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Hanging out with my little friend. It has been unusually cold here for us.

I'm a fan of mystery/detective fiction, and of course I love horror, so this book intrigued me.

I felt that it was quite staged but the story was compelling. Overall, I enjoyed it and would recommend it.

#horror #fiction #mysteries

Paul Copeland was a teen working at a summer camp when four campers were murdered, including his sister. Twenty years later, Paul learns that one of them escaped, only to be murdered in the present day. What really happened on that night in the woods? This book was easy for me to get trapped into, and it was a real page-turner! Coben is so good at hitting the reader with a final twist in the last few pages.

Came across this in my book and it made me feel so old 😂

#TheWoods #HarlanCoben #AwesomeApril #Readathon #BookSpinBingo #BookSpin

Paul Copeland, county prosecutor, is grieving over the murder of his sister. He is now working on a murder investigation that could be related to his sister's case. Twenty years ago, four young people went missing in the woods while at a summer camp. Two were found murdered and two are still missing. Can Paul's sister, Camille, still be alive?

My first Harlan Coben read, and I loved it. Immediately bought 3 more.

Great suspense

While I love serial killer reads, this one didn't really make me scared and paranoid, which is a bad sign for me!

I read this because I watched the Netflix adaptation and, as we all know, the book is better. I enjoyed reading the story and my imagination took over and moved it away from the tv setting. I found the book moved at a fast pace and I was involved and hooked right away and up to the end. An enjoyable little mystery which kept me reading and wanting to know more.

The usual twisty thriller you expect from Coben, an entertaining, not brain taxing read.

#weeklyforecast
Already bailed on bottom right today ☹️
Reading The Woods and may get to Bunny next.

I've found Harlan Coben a bit hit and miss in the past, though he's never less than readable. This was definitely one of his better ones.
As so often in this type of crime novel, the past returns to disrupt the present. In this case our hero, a recently-widowed Newark public prosecutor, is forced to re-examine all his certainties regarding the disappearance and presumed murder of his beloved sister some twenty years previously. Gripping.

I finished my fifth #BookspinBonanza book today. This was another crazy Harlan Coben and as usual a lot of threads come together in ways I didn‘t expect. This is the oldest book of his I‘ve read so far, and some of it is a little dated, but it was still fun.

I finished this one up on my lunch break today. It looks like few people liked this book but I really loved it. It took me a bit to get into it but once I did I could scarcely put it down. I found this very entertaining, silly character names and all.

I‘m home for the foreseeable future (thanks covid) so I spent today finishing my #bookspin book, which is also my first #quarantineread ! I didn‘t love it and will probably put it in the resell bin, but the concept was really interesting and I‘m glad I gave it a chance! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

So-so ... Not my favorite.

Ugh. This book felt like five different stories all crammed into one, and tied together with ridiculous and far-fetched coincidences and resolutions. (And the names of the characters ...Cingle Shaker?? Flair Hickory?? You've got to be kidding me.) This was my first Harlan Coben book. It will also be my last. I'll stick with Dennis Lehane, thank you.

My #PreferredGenre is Mystery, Suspense and Thrillers and Harlan Coben is one of my favourite authors - both his standalones and his excellent Myron Bolitar Series. Myron cracks me up and can make me laugh out loud - wherever I am. 😳 If you have not read him my favourite standalone is The Woods. Totally recommended.

Not sure how John Grisham, Simon Kernick and Chris Kuzneski crept in to this!

#GratefulReads

Demasiado recomendable, intrigante desde el comienzo y con un final que no se espera... 🙌🏼

Love this book, but the cover not so much!

#BoringCovers #UglyCovers #PuttingYouOffCovers

Day 2 of #BoringUglyCovers

At a camp, 4 teens go into the woods. The next morning 2 are found dead, 2 are still missing. Decades later, a man is identified as the missing boy from the camp. Paul Copeland and his camp girlfriend Lucy's lies must come out into the light for the mystery to be solved. They both have fruitful lives now that they want to protect. And what secrets does Paul's family hold, and also what is Lucy's dad (the camp owner) have to hide?

⭐️⭐️⭐️ • Only my second Coben, but liked it less than Tell No One. Still, a page turner and will read more!

I love summer break!
Summer break is for being the first person at the library in the morning, for cramming in 100 pages while your son naps, and for staying up way too late to finish just one more chapter.
Happy reading! 🌞

Great book with more & more surprises & mysteries climbing out of the woods. A real page turner.

1. I love exploring cities but I am much more of a rural girl. Grew up on a farm 🐴🌳

2. I love mountains and beaches ⛰🏖

3. Cycling and walking 🚴‍♀️👣

4. Camping if the weather is fine, clamping if the weather isn't and hotels if it's in the city 🏕🏤

5. Tagged! Not really fun but reminds me of the outdoors 😁

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

This is my second book experience with Coben- who I know is a go-to author for many readers (including some in my own family!), but though the audio is well-performed and with great details to the quality, I just didn‘t feel connected to any of the characters... also this made 2007 feel like a long time ago.... #AudioColoring is still fun though!

“In the end that awful night always found her.”

Book number 48 of my year and my goodness I need a good one. So far his books really catch my interest so here‘s hoping for a good read 🤞

Coben thinks up creative and interesting plots; then beautifully writes it up into a beginning, middle and end!

I love a good mystery, and these are some of my favourite mystery books and authors. Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay write some of the best standalones out there IMHO (and these are two of my favourite ones) and the other two are from my favourite Historical Mystery Series (Maisie Dobbs and Sebastian St. Cyr). #ReadingResolutions

Love Harlan Coben books and this would have to be my favourite of his standalones! He is a master storyteller, and the master of the twist. #StandaloneCrimeNovel #MarchMadness

Trying to finish this before book club. #itsgoingtobetight

It's #FriYAYintro time! @jesshowbooks
1. Book Club for the tagged book! #BitchesBeReading is our motto.
2. 5'5" and a half (the Hubs assumed for almost 11 years of our relationship that I was lying about that half inch, until we started with a new doctors office and the nurse read my height aloud. I had no idea he had thought I was lying all that time!)
3. Almost 10 years.
4. The Woods and Mind Games.
5. The Hubs & Me on VDay.

Reading this for #bookclub... the past and current mystery along with the trial, is definitely interesting. Some of the characters are ridiculous and some of the dialogue is a little cringe-worthy, but I'm still intrigued. This is my first Harlan Corben book, not sure how I feel about him as an author yet. #audiobooks

@JenlovesJT47

1. NONE I dislike love triangles.
2. Sweet Home Alabama
3. Cliche, but The Notebook
4. @MidnightBookGirl (if you did this already, sorry, but I didn‘t scroll before I started posting and it‘s too late to go back now 😁)
#tuesdaytidbits #onawednesday

This book definitely kept me riveted. It was a quick read. There were some difficult themes. The main character annoyed me several times and I look forward to discussing this with my book club. The ending was very tangled. Overall I liked it. #librarybook #bookclub

Large print! They are not kidding. #library #bookclub

I'm starting this thriller book club read that I got at the #Library tonight and drinking Sleepytime tea at the same time. We'll see which one wins. Place your bets!

I love a walk in the woods, but beware what you find in the woods. #nature #noteworthynovember This is my favourite standalone by Harlan Coben, and that is saying something as I love everything he writes.

This is only my second Coben book, & I‘m pretty happy with him. Don‘t know that I‘ll get into all the series he has - I‘m trying to catch up in series this year. But I‘ll keep my eye out for more stand-alones. They‘re good, solid, satisfying mysteries.

OH HAY PT 2. Review 2 of 3 for ya! I have yet to read a Harlan Coben book that I didn't like. This one was especially intriguing because I had no clue what the twist could be. I was extremely surprised with the ending and my jaw dropped more than once. I even have my mom reading it. #winning #stayoutofthewoods

#welllovedreads Love everything that Harlan Coben writes, he is a master in the suspense and twist art, but this would be my favourite of his standalones. Do yourself a favour (you know you are worth it) read this book!

It was a nice read but i didn't find it a great book. He rushed it a little bit to much at the end.

Can't wait to start with this one!

curled up in bed with a good thriller

Well that got weird... I want work to be over so I can keep reading. My lunch break wasn't long enough. 😂📚

Time to read one of my own books. This will be the second book that I have read by Harlan Coben.

I usually figure out all the pieces of a mystery before the end, but this one kept me guessing up to the last couple of pages.