October 23, 2012

  • Long Lost

    The novel I am reviewing in this post is the thriller Long Lost by Harlan Coben which is an excellent book which I bought from a carboot sale. This is part of the Myron Bolitar series of thrillers. Basically he's a sports agent who never made it as a professional basketball player who also does a bit of amateur sleuthing. He and Win are a bit of an item and he gets a phone call from an old flame called Therese asking him to come to Paris and help because she's been accused of murdering her husband. Police have found what appears to be DNA belonging to his daughter and because she died years ago think it belongs to Therese. At the same time Myron beats up the chief of police at a sports game and wants to make himself scarce. During the course of the investigation somebody tries to kill Myron so he beats him up. Also Myron disappears for 16 days in what seems to be like a twilight dream. He has been drugged in other words. Also he finds out fetal material was taken from Therese when she was pregnant and although she had a hysterectomy although the child died he wonders if she has a daughter. Then he finds footage of someone who resembles her daughter. It has a happy ending and Myron gets it on with Therese but I doubt that will last. It's also a very good story that keeps your interest and keeps you guessing until the end.

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