Six Years
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4.0 • 254 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A lost love... and the secrets and lies at its heart. The stunning novel from No.1 bestseller Harlan Coben.
Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd.
But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for... but she is not Natalie - and Jake's world is turned completely inside out.
As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either can't be found or don't remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart - and who lied to him - soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on carefully constructed fiction.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the prologue to this Kafkaesque stand-alone from bestseller Coben (Stay Close), Jake Fisher, a political science professor at Lanford College in Massachusetts, promises the love of his life, Natalie Avery, to leave her and the man she's about to wed, Todd Sanderson, alone. For six years Jake keeps his promise, until he sees Todd's obituary, flies to the deceased's Palmetto Bluff, S.C., funeral, and finds that the widow is not Natalie. This is merely the first of many shocks. He later gets the brush-off from Natalie's sister, and when he tries to revisit the retreat in Kraftboro, Vt., that Natalie was attending when they fell in love, he's told there is (and was) no such place. Surprising secrets among Jake's friends and colleagues propel him on a trail of violence and labyrinthine deception. Coben has achieved greater suspense in other thrillers, but this ranks among his strangest and most ingenious plots. 5-city author tour.
Customer Reviews
A good holiday read.
Pretty typical Coban.
There is something missing from the plot - and there lot of padding in a way - but still enjoyable and fast paced. Although I could not see the end twist from a long way off, when the twist occurred or the final result is revealed, I was just one step ahead, but still had fun. I felt that the end actually came too quickly and the final chapter was rushed.
Not expensive so no problems.
Six Years
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, fast paced but NOT predictable!!
Gab81143
An enjoyable read with a good storyline.