Miracle Cure - Softcover

Harlan Coben ( HA LAN KE BEN )

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451234235 ISBN 13: 9780451234230

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2011

Synopsis

Paperback. Publisher: Penguin US Coben's second novel - now back in print. They were looking for a miracle cure ... Sara and Michael. The ideal celeity couple. Darlings of the media - until their lives are shattered by a mystery illness. Dr Harvey Riker. His clinic has found the miracle cure that millions seek. One-by-one his patients are getting well. One-by-one they are targeted by a serial killer more fatal than the disease. Lieutenant Bernstein. His true desires make him a perfect choice to track the killer - or a perfect victim. Can anyone stop the killer who will do anything to prevent the world's most desperately needed miracle cure ...

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Review

Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist - luring you in on the first page, only to shock you on the last ( Dan Brown)

His thrillers come with the guarantee of a great read and a twist in the tale, and again he delivers the goods ( EVENING TELEGRAPH)

In the hands of Harlan Coben you are kept guessing - and intrigued - until the last line ( GUARDIAN)

From the Author

Okay, if this is your first book of mine you're going to try, stop now. Return it. Grab another. It's okay. I'll wait.

If you're still here, please know that I haven't read MIRACLE CURE in at least twenty years. It is my second published novel, one I wrote in my early twenties when I was just a naïve lad working in the travel industry and wondering if I should follow my father and brother go to (shudder) law school.

I'm hard on it, but aren't we all hard on our early stuff? Remember that essay you wrote when you were in school, the one that you got an A-plus on, the one your teacher called "inspired_" - and one day you're going through your drawer and you find it and you read it and your heart sinks and you say, "Man, what was I thinking?"

That's how it is with early novels sometimes. This one is a bit preachy in spots and sometimes dated (though in truth, I wish the medical stuff was more dated, but that's another matter). You might think I based part of this on a "real-life" situation. I didn't. This book predates that event. I won't say more because it could be a spoiler.

Finally, flawed and all, I love this book. There are energy and risk-taking in MIRACLE CURE that I wonder if I still have. I'm not this guy anymore, but that's okay. None of us is stagnant with your passion and our work. That's a good thing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0451234235
• ISBN 13: 9780451234230
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400