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Long Lost
460 pages
A globe-trotting, twist-a-minute thriller that balances wisecracking humor with the heavy emotional toll of buried family secrets.
What it feels like
Reading this thriller feels like strapping into a rollercoaster in the dark. It kicks off with a jolt of nostalgia and quickly accelerates into a frantic, globe-trotting race against time. The atmosphere is tense and shadowy, steeped in the melancholic weight of past mistakes and unimaginable grief. Yet, the narrative never wallows; it is propelled forward by punchy, dialogue-driven prose and a protagonist whose wry humor acts as a shield against the escalating danger. You are pulled through a labyrinth of buried family secrets and shocking betrayals, feeling the protagonist's fierce loyalty and desperation at every turn. It is a perfect fit for readers who crave high-stakes suspense anchored by deep, messy human emotions and relentless pacing.
- Mood
- tense
- shadowy
- high-stakes
- melancholic
- Tone
- wry
- urgent
- suspenseful
- loyal
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- buried family secrets · loyalty to past loves · grief and loss · the weight of the past
- The writing
- Punchy, dialogue-heavy, and relentlessly paced, with a signature blend of wisecracking humor and dark emotional undercurrents.
- The arc
- Moves from a nostalgic, uneasy reunion into a frantic, high-stakes race for the truth, culminating in shocking revelations and hard-won closure.
- Who it's for
- Fans of twisty, globe-trotting thrillers who love a wisecracking, fiercely loyal protagonist caught in a web of deeply personal mysteries.
Content notes
- murder
- grief
- child loss
- violence
- terrorism themes
About the book
A blistering 'Myron Bolitar' thriller from the author of ''Hold Tight.'' Harlan Coben's millions of fans waited three long years for a new Myron Bolitar novel taking Coben's last stand-alone, ''Hold Tight,'' to #1 on the New York Times list in the interim.
Myron hasn't heard from Terese Collins in years. Not since their affair ended with no explanation. There had been no contact since, so her call catches him off guard. She's in Paris, she says, in trouble, and only Myron can help. She tells him a sad story she's never before revealed: a good marriage, her struggles to get pregnant, the happiest moment of her life when her only child was born, the day everything she'd ever loved was taken from her. In the years since, Terese has had no contact with her ex-husband, until the phone call that brought her to Paris.
When she gets there, he's been murdered, and shes a suspect. But then comes a startling piece of evidence that turns the entire case upside down, laying bare Terese's long-buried family secrets in a most shocking way and leaving Myron nowhere to turn for help.
Caught in a foreign landscape where nothing is as it seems, he must tear apart the city and eventually the globe, fighting for answers to unfathomable questions that will take Myron, and millions of Harlan Coben readers, where they have never gone before.
Description from Open Library.
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