Book info

• Title No Second Chance
• Author Harlan Coben
• Year 2003
• Genre Thriller

When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter... Shot twice by an unseen assailant, Dr. Marc Seidman lies in a hospital bed. His wife has been killed. His six-month-old daughter has vanished. But just when his world seems forever shattered, the ransom note arrives: We are watching. If you contact the authorities, you will never see your daughter again. There will be no second chance. With no one to trust, and mired in a deepening quicksand of deception and deadly secrets, Marc clings to one unwavering vow: bring home his daughter, at any cost.

Thoughts

Marc, a plastic surgeon, wakes up from being shot to find his wife dead and his baby girl missing. The story follows his struggle to come to terms with these and the events that follow as he tries to find her.

Marc is an interesting character and you get right inside his head. Rachel is an ex-Fed and uses all her powers to help him out, and manages to be lovely with it.

I thought it was going to be great, it starts off well and Marc writes in first person, letting you right into the depths of what he’s going through. But, then it switches from first person to third person and that completely threw me off. I think it’s supposed to add to the suspense but I found it very distracting.

The story was interesting and readable but the constant switching takes away from the good points.

Rating: 3 / 5