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by Harlan Coben

ISBN: 0752881205
ISBN13: 978-0752881201
Language: English
Publisher: Orion; New Ed edition (November 1, 2006)
Pages: 400
Category: Thrillers and Suspense
Subategory: Thriller

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Promise Me. A Dutton Book, published by arrangement with the author. This book may not be reproduced in whole or part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission.

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This excerpt, or any parts thereof, may not be reproduced without permission. PROMISE ME (Brilliance Audio Unabridged) Chapter 2 (excerpt) read by Harlan Coben.

In "Promise Me", the frightening consequences of child abuse, spousal abuse, peer pressure, societal pressures (getting your kid into the right college) and even jealousy of a neighbor's property, take on very real and palpable dimensions. These are not just stuffing and instant, paper-mache background, the kind you would.

The school year is almost over. Promise Me by Harlan Coben is a 2007 Dutton publication. In these last pressure cooker months. So, it was a pretty big jolt when I started this one because apparently there is a huge time gap between book seven and book eight, and it really caught me off guard. But, once I started reading, I soon realized I have read this book before. DEDICATION. For Charlotte, Ben, Will, and Eve.

A parked car here would be less conspicuous. Win was dressed in black, including a black skull cap that hid his blond locks. I didn’t see an alarm system, Myron said. Win nodded e minor nuisances anyway, not deal breakers. I’ll be back in thirty minutes. He was. On the dot. The girl isn’t inside the house. Two teachers live there. His name is Harry Davis. He teaches English at Livingston High School. She teaches at a middle school in Glen Rock.

New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben reveals the deadly consequences that can be born of the best intentions. As the school year winds down, Myron Bolitar is determined to help keep his friends’ children safe from the dangers of drinking and driving. So he makes two neighborhood girls promise him that if they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their parents, they must call him. Several nights later, the call comes at two .

Now, in a desperate attempt to fulfill a well-intentioned promise gone nightmarishly wrong, Myron must become a hero again to save a young girl’s life. Annotation. Author: Harlan Coben. Publisher: The Berkley Publishing Group, New York, 2006. Now, in a desperate attempt to fulfill a well-intentioned promise gone nightmarishly wrong, Myron must become a hero again to save a young girl’s life.

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It has been six years since entertainment agent Myron Bolitar last played superhero. In six years he hasn’t thrown a punch. He hasn’t held, much less fired, a gun. He hasn’t called his friend Win, still the scariest man he knows, to back him up or get him out of trouble. All that is about to change . . . because of a promise. The school year is almost over. Anxious families await word of college acceptances. In these last pressure-cooker months of high school, some kids will make the all-too-common and all-too-dangerous mistake of drinking and driving. But Myron is determined to help keep his friends’ children safe, so he makes two neighborhood girls promise him: If they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their parents, they must call him. Several nights later, the call comes at 2:00 am, and true to his word, Myron picks up one of the girls in midtown Manhattan and drives her to a quiet cul-de-sac in New Jersey where she says her friend lives. The next day, the girl’s parents discover that their daughter is missing. And that Myron was the last person to see her. Desperate to fulfill a well-intentioned promise turned nightmarishly wrong, Myron races to find her before she’s gone forever. But his past will not be buried so easily - for trouble has always stalked him, and his loved ones often suffer. Now Myron must decide once and for all who he is and what he will stand up for if he is to have any hope of saving a young girl’s life. “Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist - luring you in on the first page, only to shock you on the last.” - Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code

Comments:

Frei

One advantage to becoming a fan of Harlan Coben in just the last few years is I didn't have to wait six long years in between Myron Bolitar novels. Of course that being said as of now (July 2014) it has over three since he has put one out... hmmm... of course we now have Mickey Bolitar novels. I must say this Bolitar story was among my favorites, it had all the familar aspects you come to expect from a Bolitar novel and a Coben mystery for that matter. Suspense, pacing, great storytelling and humor makes this novel a can't miss.

Myron Bolitar has stopped being a hero... for six years he has lived his life and has saved no one but since he has stopped seeking trouble it has come to him. It started out innocently enough as he had two teenagers (one was the daughter of his current girlfriend and the other a daughter of a friend he went to high school with) make him a promise that they would never get into a car with anyone that had been drinking. A few night later one of them calls and he takes her to a friends house and at that point she vanishes. Now not only is he determined to find out what happen, he is actually on law enforcements radar himself as the last known person to see the girl. For fans of the Coben's standalone novels one of the investigaters will be familar to you. Loren Muse is on the case. Myron Bolitar meets Loren Muse might be enough for a Coben fan to pick up this book. As the investigation untangles Coben has some twists and turns that you come to expect and will love.

Grade A+

Olma

Harlan COBAN "rocks". What an astoundingly complex and utterly entertaining and satisfying AND plausible damned brilliant thriller. I am Keith Curran, a screenwriter, and I promise all of you fans of this incredible series (like Myron and his promises in this book), that Myron and Win, etc, WILL either be someday ASAP at a forty-plex near you, or, like "Wallander" and "The Killings" and "Vera" and "Luther" and "Bloodline" and "House Of Cards" and "The Walking Dead" and, shoot, I forget the name, "Fall"? (that brilliant BC miniseries with Gillian Anderson investigating a serial killer, played by Jamie Dornan), that "Malcolm Bolitar" will be, as soon as possible, for their lack of better word, "streaming". Regardless, DO read ALL of Mr. Coban's books. He never (well, astoundingly rarely), takes a false step. But he always takes your breath away. Starting thinking of who should play who, and comment if you like. But again, Harlan, bravo!

Zan

In his novel, "Promise Me" Harlan Coben continues a theme that was chillingly and powerfully embellished in the previous installment Darkest Fear (Myron Bolitar), which is the real and potential nightmares that can come with parenthood and childhood. In "Promise Me", the frightening consequences of child abuse, spousal abuse, peer pressure, societal pressures (getting your kid into the right college) and even jealousy of a neighbor's property, take on very real and palpable dimensions. These are not just stuffing and instant, paper-mache background, the kind you would find in your standard popular mystery. Each theme is painstakingly explored, and is, unfortunately, very real. This is the key to the book's credibility and to Coben's continued success.

A second theme of the book, related to the first, is spelled out in the title: the dangers behind a promise. There are promises all over the book. Someone finds a missing girl, but promises to keep her secret. Esperanza promises to "love, honor, cherish..." her husband. Myron's son promises to defend and fight for his country, each parent makes a promise (or tries to compensate for a broken one) to his/her child. And, of course, there's Myron's many promises to too many people which stretch him to the limit. These promises come back to bite Myron (literally).

In the end, the book succeeds for the same reason every book in the Myron Bolitar series succeeds: its the ensemble cast. While Myron is always the star of the show (the narrator is so close to him you would swear this was intended to be written in first-person narration), he allows his supporting "cast" to have the spotlight, too. Esperanza, El Al, Big Cyndi and, of course, Win are all given their moments. In this way, these books follow the formula of the old TV comedies that Myron and Win admire so much. The success of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Carol Burnett Show", "The Bob Newhart Show", etc., had to do with the fact that these established comedians allowed their talented supporting cast so much air time and chances to shine.

I seem to end each review of the books in Myron Bolitar series the same way: I look forward to the next installment.

Quamar

I found it interesting that Coben would change up his writing style for the 8th installment in the on-going Myron Bolitar series. This time we got to read the action from the point of view of more characters than Myron (the vast majority of the books are set with him the entire time) or Win (I remember one book having a bit that was more Win-centric). It was a change that I didn't mind, though I'm about as good with change as Myron.

The bit that didn't work for me in this book was the romance of the lead character with his current love interest, his past love and his "what if" with a character who died. Why Myron had to tell this current paramour he loved her when it seemed he really wasn't there yet was beyond me. Is this a character who is likely to jump in with both feet? Oh, yes, but the lady in question seems much more pragmatic. Would she buy Myron professing his love right around the time sex finally happens and when his gorgeous, successful, and talented ex just happens to announce her engagement in the New York Times? I don't buy that. I also don't really buy into the concept of Jessica begging Myron for one more night together. Myron hanging out at Brenda's grave after all the years that have passed is just weird.

One thing that bugged me to no end throughout this story: Why were characters referring to ATMs as ATM machines? Doesn't the "M" stand for machine, as in Automated Teller Machine?!?