Brilliant, fast, gripping! - Rated 
At home. Breakfast time. Another ordinary day. But everything changes in the space of a minute. Plastic surgeon Marc is shot at and is left for dead. His wife Monica is shot at too and IS dead. Their baby, 6-month old Tara, is missing. Vanished.
Marc wakes up in the hospital and learns the terrible truth. What happened? Why? Where is his precious, lovely baby? The police investigate. His lawyer and best friend Lenny tries to help. But nothing comes up, only theories, and Marc is also under investigation as prime suspect. Time drags by. It dilates and expands frustratingly. A request for ransom ignites hope. And things start to change. But nothing could prepare Marc for what is in store for him.
Another brilliant mystery by Harlan Coben. As the title suggests, no second chance for Marc but indeed many more chances for Coben, who is able to grab the reader's attention with a fast-paced, edge-of-the-seat narrative, nothing is what it seems but in the end everything is clear, every little details falls into the right place and there are no questions left unanswered. Great entertainment!
Gripping from beginning to end! - Rated
Often I find books like this have an exciting first 100 pages and a good ending but drag in the middle - not this one!! This is the most gripping book I've read in a long time. Action packed from the first page, Marc tries to unfold who shot him, killed his wife and took his six month old daughter. The mystery is gripping and the outcome is impossible to predict. Coben captures the intensity of events, but maintains the believability of the story.
I found it impossible to put it down, reading it on the bus, during class time and long into the night. A must read for everyone who enjoys a good old mystery.
A Second Chance - Rated
Plastic surgeon Marc Seidman is shot in his home. He comes to twelve days later in the hospital and learns that his wife has been killed and his infant daughter Tara is missing. There are no leads, there is no ransom note and the police suspect Marc, however after he's released from the hospital a ransom note is finally delivered. "No cops, two million dollars and no second chance if instructions are not followed," it says. But Marc does tells the cops, then delivers the money. His daughter is not returned.
A year and a half later a second ransom note arrives.
As usual Harlan Coben takes us on a walk down dark path of our deepest fears. We suffer along with Marc at the loss of his daughter, our heart quickens when we find out she may still be alive. Also, as usual, Coben slides between the first and second person point of view with such ease we hardly know he's done it. Coben spins words so well we don't even notice we're caught in the web till the story is finished.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
Fantastic - Rated
Loved every bit of this book from beginning to end. Never new what was gonna happen next. Many twists and turns that carry on right to the end.
Difficult story to follow, really felt for the main character of the book.
Definitely warrants 5 stars!!!
I've now started reading 'The Innocent' which is abother Harlan Coben book.
Completely absorbing - Rated
This book was the cause of me not getting much sleep, not doing any ironing or cleaning, microwaving meals instead of cooking them properly, I just couldnt be away too long from the book. Utterly absorbing, exciting, thrilling, definiately a one more chapter kind of book. I wished the book was much thicker, couldnt wait to get to the end but sad when I did. I love Harlan Coben and have already bought two more of his books. Dont miss this author.
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