Harlan Coben’s books are a constant reminder of the fact that people do get past tragedies and personal crisis caused either by self or others. BUT the past never quite disappears without leaving scars - some of which may remain unhealed- unless it is reconciled completely. All of Coben’s thriller plots are about cases which were apparently laid to rest, at least several years before the current plot, but ‘not quite’ – the story was clearly not over. The problem resurfaces in for one reason or another and past evidences are almost all gone – sometimes even the connection to the past crime is not easily discerned.
While the plots hold the same pattern in almost every thriller he churns out, the books are a compelling read. I, for one, can read seven Harlan Coben’s in one week @ one book per day. He writes a series of thrillers, one featuring a sports agent called Myron Bolitor, while the other is more random, but just as good. Some of the characters kind of overlap, such as the personal secretary of Bolitor who is a beautiful hispanic woman with a colorful past – an ex-wrestler - the WWF type and has interesting sexual preferences.
I adore Myron Bolitor for his earnestness and I simply love the conversations and interludes with his friend Will who is a mostly unbelievable character – must read him to know him. I love the pace and intrigue of the plots. Definitely not the kind of books one would read for erudition and certainly not the kind one would read for spiritual and intellectual enlightenment. But for those days when you are so bored and lazy, even bungee jumpin’ sounds dull? These books can put the life back into you!!
I went through these books so fast, I started rationing them ‘cos I afraid I would run out of them!
For more information on these books, go to the official site of Harlan Coben. And here are some of the titles I’ve read and loved:
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