Don't Let Go

My rating: * * * *

Goodreads Description

Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon “Nap” Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo’s girlfriend Diana were found dead on the railroad tracks—and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke up with him and disappeared without explanation. For fifteen years, Nap has been searching, both for Maura and for the real reason behind his brother's death. And now, it looks as though he may finally find what he's been looking for. When Maura's fingerprints turn up in the rental car of a suspected murderer, Nap embarks on a quest for answers that only leads to more questions—about the woman he loved, about the childhood friends he thought he knew, about the abandoned military base near where he grew up, and mostly about Leo and Diana—whose deaths are darker and far more sinister than Nap ever dared imagine.

My Review

It's been such a long time since I've read a Harlan Coben novel that I forgot just quite how good this author is. He always writes gripping, fast paced novels, that are easy to read and highly entertaining. And this novel is no different.

The lead character, Nap, is a very different, but totally likable character. A real loner, who doesn't much care what others think about him, he's a man on a mission. The death of his twin brother and his brother's girlfriend 15 years ago continues to haunt Nap, and he's been unable to move on with his life. To add insult to injury, his then girlfriend, the love of his life, left town straight after the death of his brother, a decision that Nap has never been able to understand. Not only did Nap lose his brother on that terrible night, but the love of his life as well. After his old girlfriend's fingerprints turn up at a crime scene, Nap embarks on a mission to find out what happened all those years ago.

With great dialogue, a fast paced story line, some interesting characters and a good plot, this is a book that I really enjoyed. At first I thought that the book may be too much of a "boys book" for me, but actually it wasn't. Even though the book involves a secret military base, conspiracy theories around the base and what went on there, a number of male characters, and so on, this book actually suits both male and female readers. It is the type of book that men will find entertaining and enjoyable, but I enjoyed it just as much.

Overall, good, solid entertainment.

My Rating: * * * *

Publication Date: September 2017 (South Africa)

Genre: Suspense / Thriller

Format: Trade Paperback

Source: Review copy received from the publisher. Many thanks to author, Harlan Coban and Penguin Random House SA for my copy. It was my pleasure to read and review this title.