A review by runnerjules
Missing You by Harlan Coben

5.0

One of my all-time favourite authors, Harlan Coben, did it again. Even though this newest book, "MIssing you", is a standalone one which means we have to miss the charming company of Myron Bolitar, it is one of the best books I have ever read by Coben. The book contains, as always, very well developed characters and a stunning plot with tons of twists. What did it for me, in this book, is the fact that the American FIU (Financial Intelligence Unit) is involved, as well as suspicious transaction reports and that the whole scheme of romance scams is being revealed. Something that I - having worked myself for 8 years at the Belgian FIU and having seen thousands of SAR's, not to mention billions of romance scams - just LOVE. Coben intertwines different stories and makes them come neatly together in the end, with a final twist that I thought I saw coming, then lost and then turned out to be true after all. Brilliant! I want more!

One small question mark on p. 38: Coben, an American author, writing a story that takes place in the USA, suddenly talks about meters and kilometres? Huh? What happened?