Six Years

"Six Years" by Harlan Coben, published by Dutton. I n Six Years , a masterpiece of modern suspense, Harlan Coben explores the depth and passion of lost loveand the secrets and lies at its heart. Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years havent come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todds obituary, he cant keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todds wife hes hoping forbut she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, shes been married to Todd for almost two decades, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his lifea time he has never gotten overis turned completely inside out. As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either cant be found, or dont remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jakes search for the woman who broke his heart, who lied to him, soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on a carefully constructed fiction. Harlan Coben once again delivers a shocking page-turner that deftly explores the power of past love, and the secrets and lies that such love can hide. ** From Booklist Starred Review Coben, the first mystery writer to win all three of the big crime-fiction awardsthe Shamus, the Edgar, and the Anthonyis an absolute master of the time element in his thrillers. Usually, he sets a clock running, or a bomb ticking, in the first few pages. The hero works against the clock and against all probability in extricating himself and his loved ones from peril. This latest throws a new wrinkle into the time element: there is no urgency at all. The hero is actually warned by everyone he respects that action can only do harm, and the main action has happened six years before. And yet Coben manages to make this one every bit as suspenseful as his ticktock thrillers. Its a story about lost love. Political-science professor Jake Fisher has endured seeing his love, Natalie, marry another man just weeks after Jake and Natalies breakup. At the wedding, which Fisher attended in a fit of masochism and disbelief, Natalie warned him never to contact her. Fisher keeps the promise until he sees an obituary for Natalies husband, an alum of the same New England college where Fisher teaches. What happens after Fisher attends the funeral, finding another widow in place of Natalie, is mind-boggling. Fishers attempts to find Natalie again and Cobens artful depiction of his protagonistIs he determined or unhinged?make for riveting reading. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Coben has 50 million books in print worldwide, and his last five novels have all debuted at number one on the New York Times best-seller list. Enough said. --Connie Fletcher Review Praise for Six Years With Six Years , the author shows once more how its donefurious plot twists[a] subtle stunner. The Washington Post While Six Years is certainly a thriller, it is also very much a love story. Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel This is Cobens Vertigo ; his masterpiece. The Providence Journal Dont wait six years to read what might be Cobens best since Tell No One . Library Journal Coben pulls off his patented hat trick of putting one word after another in a way that keeps you looking for that next work until its way past your bedtime. The Charlotte Observer You can always count on Coben for keep-you-up-all-night thrillers, and this ones no different. It reminded me, in good ways, of last summers smash hit Gone Girl , with clever twists and a denouement thats jaw-dropping. The Dallas Morning News Book details: published 2013. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.