes apparent that potent forces are at work. And the more Myron tries to help, the closer he gets to losing his heart - and his life.

The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar or a parking lot or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world. Adam Price has a lot to lose: a comfortable marriage to a beautiful woman, two wonderful sons, and all the trappings of the American dream - a big house, a good job, a seemingly perfect life. Then he runs into the Stranger.

Harlan's very first young adult project will link in with the storylines in his up-and-coming adult thrillers as Myron Bolitar discovers that his mysterious tearaway younger brother, Brad, has a son - now teenaged. When our series hero's father, Brad, dies in a mysterious accident in South America, Myron is his closest, albeit estranged, relative left and is assigned to be his legal guardian. Will uncle and nephew be able to live with one another?

Esperanza Diaz ist die Seele von Myron Bolitars Sportagentur, eine wertvolle Geschäftspartnerin und eine seiner besten Freundinnen. Als sie völlig überraschend des Mordes an einem Klienten angeklagt wird, stürzt sich Myron in die Ermittlungen. Um den wahren Killer zu finden, folgt er einer verworrenen Fährte, die ihn nicht nur durch düstere Nachtclubs führt, sondern auch auf das Terrain gescheiterter Ehen und zerstörter Karrieren. Um am Ende vor der erschreckenden Erkenntnis zu stehen, dass es nur einen anderen wirklichen Verdächtigen gibt: ihn selbst!

Der beliebte Privatermittler Myron Bolitar in seinem brisantesten Fall. Als der Sohn der beiden langjährigen Golf-Profis Jack und Linda Coldren entführt wird, wenden sich die verzweifelten Eltern an den Sportagenten Myron Bolitar. Denn dieser hat sich in der Branche mittlerweile einen guten Namen als Ermittler in vertrackten Kriminalfällen gemacht. Myron begibt sich sofort auf die Suche nach dem verschwundenen Jungen. Doch seine Arbeit wird deutlich dadurch erschwert, dass Jack kurz davor steht, die US Open zu gewinnen. Bald wird offensichtlich, dass die Entführer es auf mehr als das Lösegeld abgesehen haben.

Brenda Slaughter ist schon zu Lebzeiten eine Basketball-Legende, ein großer Star. Und sie braucht dringend einen Beschützer. Denn jemand bedroht ihr Leben. Myron Bolitar, Sportagent und erfolgreicher Privatermittler, übernimmt den Job zuerst aus beruflicher Neugier - und dann aus wachsendem privatem Interesse: Er fühlt sich nicht nur zu Brenda hingezogen, er findet auch heraus, dass sie eine gemeinsame Vergangenheit haben. Und ausgerechnet diese Vergangenheit scheint ein düsteres Geheimnis zu bergen, für das einige bereit sind, über Leichen zu gehen.

Dreizehn Jahre ist es her, dass Myron Bolitar - Ex-Basketballstar, Sportagent und zudem Privatdetektiv im Nebenberuf - seine College-Liebe Emily einen anderen heiraten sah. Um so schockierter ist er nun, als Emily auftaucht und behauptet, dass Myron der Vater ihres dreizehnjährigen Sohnes Jeremy sei. Doch für lange Diskussionen bleibt keine Zeit. Denn Jeremy ist lebensbedrohlich erkrankt, und der einzige Mensch, der ihm helfen kann, ist spurlos verschwunden. Bolitar soll ihn aufspüren.

Rockstar Lex und seine Frau Suzze führen eine äußerst glückliche Ehe. Voller Vorfreude erwarten sie die baldige Geburt ihres ersten Kindes - bis ein böswilliger Facebook-Kommentar Lex' Vaterschaft anzweifelt. Der verschwindet daraufhin spurlos, und verzweifelt bittet Suzze ihren Agenten Myron Bolitar um Hilfe. Myron willigt ein, ohne die Angelegenheit sonderlich ernst zu nehmen. Doch dann wird er mit einer ersten Leiche konfrontiert - und mit den Abgründen der eigenen Familiengeschichte.

 Zwei Söhne wohlhabender amerikanischer Familien werden entführt. Eine Lösegeldforderung geht ein, dann herrscht Schweigen - und die Kinder bleiben verschwunden. London, zehn Jahre später: Privatdetektiv Myron Bolitar spürt einen verstörten 16 jährigen auf: Patrick, eines der Entführungsopfer von damals. Von dem anderen Jungen fehlt jede Spur.

The international number-one best-selling author of Tell No One and Six Years is back with a thriller that grips and twists and turns - and, just when you're not expecting it, twists once again.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Myron never saw it coming. A surprise visit from an ex-girlfriend is unsettling enough. But Emily Downing's news brings him to his knees. Her son Jeremy is dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant, from a donor who vanished without a trace. Then comes the real shock: the boy is Myron's son, conceived the night before her wedding to another man.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. For the next eight years Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous e-mail telling him to log on to a certain web-site at a certain time, using a code that only he and his wife knew. The screen opens on to a web cam - and it is Elizabeth's image he sees. Is it a practical joke?

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever.

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Myron Bolitar is summoned to Paris at the behest of an old lover, Therese. She is in trouble and needs his help. When he gets there, he discovers that her ex-husband has been murdered and she is the main suspect. The interesting thing is that more than one blood-type has been discovered at the scene - and the other blood can only be attributed to the dead man's daughter. But she died 10 years before.

By the international number one best-selling author of Tell No One and Fool Me Once, soon to be a major movie starring Julia Roberts. A decade ago kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For 10 years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally miraculously arrived: Myron Bolitar and his friend, Win, believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager.

It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart 18 years ago. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light....

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Myron screwed up. His job was to protect someone. He fell in love with that someone and then she died. End of story. So he's dropped out, left, run away to the Caribbean to escape his guilt. But now everything that he left behind has come back to haunt him. A friend is in trouble, murder trouble. The victim? One of his own clients. In order to help his friend, Myron must battle for her freedom - against her own wishes

Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral.