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Caught | 
 enlarge | Author: Harlan Coben
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
List Price: £18.99
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 536
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition, 1st Impression
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1409112497
EAN: 9781409112495
ASIN: 1409112497
Publication Date: April 15, 2010
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The pulse-pounding new thriller from Harlan Coben.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 32
 LOVE HIM July 28, 2010
Mrs. E. S. Powiecki
Never fails to give you a good read, money well spent. Not my favorite of his books, the only downside is that i have to wait ages for his next one to come out
Caught by Harlan Coben July 19, 2010
Blue frog
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first taste of Harlan Coben and I was really impressed, having read the Larsson trilogy I was finding it difficult to find a read any where as good but Caught literally caught me by surprise. It has a strong storyline, a great twist at the end and is an all round solid good read. I gave to my partner to read on holiday and he really enjoyed it and he's a crime novel cynic ! I've just ordered two other titles from Coben and only hope they equally as entertaining.
 Good Read July 6, 2010
M. Kerr (Scotland)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book - and read it in one day (and long into the night)
Only one tiny issue that I hope is corrected before the next editions are published -
Page 32: Wendy's son, Charlie is 17 years old. She has been widowed for 12 years - therefore, he was 5 years old when her husband died. P33 - Wendy was 19 when she fell pregnant, on her first night with John. P34 - but the next NINE years had been bliss.....
Clearly Maths is not Mr Coben's specialty - which is fine, but that's why there are editors at Orion.
Either they were together for maximum 6 years (including the pregnancy) before he was killed or else her son is 21 years old.
It's the only tiny, pedantic thing that spoiled this for me - otherwise, it is an excellent work.
Coben delights with sharp tricky time ticker once again June 30, 2010
Stampy (England)
I first picked up a Harlan Coben novel a few years ago and was bowled over by it. Tell no one was sharp and dynamic and everything that you could want from a thriller and here he adapts a similar approach with multiple protagonists and a sharp and frequently exciting and often controversial agenda to its subplots.
Caught, his first release this 2010 year, opens with a point of view from a middle aged guy hoping to see his younger friend to see if she is alright in her house. What transcends epitomises Coben's work as what we as readers perceive is further from the truth. Once again there are an array of different characters in different circumstances and unless gripped you may lose track of who is who.
Thankfully Coben grips the reader into a tale of deception, murder, criminal convictions, stalkers and family divorces and the blood is always pumping through relative short chapters and a forever moving forward narrative.
Coben's development over the years has to bring a simple yet effective idea to his stories which is start in the present add an implication and bring the past into the present through family, mysteries and shockers that will produce many open mouthed impressions especially at the end of this novel, which is quite fantastical for a thriller but different anyway.
The only negative points I can summarise are the lack of grip in the middle part where the plot is often seen going over points established and the tempo isn't as high as Tell N One or Long Lost for example.
But come the end this will not matter as you will have enjoyed a sharp twisting specific novel that also adds amazing controversy, just look at the Facebook profile account section and the stalker ideologies to see what I mean.
Great read and fans should certainly take note.
8/10
 Not his best June 20, 2010
Boof (United Kingdom)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of Harlan Coben's: I love the fast paced, page-turning suspense that you get with his books; they're great to listen to in the car on a long journey or to curl up with when you want a quick but gripping read.
This is not, in my opinion, one of his best however. The synopsys tells of the disappearance of a teenage girl (who seemingly vanishes off the face of the earth) but in actual fact, she is barely part of the plot. The book centres around Wendy Tynes, a TV journalist who orchestrates a paedophile sting on live TV to catch Dan Mercer, a youth worker who has been brought to their attention for attempting to meet a 13 year old girl he had apparantly met online. The first chapter is actually narrated by Dan Mercer too, but he then disappears for the rest of the book.
Wendy Tynes, after single-handedly bringing down the reputation of Dan Mercer, then decides that he might be innocent afterall and embarks on tracking down his friends to find out the truth. The deeper she digs the more she realises that there is something much bigger going on and that his old college room-mates may have befallen similar fates.
I can't say too much more without the risk of ruining the book for anyone else, but I have to conclude that this is one of my least favourites of Coben's. I know you have to suspend your disbelief for most thriller / crime books but this never felt believable to me (especially when you discover who and why).
I can allow Mr Coben one slip as I have loved all his other books but I would have to say "meh..." to this one.
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