Name: Caught
ISBN: 9780525951582

Harlan Coben

Dan Mercer stands accused of being a sexual predator thanks to the ambush journalism of Wendy Tynes, a tabloid TV reporter, who must cope with her husband's death caused by a drunken driver as well as reckon with the possibility of Mercer's innocence. When Tynes finds a link between a father of one of Mercer's alleged victims and others felled by scandal, she could become a killer's next victim.

Caught

My first Harlan Coben book and it did not disappoint. I love a good whodunnit book! It starts off a little hokey with a tv reporter for a show much like To Catch A Predator. Wendy Tynes skills as a reporter seem far more mature for her job title. She would have been better portrayed as an investigator but I get that she had to be a reporter in order for the story to work. She is very perceptive and intelligent. Listens to that gut instinct but also can’t ignore the facts. She is sympathetic and protective. Really carries around that mom guilt like a champ. A little out of touch with technology so she has to rely on her average teenage son for help. Her character is very relatable and I absolutely loved her! 

The mystery of whether or not Dan Mercer was an actual pedophile/child murderer had me constantly going back and forth. His background of being raised a poor orphan holds up to his character being distant from making any real connections so it was believable. 

I am a fan of Harlan Coben now and can’t wait to read more! 

Christa Bell

My first Harlan Coben book and it did not disappoint. I love a good whodunnit book! It starts off a little hokey with a tv reporter for a show much like To Catch A Predator. Wendy Tynes skills as a reporter seem far more mature for her job title. She would have been better portrayed as an investigator but I get that she had to be a reporter in order for the story to work. She is very perceptive and intelligent. Listens to that gut instinct but also can’t ignore the facts. She is sympathetic and protective. Really carries around that mom guilt like a champ. A little out of touch with technology so she has to rely on her average teenage son for help. Her character is very relatable and I absolutely loved her! 

The mystery of whether or not Dan Mercer was an actual pedophile/child murderer had me constantly going back and forth. His background of being raised a poor orphan holds up to his character being distant from making any real connections so it was believable. 

I am a fan of Harlan Coben now and can’t wait to read more! 

After the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl, reporter Wendy Tynes is on a mission to identify and bring down sexual predators. A social worker who is a known friend to troubled teens is her latest target. Wendy soon realises she can't trust her instincts or the motives of the people around her.

Sian Wadey

The first Harlan Coben book I read took me less than twenty four hours. I read it solid, couldn't put it down. Since then I have been a massive fan of his. I prefer the stand alone novels to the Myron Bolitar series and one or two of the books I found a little predictable or I guessed the ending, (which I don't like to do!) but this wasn't one of them.
We first meet Dan Mercer, the coach for a hockey team of foster and orphan children. He's going to see a girl named Chynna who needs his help. As soon as he arrives he gets jumped on by a camera crew led by reporter Wendy Tynes, who picks up the narrative from then on.
I like the way Coben writes Dan Mercer, you feel like you're in his head and that you understand the man. From the off I got a judgement of him and I never doubted him. I won't say too much because I'll give away the story. 
Wendy Tynes is a decent female lead, and strong, which I particularly admire, but can be a little annoying at times. Her sense of humour is great, and she gets sarcastic quickly which I relate to. Her faith in the other characters is also interesting.
The only thing that I didn't really like about this story is the American High School stuff, and I know, seeing as it's set in America and about a missing school girl, it has to be, but I find it all a bit cringey. The couples are all high school sweethearts and I doubt that's the case in real life. 
The ending also fell a bit flat for me. I had my sneaking suspicions all along that it had to be one of a few people, so I wasn't shocked at the ending, not as much as I like to be at the end of a Harlan Coben thriller!

Preye

Caught was propulsive and written so well, I shuddered at some descriptions. This is my first Harlan Coben and I can guarantee that this won't be the last. Sure, I have battle scars—a lot of them—from the intense ride this book took me on, but I'm willing to go again for that exhilaration. 

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Marissa Zander

I read this book over the past few days and once I got to Part 2, I couldn't put it down. The book is full of surprises throughout its entirety. The storyline is something I felt like I should have known from the start but it's a constantly twisting plot that keeps you guessing. I think the only thing that seemed kind of cliche was the main character's description. Single mother who is extremely attractive only wants to do good in the world. There are some characters who don't seem to be relevant until suddenly they know all this information, like Win. He was used more as the guy who isn't useful unless you need information and the book never chronicles how he and Wendy came to the understanding that she could call anytime she needed to dig up dirt on someone and he would willingly do so without asking anything in return. That bugged me. However, that wasn't something I focused on while reading since the plot and minor backstory of the side characters keeps you busy enough. I wouldn't read the book over and over but if there was ever a sequel, I'd be interested.

Meghan Truskowski

Julie Pib

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Melissa Bragg 

Master of suspense Harlan Coben delivers a twisted #1 New York Times bestseller about a man who--with the best of intentions--opens the wrong door... Reporter Wendy Tynes is making a name for herself, bringing down sexual offenders on nationally televised sting operations. But when social worker Dan Mercer walks into her trap, Wendy gets thrown into a story more complicated than she could ever imagine. Dan is tied to the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old New Jersey girl, and the shocking consequences will have Wendy doubting her instincts about the motives of the people around her, while confronting the true nature of guilt, grief, and her own capacity for forgiveness...

Caught

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