I picked up the book Promise Me by Harlan Coben at my library last week. It’s part of the Myron Bolitar mystery series, currently one of my favorite series to read. Myron has been on a hiatus for the past six years so I couldn’t wait to start reading the newest novel in this series. Once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. It’s another fast paced novel filled with some of my favorite characters.
It starts out with a phone call in the middle of the night. A drowsy Myron answers the call to find Aimee, the 18 year old daughter of one of his friends, on the line. She asks him to come to New York City and pick her up. He takes her to a dark house in a New Jersey suburb, and leaves her there against his better judgment.
Fast forward to the next day and Aimee never made it home. Driven by the guilt that he was the last one to see her, Myron decides to enlist the help of his best friend Win and join in the search. It’s a race against time with twists and roadblocks at every turn.
The book appears to end four or five chapters before it really does. Everything is tied up neatly and the cops seem to have the right people in custody. Only Myron thinks there are some serious holes in the story. The book concludes in a twist that no one could see coming.
This book is one of the best in this series. It’s suspenseful, fast paced, with are many plot twists. It was easy to read and held me in my chair. If you’ve ever read a book in the Myron Bolitar series, this is one to continue on with.
I give this book 4 ½ stars out of 5.
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