Harlan Coben's "No Second Chance" is a great mystery that kept me working it out through all its twists and turns. Just when things begin to make sense --- here comes another twist!
Dr. Marc Seidman wakes up in a hospital bed after being so near death that he wasn't expected to live. What he wakens to is almost worse than dying -- a dead wife and a 6 month old daughter who has disappeared. When he recovers, he returns to work as a plastic surgeon but all the time holding out hope that his daughter will be found alive. When a ransom demand is met -- thanks to his wealthy father-in-law being able to supply the funds, he's devastated once again when the ransom is collected but his daughter is not returned.
Dr. Seidman is not your ordinary plastic surgeon who rakes in the big bucks. He works with a partner to help those with disfiguring injuries but little money and is willing to go round the world to do his work. His fascination is with the process of rebuilding a person from their injuries. He also lives near his parents so he can assist his mother with some respite care for his father who is basically incapacitated.
Unlike Agatha Christie books where we don't really receive any clues to help us uncover the murderer, Coben does give us a clue early on and sprinkles hints around it throughout the book. I knew it was important and puzzled over it but didn't figure it out until our hero did.
If you love mysteries that twist and turn and surprise you, read this one! pazt
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