"Tell No One"

Harlan Coben's "Tell No One" is one of the best mysteries I've read in a long time and I've read some very good ones recently.  This one kept me on the edge of my seat and not wanting to put this book down!  There is corruption, greed, parental love, romantic love, friendship, and a rich man who believes he is above the law because he wants revenge.

Dr. David Beck and his attorney wife, Elizabeth, have known each other since childhood and were in love a long time before they married.  They have a ritual that involves returning to a childhood camp owned by David's grandfather but now abandoned.  They like to celebrate the anniversary of their first kiss there and carve their initials in a tree.  However, this year it goes very wrong.  David is knocked out and falls into the lake and Elizabeth is kidnapped.  She's later found murdered and it's determined to be the work of a serial killer.  Since David is in the hospital, his father in-law and Elizabeth's uncle (both cops) identify her body.  Everyone is devastated.

Fast forward a few years and David has put his life back together and tried to move on but just can't seem to do it.  When he receives an e-mail routed through a secure source one day, he is sure it is from his dead wife and she urges him to "Tell No One" that she's in contact with him.  However, as he begins to investigate to see if there is even a possibility that her body was misidentified, federal agents come looking for him thinking he may have been the one to kill his wife -- or set it up.  While he's defending himself, his life and the lives of those he talks to are in danger and he turns to a source he never thought he'd call on for help.

This book just keeps twisting and turning until it comes to a very surprising end!  It's definitely worth reading!
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