Caught

By: Harlan Coben

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie, Danny Campbell

Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

From the number-one New York Times best-selling master of suspense comes a fast-paced, emotion-packed novel about guilt, grief, and our capacity to forgive.

Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.

Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission, to identify and bring down sexual predators via elaborate and nationally televised sting operations. Working with local police on her news program Caught in the Act, Wendy and her team have publicly shamed dozens of men by the time she encounters her latest target. Dan Mercer is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.

In a novel that challenges as much as it thrills, filled with the astonishing tension and unseen suburban machinations that have become Coben's trademark, Caught tells the story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can't trust her own instincts about this story - or the motives of the people around her.

©2010 Harlan Coben (P)2010 Random House

Critic reviews

“The thrill-a-minute action zooms on sharp, slippery twists and turns in a white-knuckle race from start to finish.” (Number-one New York Times best-selling author Nora Roberts)

“With Caught, Harlan Coben knocked another one out of the park!” (Number-one New York Times best-selling author Lisa Jackson)

“A Tilt-a-Whirl of a story....Buckle up and prepare for whiplash.” (Number-one New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown)

Story Didn't Entirely Make Sense But Was Enjoyable

I downloaded this ages ago but was so upset by the premise of the good guy being "caught" that I stopped listening. I tried again and finished the book in a day. The story was pretty engrossing and I enjoyed trying to figure out "whodunnit." Having said that, though, there were parts of the story that I just didn't follow - in particular, the part where the tv judge/attorney stymies the police with superior logic that completely lost me. I also wasn't sure I bought how closely the police were willing to work with a reporter but, ok, suspend disbelief. In the end, I couldn't stop listening. As for the performer(s), they didn't bother me. That said, my husband finds almost all my audiobook narrators irritating so maybe I have a high tolerance.

The narrator is not that bad good grief...

I’m so glad I ignored the reviews and gave this a listen. Yes the male characters sound a bit strange but she is still a really good story teller. Plus it’s a Coben story so it’s got great twists and turns and soon the narrator is just someone on the back burner of your imagination. Give it a try you won’t regret it.

Excellent!

This book will surprise you, if you stay with it. It is an excellent story that makes you think...

Twists and Turns

I have read Harlan Coben for many years now and he always keeps me guessing. I rarely figure the ending he envisions. His books are always fascinating and I enjoy the characters. This book does not dissappoint.

This Corban book really caught me from to prologue

If you could sum up Caught in three words, what would they be?

Excellent twists and turns and surprising finish. This is my favorite book of Harlan Corban

What did you like best about this story?

That I was so surprised about the end

What about Carrington MacDuffie and Danny Campbell ’s performance did you like?

Wasn't very fond of either of them

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

More like an Aww ha moment

Spider web Story

Very good story,I couldn't get anything right. Which is good because it kept me listening. I loved it, every chapter uncovers something but your still unsure of what's next.

Great Book

This book kept me guessing til the end. This author has never disappointed me. I highly recommend.

delightful twist

took some time to get into it, but pleasantly surprised! will read another by author.

Different than his norm.

Okay I guess, definitely twists and turns, I just didn’t like this one as well as I have liked Harlan’s other novels. This, however, will not stop me from wanting more. I LOVE this man’s writing ability and imagination.

Interesting plot, but poorly written

I always look forward to a new book by Harlan Coben. This got good reviews on Audible, but I found it disappointing. I thought the plots twists and turns were interesting, but the dialogue wasn't believable and many parts were written as though by a high schooler--getting the plot moving but with ordinary language. The reader didn't lift the poor writing out of the hole so that didn't help.