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A review by katykelly
Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben
3.0
Multiple genres: an involved policeman, a disappearance, a conspiracy
I read a Coben years ago and thought I"d try one of his stand-alones. I'm not much of a thriller reader but like them occasionally. This moved along nicely, with intrigue and mystery, just begging you to make guesses as to what was going on and who was at the heart of the conspiracy.
Nap(olean) Dumas, yes, his real name, is the policeman who finds himself investigation a case that seems to have a connection to the death of his brother and girlfriend, and the disappearance of his own girlfriend, from a decade ago. The past needs dredging up, and his own never-forgotten love may be closer than he could have hoped.
It seemed to be a fairly straightforward mystery story, but then a military base came into the story, and as you could see a 'villain' rearing his/her head, a new tangent showed that there might be more layers than expected to the solution.
While I liked Nap, his world-weariness at times, his humour, I didn't get caught up in the story and the multi-stranded ending/solution was a little frustrating.
I remember my last Coben had some rather over-the-top torture elements, and I thought this one was heading that way but stopped short of becoming graphic. The book finished and I felt a little let down, though it all wrapped up well and everything was explained.
Maybe its just not quite my cup of tea, but it was an easy read, with a good mystery element and some strong characters (mainly Nap), but enjoyable enough. If you're a fan, I'm sure this will be a great new book by Coben.
With thanks to Netgalley for the advance reading copy.
I read a Coben years ago and thought I"d try one of his stand-alones. I'm not much of a thriller reader but like them occasionally. This moved along nicely, with intrigue and mystery, just begging you to make guesses as to what was going on and who was at the heart of the conspiracy.
Nap(olean) Dumas, yes, his real name, is the policeman who finds himself investigation a case that seems to have a connection to the death of his brother and girlfriend, and the disappearance of his own girlfriend, from a decade ago. The past needs dredging up, and his own never-forgotten love may be closer than he could have hoped.
It seemed to be a fairly straightforward mystery story, but then a military base came into the story, and as you could see a 'villain' rearing his/her head, a new tangent showed that there might be more layers than expected to the solution.
While I liked Nap, his world-weariness at times, his humour, I didn't get caught up in the story and the multi-stranded ending/solution was a little frustrating.
I remember my last Coben had some rather over-the-top torture elements, and I thought this one was heading that way but stopped short of becoming graphic. The book finished and I felt a little let down, though it all wrapped up well and everything was explained.
Maybe its just not quite my cup of tea, but it was an easy read, with a good mystery element and some strong characters (mainly Nap), but enjoyable enough. If you're a fan, I'm sure this will be a great new book by Coben.
With thanks to Netgalley for the advance reading copy.