Gone for Good - A Novel

Zusatztext “Riveting . . . has more twists and turns than an amusement park ride.”— USA Today “Coben stands on the accelerator and never lets up. . . . The action is seamless! clear! and riveting.”— People (Page-turner of the Week) “A thrilling odyssey with masterful twists and turns.”—New York Daily News   “Taut . . . compelling . . . a can’t-put-it-down beach book.”— San Francisco Chronicle Informationen zum Autor Harlan Coben  is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in forty-one languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series ( Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me,   Long Lost,  and Live Wire ), Coben is also the author of the young adult Mickey Bolitar series including  Shelter  and  Seconds Away , and of  Miracle Cure, Play Dead, Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Woods,   Hold Tight ,  Caught , and  Stay Close . Klappentext "Coben stands on the accelerator and never lets up. . . . The action is seamless, clear, and riveting."-People (Page-turner of the Week)As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins' affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman-a girl Will had once loved-was found brutally murdered in her family's basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good.Now eleven years have passed. Will has found proof that Ken is alive. And this is just the first in a series of stunning revelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths about his brother-and himself. As a violent mystery unwinds around him, Will knows that he must press his search all the way to the end. Because the most powerful surprises are yet to come."A thrilling odyssey with masterful twists and turns."-New York Daily News "Taut . . . compelling . . . a can't-put-it-down beach book."-San Francisco Chronicle Chapter One Three days before her death, my mother told me–these weren't her last words, but they were pretty close–that my brother was still alive. That was all she said. She didn't elaborate. She said it only once. And she wasn't doing very well. Morphine had already applied its endgame heart squeeze. Her skin was in that cusp between jaundice and fading summer tan. Her eyes had sunken deep into her skull. She slept most of the time. She would, in fact, have only one more lucid moment–if indeed this had been a lucid moment, which I very much doubted–and that would be a chance for me to tell her that she had been a wonderful mother, that I loved her very much, and good-bye. We never said anything about my brother. That didn't mean we weren't thinking about him as though he were sitting bedside too. "He's alive." Those were her exact words. And if they were true, I didn't know if it would be a good thing or bad. We buried my mother four days later. When we returned to the house to sit shivah, my father stormed through the semi-shag in the living room. His face was red with rage. I was there, of course. My sister, Melisa, had flown in from Seattle with her husband, Ralph. Aunt Selma and Uncle Murray paced. Sheila, my soul mate, sat next to me and held my hand. That was pretty much the sum total. There was only one flower arrangement, a wonderful monster of a thing. Sheila smiled and squeezed my hand when she saw the card. No words, no message, just the drawing on it. Dad kept glancing out the bay windows–the same windows that had been shot ou...

Product details

• Authors: Harlan Coben
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2011
• EAN: 9780345533050
• ISBN: 978-0-345-53305-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 191 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense