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Synopsis
Marc Seidman's idyllic world is brutally ripped apart when he is gunned down in his home. Twelve days later he wakes up in hospital to learn that his wife is dead and his baby daughter Tara is missing. A ransom demand is made and agreed to. But something goes terribly wrong. The kidnappers escape, and Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous warning: there will be no second chance.
An agonising eighteen months pass with no word. And then, as Marc has just about given up all hope of seeing his daughter again, a package arrives with a note attached: want a second chance?
The note is chilling, but Marc sees only one thing: the chance to save his daughter. And, haunted by deception and deadly secrets - about his wife, about an old love, and about his own past - he vows to bring Tara home ... at any cost.
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Review
No Second Chance is yet another of Harlan Coben's terrifying explorations of the worst of fears--Marc Seidman wakes in hospital after narrowly surviving a shooting in which his wife died and their baby daughter went missing. The handover of a ransom from his rich in-laws goes wrong and Seidman realises that he is not only without wife and daughter--and the sister who may have been an accomplice--but he is also the principal suspect. The reader knows even more than Seidman just how much jeopardy he is in--Coben does a brilliantly disturbing job of introducing us to a pair of psychotics who are in charge of the ransom plot and who plan to take Seidman and his in-laws for another ride into insecurity and hell. Marc turns to the one person he thinks can help him--the ex-girlfriend who still has a place in his heart and used to be a senior Federal agent. The problem is that Rachel comes with baggage, and enemies, all of her own...
This is an impressive book about suspicion and how easy it is to make the wrong guesses; it is a triumph of misdirection. It also has that particular Coben touch--people are capable of behaving worse than you can possibly imagine, but also of acts of surprising grace. --Roz Kaveney
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"No Second Chance has a life of its own." --New York Times
"This crackling spellbinder will...keep you mesmerized from beginning...to head-spinning, unexpected end." --Forbes
"Coben again keeps the reader off-balance with innovative story lines and diabolical bad guys." --People
"Thrillers as satisfying as No Second Chance clearly have the Coben stamp." --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"No Second Chance has a life of its own." New York Times
"This crackling spellbinder will...keep you mesmerized from beginning...to head-spinning, unexpected end." Forbes
"Coben again keeps the reader off-balance with innovative story lines and diabolical bad guys." People
"Thrillers as satisfying as No Second Chance clearly have the Coben stamp." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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"No Second Chance has a life of its own." New York Times
"This crackling spellbinder will...keep you mesmerized from beginning...to head-spinning, unexpected end." Forbes
"Coben again keeps the reader off-balance with innovative story lines and diabolical bad guys." People
"Thrillers as satisfying as No Second Chance clearly have the Coben stamp." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"Praise for Harlan Coben and No Second Chance
-Nimble and ingenious.- -The New York Times
-The author doesn't build suspense. He opens fire.- New York Daily News
-At times the suspense in No Second Chance is almost painful.- -Chicago Sun-Times
-A wild ride made even more wrenching because the terrain is home, family, love, and loss.- -Houston Chronicle
-This crackling spellbinder will...keep you mesmerized from beginning...to head-spinning, unexpected end.- --Forbes
-Coben again keeps the reader off-balance with innovative story lines and diabolical bad guys.- --People
-Thrillers as satisfying as No Second Chance clearly have the Coben stamp.- --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Praise for No Second Chance
"Nimble and ingenious."--The New York Times
"The author doesn't build suspense. He opens fire."--New York Daily News
"At times the suspense in No Second Chance is almost painful."--Chicago Sun-Times
"A wild ride made even more wrenching because the terrain is home, family, love, and loss."--Houston Chronicle
"This crackling spellbinder will...keep you mesmerized from beginning...to head-spinning, unexpected end."--Forbes
"Coben again keeps the reader off-balance with innovative story lines and diabolical bad guys."--People
"Thrillers as satisfying as No Second Chance clearly have the Coben stamp."--Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"The emotional onslaught of Marc's gut-wrenching, self-questioning, relentless narration...will carry readers like a tidal wave through the novel's twists and turns."--Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherB&T
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0752858157
- ISBN 13 9780752858159
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Marc Seidman's idyllic world is brutally ripped apart when he is gunned down in his home. Twelve days later he wakes up in hospital to learn that his wife is dead and his baby daughter is missing. A ransom demand is made and agreed to. But something goes terribly wrong. The kidnappers escape, and Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous warning: there will be no second chance. An agonising eighteen months pass with no word. And then, as Marc has just about given up all hope of seeing his daughter again, a package arrives with a note attached: want a second chance? The note is chilling, but Marc sees only one thing: the chance to save his daughter. And, haunted by deception and deadly secrets - about his wife, about an old love, and about his own past - he vows to bring Tara home .at any cost. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR008718776
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