Caught / Harlan Coben.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525951582
- ISBN: 052595158X
- Physical Description: 388 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
Citation/References Note: | Library Journal Starred, March 2010 Booklist starred, February 2010 Publisher's Weekly, January 2010 Library Journal Starred Booklist starred Publisher's Weekly |
Target Audience Note: | Adult Follett Library Resources Adult |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Women journalists > Fiction. Teenage girls > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Abduction > Fiction. Sex offenders > Fiction. Suburban life > New Jersey > Fiction. Teenagers > Fiction. Girls > Fiction. Kidnapping > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Marshall Public Library | THR COB (Text) | 33391000173045 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
Caught
Publishers Weekly
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Bestseller Coben (Hold Tight) has a knack for taking everyday nightmares and playing with life's endless "what ifs," as shown in this stand-alone thriller, a tightly choreographed dance of guilt and innocence, forgiveness and retribution. Frank Tremont, a world-weary, near-retirement investigator for New Jersey's Essex County, has to face his failure to solve his last case-the disappearance of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, Dan Mercer stands accused of being a sexual predator thanks to the ambush journalism of Wendy Tynes, a tabloid TV reporter, who must cope with her husband's death caused by a drunken driver as well as reckon with the possibility of Mercer's innocence. When Tynes finds a link between a father of one of Mercer's alleged victims and others felled by scandal, she could become a killer's next victim. If the wealth of characters dilutes the suspense, Coben gives readers lots to think about when judging rights and wrongs. 500,000 first printing; 12-city author tour. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Library Journal Review
Caught
Library Journal
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Teenager Haley McWaid doesn't come home one night, and when months go by without a word her parents assume the worst. Reporter Wendy Tynes conducts a sexual predator sting, working with the local police to capture men on camera and later televising the footage. Her latest suspect is community social worker Dan Mercer, and those who know him can't believe he's guilty. Tynes begins to question her instincts, but she carries on with her investigation, which reveals a shocking link between Mercer and the missing Haley, with aftershocks that will destroy a community. VERDICT Coben is in top form exposing the dark underside of modern suburbia. The story will chill readers, especially parents of teenagers. Complex and intricate, this is his best book since Promise Me. Don't escape, get Caught. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/09.]-Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.