No Second Chance(J4851)

by Harlan Coben | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0451210557 Global Overview for this book
Registered by MRJIGGS of St. Louis, Missouri USA on 4/1/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by MRJIGGS from St. Louis, Missouri USA on Sunday, April 1, 2007
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paperback
420pp
published, 2004

From the Publisher
When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter...

Dr. Marc Seidman has been shot twice, his wife has been murdered, and his six-month-old daughter has been kidnapped. When he gets the ransom note-he knows he has only one chance to get this right. But there is nowhere he can turn and no one he can trust. Coben stamp.

From The Critics
The New York Times
True, that proclivity for self-analysis promises a story paced like downhill molasses. But this time Mr. Coben's plotting skills are in vigorous form, and he has devised a cleverly intricate scheme surrounding Tara's disappearance. Though he specializes in missing persons and mixed-up identities, to the point where his previous two thrillers (Tell No One and Gone for Good) had some overlap, the nimble and ingenious No Second Chance has a life of its own. — Janet Maslin

Kirkus Reviews
Once again, Coben (Gone for Good, 2002, etc.) expertly tugs at a suburban citizen’s most ordinary fears until he finds a mind-boggling criminal conspiracy at the other end of the line. Pediatric reconstructive surgeon Marc Seidman’s family life ends with two shots into his body and another into his wife Monica’s, leaving her as dead as Marc was supposed to be. When he awakens 12 days later, he learns that his baby girl Tara has disappeared from his home as well. There’s a ransom demand, and Monica’s wealthy, remote father is happy to pay the freight, but Marc ignores Edgar Portman’s wishes, tips off the police and the FBI, and loses the money, any hope of recovering Tara, and his crackhead sister Stacy, who dies of an overdose soon after the cops tie her to the abduction. Eighteen months later, though, the kidnappers give Marc the second chance they swore they wouldn’t: For another $2 million, they’ll return Tara, whose hair samples they’ve already sent to her grandfather. And now Marc has a new ally, his college girlfriend Rachel Mills, a former FBI agent who just happens to have turned up again. If you think Marc and Rachel will outfox the kidnappers this time around, you don’t know Coben, who’s looking way past the second abortive ransom drop to a racket that entangles a washed-up child TV star, the protector she met in the loony bin, an improbably successful adoption lawyer, and assorted Serbian extras. And just in case these malefactors aren’t enough, he casts suspicion on Dina Levinsky, the abused girl who used to live in Marc’s house; on Rachel (how did her husband get shot to death?); and even on Marc himself (why were he and Monica shot with two different weapons?). Irresistibly overstuffed. Coben has blossomed into the male Mary Higgins Clark.

Journal Entry 2 by wingAnonymousFinderwing on Thursday, July 12, 2007
gift for my son who is a huge harlan coben fan

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Journal Entry 3 by Meekachu07 from Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Friday, January 16, 2009
I received this book via Frugalreader. One thing I enjoy about Harlan Coben's books are the twists and turns and especially the suspense. I truly thought I had this one figured out, but I wasn't even close, which is always nice when you read a lot of predictable mystery/thrillers. Definitely a great read, which took me one sitting cause I couldn't put it down.

Hopefully those who come across this book will enjoy it too!

Journal Entry 4 by Meekachu07 at Springville, Tennessee USA on Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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I am shipping this to Springville, Tennessee as apart of a surprise RABCK.

Journal Entry 5 by wingbookstogivewing from Springville, Tennessee USA on Tuesday, April 7, 2009
What a great surprise to receive this book in a box with 5 others, I couldn't believe it!! THANK YOU so much for thinking of me and I can't wait to read it then pass it on!

Journal Entry 6 by wingbookstogivewing at Pearland, Texas USA on Thursday, May 29, 2014

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Journal Entry 7 by fathermurphy at Pearland, Texas USA on Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Thanks for the book. Will be reading this one soon.

Journal Entry 8 by fathermurphy at Pearland, Texas USA on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Dr. Marc Seidman is in the hospital after being shot twice. His wife has been killed and his six month old daughter is missing. He receives a ransom note and he hopes he has this one chance to bring his daughter home alive. From there things spiral downhill, and he is in a world where nothing is as it seems. Good story!

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Journal Entry 10 by winglove2cookwing at Pearland, Texas USA on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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Journal Entry 11 by winglove2cookwing at Pearland, Texas USA on Thursday, July 23, 2015
Well, I finally got around to reading this Coben book. It was a good story with lots of twists and turns, to keep me guessing. Dr. Seidman and his wife, Monica, have been shot and their 6 month old daughter, Tara, is missing. Monica is dead but Dr. Seidman is still hanging on to life. This story is complete with kidnapping, murder, betrayals, and plenty of cloak and dagger. It's a real page turner. Good read!!

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