Missing You by Harlan Coben

Missing You by Harlan Coben – 399 pages

Book Blurb:

It’s a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she’s ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart—and who she hasn’t seen in 18 years. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light, in which monsters prey upon the most vulnerable. As the body count mounts and Kat’s hope for a second chance with Jeff grows more and more elusive, she is consumed by an investigation that challenges her feelings about everyone she ever loved—her former fiancé, her mother, and even her father, whose cruel murder so long ago has never been fully explained. With lives on the line, including her own, Kat must venture deeper into the darkness than she ever has before, and discover if she has the strength to survive what she finds there.

My Review: 4 stars

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It’s been years since I’ve read a Harlan Coben book and I’m glad I read this one. I don’t remember requesting it from the library but alas, it was on hold for me so of course, I dug right in. As I believe many of his books may be, this too was a fast paced page-turner with good inter-woven plot twists and turns. I liked the main character and her determination to stand up for herself and what she believes is right. It was also very realistic to look back upon one’s youth and associated memories and be able to dissect them into finding the truth, as you get older. The underlying romance is a nice touch amongst all the crime as well. Recommend for all Coben fans as well as mystery and crime fiction readers.

Quotes I liked:

Love blinds; yes, but not nearly as much as wanting to be loved.”

– “Those who had easy answers, be they on the right or the left, were always wrong. The world is complex. It is never one-size-fits-all.”

– “…perhaps the greatest lesson was also the simplest: Cherish and take care of what you value. Happiness is fragile. Appreciate every moment and do everything you can to protect it. The rest of life, in a sense, is background noise.”