As the story progressed, it wove between several others as well. Hold tight had me worried more than once about the fate of more than one character. This is one of those books with so many twists and turns that you really have to pay attention.

Coben is a master of complicated, intricately woven plot lines. Keeps you guessing right to the end. My youngest child is 16 and we have grappled for a lot of years with how much privacy teens deserve, and how much is too much.

Non stop familly entanglements would be better suited for a tv soap then a mystery thriller. For writers, a good read to slap one in the face with what not to do when telling a story.

Coben seems to have maybe two tricks up his sleeve, which he deploys over and over murderous psychopthic couple, or people who misinterpret and flee a horrific event, which then colors the rest of their lives. In this book mo is pointless.

This is particularly true when he insists on going up on the end of sentences and also allowing his volume to die breathlessly at the same time" "he goes into painfully long descriptions of conversations that are pointless and unnecessary (i live in t...  Read More