Name: Harlan Coben Spring 2021
Rating: 4.0625 (16 reviews)
ISBN: 9781538748213

Harlan Coben

The new novel from Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Stranger on Netflix.

Harlan Coben Spring 2021

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Part of all worship is abuse. That's what I've learned. Those who love God the most also fear God the most too. ‘God- fearing,' right? The most devout who won't shut up about God's love are always the ones raving about hire and brimstone and eternal damnation. so was in love with Ry or was scared of him? I don't know how thick that line is.

There is an odd psychology amongst those who inherit great wealth, because deep down inside, they realize that they did nothing to earn it, that it really was just a matter of luck, and yet how can it be that they are not special? My father suffers from this malady. “I have all this,” the thinking goes, “ergo I must be somehow superior.” This leads to a constant internal battle to maintain the false narrative of somehow deserving” all these riches, of being “worthy.” You push away the obvious truth —that fate and happenstance have more to do with your lot in life than your “brilliance” or “work ethic”— so as not to shatter your self-created myth. 

We are all masters of self-rationalization. We all seek ways to justity our narrative. We all twist that narrative to make ourselves more sympathetic. You do it too. If you are reading this, you were born in the top one percent of historys population, no question about it. You’ve experienced luxuries that painfully few people in the history of mankind could have even imagined. Yet instead of appreciating that, instead of doing more to help those beneath us, we attack those who got even luckier for not doing enough.

Fellowes Cynthia

I usually love Harlen Coben, but this book was not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination. I saw that it had a lot of 5 star reviews and I love the author so I put it at the top of my TBR list. You know the expression, "Show, don't tell?" Well, this book told and told and told with very little action or showing. And I just didn't care after awhile. No redeeming characters and not an interesting story and way too many wooden characters.

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Harlan Coben, a dead man's secrets fall into the hands of a vigilante antihero--drawing him down a dangerous road. Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors -- and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now. On the Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities have a lead -- not only on Patricia's kidnapping, but also on another FBI cold case -- with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward one man. Windsor Horne Lockwood III -- or Win, as his few friends call him -- doesn't know how his suitcase and his family's stolen painting ended up with a dead man. But his interest is piqued, especially when the FBI tells him that the man who kidnapped his cousin was also behind an act of domestic terrorism -- and that the conspirators may still be at large. The two cases have baffled the FBI for decades, but Win has three things the FBI doesn't: a personal connection to the case; an ungodly fortune; and his own unique brand of justice.

Munish

 It is not like the normally usual writing style of Coben. It seems more tongue and cheek than suspense. Maybe I just expected more and will try again in the future.

Randy Robbins

Win is one of the most interesting characters in fiction and I am pleased to finally get a story from his viewpoint. I hope we get more and I would love to revist the entire Myron series in his point of view. Perhaps that should have been the plan to begin with. This book was long overdue and if you are a fan of Myron, this is a must read. The series had gotten a bit flat but this gives it a must needed jolt.

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Harlan Coben, a dead man's secrets fall into the hands of a vigilante antihero—drawing him down a dangerous road. Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors — and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now. On the Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities have a lead — not only on Patricia's kidnapping, but also on another FBI cold case — with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward one man. Windsor Horne Lockwood III — or Win, as his few friends call him — doesn't know how his suitcase and his family's stolen painting ended up with a dead man. But his interest is piqued, especially when the FBI tells him that the man who kidnapped his cousin was also behind an act of domestic terrorism — and that the conspirators may still be at large. The two cases have baffled the FBI for decades, but Win has three things the FBI doesn't: a personal connection to the case; an ungodly fortune; and his own unique brand of justice.

Over 20 years ago, heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery at her family's estate. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors, and the stolen items were never recovered. Until now. On New York's Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his apartment alongside two objects of note: a Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. Windsor Horne Lockwood III, or Win as his friends call him, doesn't know how his suitcase or his family's lost painting ended up in the dead man's home. But he's interested, especially when the FBI tell him that the men who kidnapped his cousin and stole the painting may still be at large. The case has baffled the FBI for decades. But Win has three things the FBI has not: a personal connection to the case, a large personal fortune and his own unique brand of justice.

Harlan Coben Spring 2021

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