Missing You

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From master of suspense Harlan Coben comes the #1 New York Times bestseller about the ties we have to our past—and the lies that bind us together—as the ultimate Internet scam unfolds... **Surfing an online dating site, NYPD detective Kat Donovan feels her whole world explode. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé, the man who shattered her heart—and whom she hasn’t seen in eighteen years. But when Kat reaches out to the man in the profile, an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light. As Kat begins to investigate, her feelings are challenged about everyone she’s ever loved—even her father, whose cruel murder so long ago has never been fully explained. With lives on the line, including her own, Kat must venture deeper into the darkness than she ever has before and discover if she has the strength to survive what she finds there. ** From Booklist Coben never met a technological device he couldn’t turn into a riveting plot element. His latest thriller is no exception. The story examines what can happen to people who use online dating sites, and his hypothesis builds to a truly frightening conclusion. Coben’s meticulous plotting and his incorporation of the technology are first-rate. His characterization and dialogue? Not so much. All of Coben’s characters, regardless of age, sound like entrants in a Damon Runyon dialogue contest. (The reader keeps waiting for some guy to pull a gat on some doll.) The relentless onslaught of one-liners doesn’t help, and the characters themselves, while caught up in the beautifully crafted plot, tend toward cardboard. What sets the plot in motion is when a friend of NYPD detective Kat Donovan enters Kat on an online dating site. She discovers her old boyfriend, now a widower, and tries to contact him; the complications multiply from there. Once again, Coben has expertly constructed and then dismantled a time bomb of a plot. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Perennial best-seller Coben isn’t quite hitting on all cylinders this time, but fans of his plot-driven, technologically-fueled thrillers won’t have time to notice. --Connie Fletcher Review Praise for *Missing You * “A dive-in, lose-sleep, and miss-your-bus-stop reading experience.”—Associated Press “Another winner in Coben’s stack of winners.”—The Huffington Post “Masterfully explores the costs of our techno-crazed existence...making the brilliantly stages Missing You not to be missed.”— The Providence Journal “Delivers twists aplenty.”— The Boston Globe “One of Coben's best ever.”— The Globe and Mail (Canada) “Once again, Coben has brilliantly used a current trend, in this case Internet dating, to create a can’t-put-it-down thriller.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Coben has expertly constructed and then dismantled a time bomb of a plot.”— Booklist