• No Second Chance

  • By: Harlan Coben
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (5,930 ratings)

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No Second Chance

By: Harlan Coben
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

Marc Seidman awakens to find himself in an ICU, hooked up to an IV, his head swathed in bandages. Twelve days earlier, he had had an enviable life as a successful surgeon, living in a peaceful suburban neighborhood with his beautiful wife and a baby he adored. Now he lies in a hospital bed, shot by an unseen assailant. His wife has been killed, and his 6-month-old daughter, Tara, has vanished. But just when his world seems forever shattered, something arrives to give Marc a new hope: a ransom note.

Both a white-knuckle thriller and a story about the loyalty of old friends and the bond between parent and child, No Second Chance is another masterpiece from an author who writes "suspense at its finest" (Jeffrey Deaver).

©2003 Harlan Coben (P)2003 Penguin Audiobooks and Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Nimble and ingenious." (The New York Times)

"The author doesn’t build suspense. He opens fire." (New York Daily News)

"At times the suspense in No Second Chance is almost painful." (Chicago Sun-Times)

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Fabulous read

Loved it and love author's stories. I want to read all of his books. Good and surprising.

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Coben is always good!

I have gotten so I love Harlan Coben books - maybe its the narrator! Such a great job of narration - different voices, doesn't drone on, inflection is superior. This story keeps you guessing, but once I had it figured out, it was really a twist at the end. So much so that I kind of disregarded it and wasn't really involved in listening at the very end. Maybe too many pieces to put together and somethings weren't even relevant. On to the next Coben book!

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Amazing!!! So many twists and turns, just wow, again from Harlan!!!

You will never guess the ending until it gets there. I just don’t know how Harlan comes up with all of his twists, plots and turns. Every novel that he produces never disappoints. BRAVO again!

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It was okay.

It was a very lukewarm performance of the book. However, it was not a bad story.

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No Second Chance

This book was enthralling from the beginning to end. Scott Brick was a very dynamic narrator. I really enjoyed the listen.

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Good but wordy

The story was good, but at times it was drawn out, redundant and tiresome. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it.

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I like Coben and Brick!

A good story with nice twists and turns. I like the underlying theme of a missing baby to make our hero act out of character and crazy sometimes. Nice ending.

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Another great Harlan Coben book!!!

I had no idea where this story was going! it's fun trying to solve the mystery b4 the book is finished but I wasn't even close!! I am never let down with Harlan's books!

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loved it!

many trips to the store so I could listen for another 30 minutes. Coben at his best!

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journey

I can see the point of some of the negative reviews posted here. There was some superfluous detail and the end was slightly contrived. I suppose I'm a little jaded, maybe a lot jaded. It's all about the journey in this one. I very much enjoyed the twists and turns of the story. Coben even made me a little teary eyed at times. I didn't figure this one out until the end and that, to me, is the definition of a good mystery. Great narrator as well. It was recommended to me by one of my students and I intend to thank him next week.

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