Tell No One

Sometimes we read a mystery thriller book that you think you know what is around the corner, not with Tell No One by Harlan Coben.  Eight years ago Dr. David Beck, a pediatrician who works with patients in lower socio-economic communities, wakes up in a hospital room after being hit on the head with a baseball bat lying face down in water.  Fast-forward eight years when we learn his wife Elizabeth was killed during this incident.  Who did it?  Now Dr. Beck begins receiving mysterious emails from someone who is sending him cryptic notes that only his wife would know the meaning of, but how is that possible?  Elizabeth is dead? Or is she?  This thriller has twists and turns at every corner involving Elizabeth's father (the local sheriff), Beck's sister, one of his patient’s father, Elizabeth's best friend, and of course the murdered colleague of Elizabeth who died months before her "death."  I really enjoyed the retelling of the story, the intrigue, the search and rescue, and other elements of the book.  An added pleasure of the book was the setting, mostly in New Jersey, but a chase/capture/escape scene outside my office window, yes Washington Square Park!  Love scenes when they occur so vividly on the benches in the Park.  Coben does have his character dis NYU's ever growing presence in the West Village (shame on you, did you not get accepted to NYU and headed to Amherst College?), oh well.  A fast-paced read, though I really, really disliked the ending of the book (just the last 3 minutes). I won't explain, but if you read it, I think you'll agree.  Just one too many twists.  Overall outstanding read, except for the very last twist!