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Tell No One.
Coben, Harlan (author).
June 2001. 352p. Delacorte, hardcover, $22.95 (0-385-33555-5).
REVIEW.
First published May 1, 2001 (Booklist).
This thriller moves from heartbreaking to heartstopping without missing a beat. A young couple takes a moonlight swim at their family’s lakeside property. The wife swims to the dock. The husband’s reverie is broken by a scream and the sight of his wife struggling. The husband, once he flails to the dock, is knocked unconscious. His wife is viciously branded and murdered. Eight years later, Dr. David Beck, a walk-on in his own life, gets a call from the sheriff saying that two bodies have been found buried near the lake. Something buried with the bodies links them to Beck. And Beck receives an e-mail on his anniversary, directing him to a Web street camera. His wife appears, pleading with him to tell no one he’s seen her again. Edgar winner Coben makes Beck (and the reader) walk a tightrope where one false move or word can spell doom. A technologically savvy thriller. — Connie Fletcher
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