I think I know why this book was offered in a $4.95 sale. And despite what Coben said in the interview following the book, I don't think the switching between first and third persons was an effective device. The three other Coben books I've listened to (Gone for Good, The Innocent and No Second Chance) were far superior to this one in my view. You end up not liking any of the characters and some of the twists seemed to be there just to fulfill the requisite need for twists in this type of tale. Yet this hard-to-believe story also lacked a high degree of enjoyability for this listener. Fiction doesn't necessarily have to be totally believable in order to be enjoyable. Too many dots that were connected by circuitous paths. I’ve read four other books by Harlan Coben.This book was a little bit too busy for me.

I recommend this book to readers who enjoy reading about the battle between good and evil in a highly entertaining story.Īnd if you like watching action movies, Tell No One was adapted to the screen in the French film of the same name. Just as in an action movie, Tell No One is a terrific, fast-moving suspense, with twists and turns to the final page. In addition to an exciting plot, Coben’s writing style is full of dry humor as well as many laugh-out-loud moments, as Beck somehow escapes certain death, more than once. Other characters with questionable morality, but a sliver of conscience make this story more than just a thriller, but an interesting character study. Shauna keeps him grounded, but events get out of hand when Beck becomes a wanted man for murder.Ĭoben leads the reader through the preliminaries, then adds a great variety of side characters, including my favorite, the conflicted Tyrese Barton and the unknowable bad guy Eric Wu, someone you don’t want to meet in an alley. Several messages later, Beck is certain Elizabeth is still alive. Scope is consumed by avenging the death of his golden-boy son Brandon and by preserving Brandon’s good-works charitable foundation, headed, coincidently, by Linda. Added to the mix is the powerful billionaire, Griffin Scope, a third-generation rich guy. Set in New Jersey, New York and parts of Pennsylvania, the story revolves around Beck, his sister Linda and her partner, plus-size supermodel Shauna, as well as Elizabeth’s cop family. Readers are in for a wild ride as Beck tries to make sense of this message and later instructions. When Beck receives a computer message, he’s certain it’s from Elizabeth because it’s about something only she would know. The years have passed, but how can he let go of his best friend and sweetheart?

He trudges through life and work as a pediatrician in a low-income New York neighborhood.

Even though a serial killer sits in prison, Beck can’t move on. David Beck’s life fell apart eight years ago when his wife Elizabeth was taken by strangers.

Tell no one harlan coben book summary