Funny you should bring up "TELL NO ONE". I bought this book by Harlan
Coben at a yard sale in a batch of paperbacks in a box. Probably paid
somewhere in the neigborhood of 25 cents or less. I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN
EITHER! Right now the 4th member of my faculty is reading it. All have
had the same reaction...couldn't put it down. I interlibrary loaned ALL
the titles from our public library by Coben, approximately 6. There are
more. I've read them all. Consistently the ones copyrighted before "TELL
NO ONE" are not as compelling. Good, but not quite as
grabbing. Consistently the ones copyrighted AFTER "TELL NO ONE" are
almost as compelling as "TELL NO ONE". It certainly appears to me that
Coben has hit his stride and pretty well kept it. I will certainly read
all that he writes, hoping that he repeats his marvelous "TELL NO
ONE" feat. The thing I loved most about this book...the whole plot is
around today's most used technology...a thing that we all connect
with... email. The one clue to remember about just how much I loved this
book...it is going on my permanent bookshelf...to be reread at some time
in the future. I heartly recommend you interlibrary loan this book
too! Unless of course, mysteries are not your thing! Ann
p.s. The other title I have on my permanent bookshelf to be
reread... is an oldie (but not appropriate for a school library...) is
"SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR". The old Robert Redford movie, THREE DAYS OF THE
CONDOR was based on it. If you've only seen the movie, get the original
book verison, SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR... I couldn't put it down
either. Don't bother with THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR...it is word for
word the movie version... SIX DAYS HAS SO MUCH MORE DEPTH. The business
teacher here who used to work in an office, had told me=20
she found it so compelling, because she could absolutely put herself in
the protagonist's place... in other words, go out for coffee for the
whole office...come back to find everyone murdered...then you are forced
out on the run... because they are after you because you know too
much...but you don't know what it is you know... you don't know who to
trust, because you don't know who is trying to kill you.
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, NHS Webmaster wrote:
> At our school we take our readers seriously. If they recommend a book,
> we read it, then decide if it is appropriate for our collection. Not
> long ago a student said we HAD to read =93Tell No One=94 by Harlan Coben.=
I
> read it and she was right! I couldn=92t put it down.
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> Here is the basic plot: David Beck's wife was murdered eight years ago.
> He has since become a pediatric doctor, and managed to go on with his
> life, but still pining for his one true love. On the anniversary of
> their first kiss, however, an E-mail arrives with a code phrase only two
> people would know: David Beck, and his dead wife. It tells him to log on
> to a web site at a certain time. When he logs on he sees a webcam
> scanning an undeterminable city intersection. Suddenly a face appears=97i=
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> is his long dead wife. Or is it? The person on the screen mouths the
> words: =93I=92m sorry.=94
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> Is she alive or is this an elaborate hoax. Who killed who and why? A
> classic =93Who-dun-it?=94 This one will keep you hopping until the very e=
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> I couldn=92t put it down. There is one clue in the middle of the book tha=
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> should alert you to what happened (Sorry, I can=92t resist). I missed it,
> but remembered it at the end.
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> Serious literature? Not! A fun read? You bet!
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> Enjoy,
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> Adam
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> Naples High School
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