A review by kapgar
No Second Chance by Harlan Coben

4.0

Aside from outliving your children, the worst nightmare of most parents would have to be the disappearance of your children. No idea where they could be. No closure whatsoever. So when Dr. Marc Seidman wakes up in a hospital and is told that he was attacked and left for dead and that his wife is dead and six-month-old daughter is missing, you can imagine his shock and desire to find out what happened. When he is finally released from the hospital, he discovers, via his estranged father-in-law, that a ransom demand has been made and Marc must make the drop and he has only one chance to get it right, so don't call the authorities. However, the drop goes bad and Marc must spend his life wondering what has happened to his daughter and pray that the kidnappers are not true to their word about not getting a second chance. This is a really good thriller and Coben's writing has improved markedly from Tell No One and Gone For Good. Overall, the writing is very tight and intelligent. My only qualm is that it didn't fix my attention quite as well as the other two novels.