Six Years
From the Number One bestselling creator of the hit Netflix series Missing You
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- 45,00 kr
Publisher Description
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIE
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller.
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 as a college professor. 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.
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. And soon, Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart puts his very life at risk as he uncovers the secrets and lies that love can hide....
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A runaway bestseller, Six Years follows political science professor Jake Fisher, who goes searching for his lost love and stumbles on a secret world of fugitives and gangsters. As the heartbroken Fisher digs deeper for details about Natalie Avery’s disappearance, he unwittingly puts both of their lives in grave danger. American writer Harlan Coben is a master of suspense, ratcheting up the tension with perfect pacing and unexpected plot twists.
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
Seks År
Der er gået seks år, fra at Jake Fisher var vidne til at hans livs kærlighed Natalie, sagde ja foran alteret til en anden mand. Samme dag svor Jake at han vil lade dem være i fred. Han holder sit løfte til Natalie i seks år. Jake ser tilfældigt en nekrolog på den mand Natalie giftede sig med. Med håb for at se Natalie endnu en gang, begiver han sig afsted til begravelsen. Men enken til den afdøde er ikke Natalie. Jake bliver nærmest besat af tanken om at finde Natalie, og han føler sig pludselig filtret ind i et væld at sammensværgelser, hemmeligheder og løgne. Han sætter sit og andres liv på spil, i sin søgen efter hans livs kærlighed. Hvad er det der sker omkring ham? Kan han stole på sin allerbedste ven? Og vil han komme til at se Natalie igen?
Mit første møde med Harlan Coben, men det bliver bestemt ikke det sidste. En virkelig god og spændende krimi. Jeg skulle godt nok nogle kapitler ind før, den greb mig, men da den først gjorde det, kunne jeg ikke slippe den igen. Noget af en tidsrøver. Man bliver SÅ nysgerrig efter at få at vide hvad pokker det er der sker omkring professor Fisher. Om det er ham der er gal, eller hvad det er. Et rigtig godt udtænkt plot og en noget overraskende slutning. Jeg vil give den 4 stjerner ud af 5. Jeg manglede lige at, den fangede mig i de første par kapitler. Men vil varmt anbefale den til andre krimifans.