Stay Close

By Harlan Coben

Book Overview

Harlan Coben follows four consecutive #1 "New York Times" bestsellers with a stand-alone thriller in the vein of his beloved breakout novels "Caught" and "Hold Tight." Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now she's got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer, but at age forty he finds himself in a dead- end job posing as a paparazzo pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Jack is a detective who can't let go of a cold case-a local husband and father disappeared seventeen years ago, and Jack spends the anniversary every year visiting a house frozen in time, the missing man's family still waiting, his slippers left by the recliner as if he might show up any moment to step into them.Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American Dream- the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, the desperation and hunger that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades- they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat.With his trademark combination of page-turning thrills and unrivaled insight into the dark shadows that creep into even the happiest communities, Harlan Coben delivers a thriller that cements his status as the master of domestic suspense.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525952276
• ISBN13: 9780525952275
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Dutton
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

a good read

I love HC's books and this one did not disappoint. A good, solid mystery.

Very good

I saw the series first, the book and the series are very similar. I forgot who do-it so I was still surprised in the end. Great read with good characters. Highly recommend.

Harlan, you weave a fine yarn!

"Stay Close" was one of my favorite Coben books so far. The story was darn clever -- without misdirecting the reader as so many authors do. He stays true to his many diverse characters. ("Ken" & "Barbie" cracked me up in a dark, nasty way.) There are no rainbows and unicorns at the end ... just a slightly messy, subtle, realistic wrap. Footnote: Lucy is REAL -- I looked her up, pictures & all!