I like Harlan Coben’s books. Tell No One and Gone for Good were two of the best thrillers I have ever read. So I was really looking forward to this one, and Coben doesn’t disappoint. His trademark twists, turns and betrayals abound. The story loses half a point for too many coincidences in the conclusion, but basically a roller coaster ride is what is served up here.

The bare bones of the story, because there are so many plot twists I am afraid to give anything away:

A nun is assumed to have died of natural causes, but when the coroner discovers she had implants suspicions are arisen, and it becomes clear she was murdered. Matt Hunter is a man who has served time in prison, for involuntary manslaughter, when he was a senior in college. He somehow becomes implicated in Sister Mary Rose’s death. In addition it appears that his wife is having an affair; and her lover is sending Matt incriminating videos and pictures of their assignation. Throw in an adopted girl searching for her birth mother, some strippers in Vegas and the FBI and you have the ingredients for a rollicking tale.

A very fast read, I finished in a couple of days. My biggest complaint is that there were so many twists, a few times I got lost and had to go back and reread, but still a very enjoyable suspense tale.

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