Their life is immediately shattered when, before you can say pucker up, buttercup, Elizabeth is dragged off and bundled into a car and Beck is savagely attacked and left for dead.įast-forward eight years and with Elizabeth sadly no more, her murderer - a serial killer no less - sitting on death row for a string of similar attacks on women, we find Beck practicing medicine for the charitable organisation, MedicAid in a fairly insalubrious part of town.
Initially released sometime in 2001 and now (thankfully, or I might still have Coben on my 'to be read' list) re-released because a small but prestigious film company (French, I think) has made a movie version of the book (it would appear Coben also had quite a hand in the production, writing the screenplay and parts of the script) the tale opens upon the blissfully happily married couple that is Dr David and Elizabeth Beck, as they visit a secluded lakeside retreat to conduct the annual ritual of celebrating their first kiss some thirteen years earlier. And I am picky about these things!īy way of background, Tell No One, from what I understand, was actually Coben's first standalone novel as his prior offerings formed part or parts of the massively successful Myron Bolitar series. To say that I can't believe I waited this long and that I could kick myself for missing out would be to state it too plainly to you because Harlan Coben has just shot straight into the top three of my top ten favourite authors of the genre. But you know how it is, what with one thing and another and a bulging pile of books to be read and reviewed, I just somehow hadn't managed to give him my full attention. I've been meaning to get around to reading some or all of Harlan Coben's work, because if the reviews are to be believed and you are a fan of the 'Bloody Knife /Blunt Instrument' thriller, the man is quite simply not capable of turning out a duff novel.
But on their thirteenth visit, Elizabeth is kidnapped and David is left for dead. David Beck and his wife, Elizabeth, make a ritual pilgrimage, every year, to the secluded Lake Charmaine, a place that has been part of their lives since they were children.
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