No Second Chance - Couverture souple

Coben, Harlan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 140911709X ISBN 13 : 9781409117094

Editeur : Orion, 2009

Synopsis

Marc Seidman's idyllic world is brutally ripped apart when he is gunned down in his home. Twelve days later he wakes up in hospital to learn that his wife is dead and his baby daughter Tara is missing. A ransom demand is made and agreed to. But something goes terribly wrong. The kidnappers escape, and Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous warning: there will be no second chance. An agonising eighteen months pass with no word. And then, as Marc has just about given up all hope of seeing his daughter again, a package arrives with a note attached: want a second chance? The note is chilling, but Marc sees only one thing: the chance to save his daughter. And, haunted by deception and deadly secrets - about his wife, about an old love, and about his own past - he vows to bring Tara home ...at any cost.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Praise for No Second Chance

“Nimble and ingenious.”—The New York Times 

“The author doesn’t build suspense. He opens fire.”—New York Daily News

“At times the suspense in No Second Chance is almost painful.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“A wild ride made even more wrenching because the terrain is home, family, love, and loss.”—Houston Chronicle

“This crackling spellbinder will...keep you mesmerized from beginning...to head-spinning, unexpected end.”—Forbes

“Coben again keeps the reader off-balance with innovative story lines and diabolical bad guys.”—People

“Thrillers as satisfying as No Second Chance clearly have the Coben stamp.”—Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

“The emotional onslaught of Marc's gut-wrenching, self-questioning, relentless narration...will carry readers like a tidal wave through the novel's twists and turns.”—Publishers Weekly 

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A brilliant thriller from 'one of the most sheerly entertaining and accomplished writers in the genre' [DAILY EXPRESS].

Marc Seidman's idyllic world is brutally ripped apart when he is gunned down in his home. Twelve days later he wakes up in hospital to learn that his wife is dead and his baby daughter Tara is missing. A ransom demand is made and agreed to. But something goes terribly wrong. The kidnappers escape, and Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous warning: there will be no second chance.

An agonising eighteen months pass with no word. And then, as Marc has just about given up all hope of seeing his daughter again, a package arrives with a note attached: want a second chance?

The note is chilling, but Marc sees only one thing: the chance to save his daughter. And, haunted by deception and deadly secrets - about his wife, about an old love, and about his own past - he vows to bring Tara home ... at any cost.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Orion
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 140911709X
• ISBN 13: 9781409117094
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400