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She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look after her. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life, big time. Now Myron's next move may be his last. Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.

It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart 18 years ago. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light....

#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Harlan Coben delivers his most shocking thriller yet, proving that a well-placed lie can help build a wonderful life—and a secret has the same explosive power to destroy it. The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world.

Als Junge gab es für Will Klein nur einen Helden: seinen älteren Bruder Ken. Als Ken verdächtigt wird, eine junge Frau vergewaltigt und ermordet zu haben, bricht für Will eine Welt zusammen. Ken flieht, taucht unter und wird schließlich für tot erklärt. Später scheint sich die Vergangenheit auf alptraumhafte Weise für Will zu wiederholen...

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Harlan Coben set huge sales records with last year’s Six Years - and he’s poised to do it again in his next breathtaking stand-alone thriller. Harlan Coben, author of six consecutive instant number-one New York Times best sellers and a total of 24 award-winning, best-selling, and internationally acclaimed novels, returns with another ripped-from-real-life thriller full of impossibly high emotional stakes and the real-to-life characters for which he has become famous.

As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman—a girl Will had once loved—was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good.

Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd.

But six years haven’t come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd’s obituary, he can’t keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd’s wife he’s hoping for...but she is not Natalie....

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

In the last six years Harlan Coben has gone from being a critically acclaimed, but modest-selling, US crime author to being an international best seller and global brand. He has done this with a searing selection of stand-alone novels.

Als Junge gab es für Will Klein nur einen Helden: seinen älteren Bruder Ken. Als Ken verdächtigt wird, eine junge Frau vergewaltigt und ermordet zu haben, bricht für Will eine Welt zusammen. Ken flieht, taucht unter und wird schließlich für tot erklärt. Doch dann erfährt Will, dass Ken noch lebt. Gleichzeitig verschwindet Sheila, Wills Freundin, spurlos. Die Vergangenheit scheint sich auf alptraumhafte Weise zu wiederholen, und Will muss seinen Bruder um jeden Preis finden, da nur dieser die Wahrheit kennt...

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. For the next eight years Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous e-mail telling him to log on to a certain web-site at a certain time, using a code that only he and his wife knew. The screen opens on to a web cam - and it is Elizabeth's image he sees. Is it a practical joke?

Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American dream they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat.

Zwanzig Jahre ist es her, dass vier Jugendliche nachts in einen Wald liefen. Zwei wurden kurz darauf brutal ermordet aufgefunden. Von den anderen beiden fehlt seither jede Spur...

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger, at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Myron never saw it coming. A surprise visit from an ex-girlfriend is unsettling enough. But Emily Downing's news brings him to his knees. Her son Jeremy is dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant, from a donor who vanished without a trace. Then comes the real shock: the boy is Myron's son, conceived the night before her wedding to another man.

Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven’t come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd’s obituary, he can’t keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd’s wife he’s hoping for...but she is not Natalie....

Zwanzig Jahre ist es her, dass vier Jugendliche nachts in einen Wald liefen. Zwei wurden kurz darauf brutal ermordet aufgefunden. Von den anderen beiden fehlt seither jede Spur: Gil Perez und Camille Copeland. Camille war die Schwester von Paul Copeland, mittlerweile ein angesehener Staatsanwalt und gerade mit seinem ersten Mordprozess konfrontiert. Da wird plötzlich die Leiche von Gil Perez gefunden, und über Nacht holt die Vergangenheit Paul wieder ein. Er versucht herauszufinden, was damals wirklich geschah, und gerät immer tiefer in einen wahren Albtraum...

Ein großes, elegantes Haus in einem reichen Wohnviertel, ein teures Auto, zwei wohlgeratene Kinder: Megan lebt den perfekten amerikanischen...

Harlan Coben was voted winner of the Bestseller Dagger at the 2009 Crime Writers' Association's Crime Thriller awards .

Myron screwed up. His job was to protect someone. He fell in love with that someone and then she died. End of story. So he's dropped out, left, run away to the Caribbean to escape his guilt. But now everything that he left behind has come back to haunt him. A friend is in trouble, murder trouble. The victim? One of his own clients. In order to help his friend, Myron must battle for her freedom - against her own wishes

The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar or a parking lot or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world. Adam Price has a lot to lose: a comfortable marriage to a beautiful woman, two wonderful sons, and all the trappings of the American dream - a big house, a good job, a seemingly perfect life. Then he runs into the Stranger.

Harlan Coben is de koning van de plotwendingen. Een vreemdeling spreekt Adam aan in de kroeg en haalt met een paar woorden zijn hele leven overhoop. 'Je had niet bij haar hoeven blijven. Hannah was nooit zwanger. En misschien is het slim om een DNA-test te doen bij je andere kinderen...' Thuis is Adam in shock en durft hij niet meteen zijn vrouw te confronteren. Maar eigen onderzoek maakt het steeds waarschijnlijker dat de man de waarheid sprak. Wat te doen? Hij houdt van zijn kinderen, ze zijn van hem. Wil hij wel meer weten?

Weer een briljante, zenuwslopende thriller van de koning van de domestic suspense. Elf jaar geleden werd Will Kleins ex-vriendin Julie gevonden in de kelder van haar huis: gewurgd. Al het bewijs wees in de richting van Wills oudere broer Ken. Die verdween echter spoorloos en er werd nooit meer iets van hem vernomen. Iedereen vermoedt dat hij niet meer leeft. Wil heeft inmiddels de draad weer opgepakt. Maar als zijn moeder op haar sterfbed onthult dat Ken nog leeft, en kort daarna Wills vriendin Sheila plotseling verdwijnt, pakken donkere wolken zich weer samen boven zijn leven.