Gone Before Goodbye

De: Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon

Narrado por: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld, James Fouhey

A full-cast recording featuring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Saskia Maarleveld, Peter Ganim, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Kiff VandenHeuvel, and James Fouhey

An unforgettable suspense novel that combines the storytelling talents of Academy Award-winning actor Reese Witherspoon and internationally bestselling author Harlan Coben, Gone Before Goodbye is the story of a woman trapped in a deadly conspiracy—where uncovering the truth could cost her everything.

Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan…until it wasn’t.

Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.

Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world’s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance.

Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself—or she will be the next one who is…

Gone Before Goodbye

©2025 Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon (P)2025 Grand Central Publishing

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"Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben have delivered a winner. Gone Before Goodbye is a dynamic, riveting and twisty thriller—complete with a heroine that you’ll absolutely love."—Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author

“Savvy, smart and suspenseful—a thriller combo to relish.”—Val McDermid, internationally bestselling author

“Breathlessly accomplished with a plot that surprises and moves in equal measure.”—Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author

A great first offering from this combo of writers

I enjoyed the anticipated Coben twists and turns, and I love love loved the little easter eggs from the Bolitar world. I will say that there seemed be a copious use of metaphor and simile,.. to distraction at times that I don't recall being present in most of his other work, but really if that is my biggest complaint, then I don't have much of one!

I should preface this by saying that I ADORE Reese Witherspoon as an actress. ADORE. However she did a lot of first time audio book narration missteps that were distracting, often. Though I hope she will hone her skills for narration on the (hopefully) next offering between these two!

Strong Story, Overacted Narration.

I honestly didn’t expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. I thought it was going to be all hype because of Reese Witherspoon’s name on it, but it turned out to be a strong, well-paced thriller that kept me invested from start to finish. The storyline around organ harvesting and medical ethics was surprisingly gripping and gave the book real depth.

As for the audiobook, I adore Reese, but her narration leaned a little too heavy on performance. It sometimes felt more like she was acting out the scenes than narrating them, which pulled me out of the story here and there. Still, it didn’t ruin the experience—the plot and pacing more than made up for it.

Overall, a great listen and an even better story, even if i totally didn’t love the ending. I can already see this being turned into an incredible mini series.

I kept wanting to know more

I loved listening to this. I kept wanting to know what was happening next. Loved it!

What a great book…held me spellbound!

Everything about the book was just perfect! The plot, characters and even the cadence of the book kept me in suspense. My heart was sad for Maggie and all she had gone through was heartbreaking. The drip, drip, drip of information kept her, and the reader, on edge.
Finally, the narration was so sublime. Ms. Witherspoon read and acted her way through the book seamlessly. A bad narrator can wreck a good book but a goid one can elevate an already pretty great ‘read’-
Thanks so much!

the story line was very believable and makes you think about what Medical breakthroughs are in the future

makes you think of how far we have come in developments in medicine. wanted a slightly different outcome

Okay

The book was over the top. The performance over dramatic. Like Harlan Conan’s other books better.

Magical collaboration!

Loved it from beginning to end! Excellent story that I didn’t want to end. Reese was an amazing reader. Hope you are going to make a movie out of this story!

It’s a good book, interesting and engaging overall.

It’s a good book, interesting and engaging overall. I couldn’t quite tell which parts were written by Harlan Coben and which by Reese Witherspoon, but the tone definitely felt different from Coben’s usual thrillers. The pacing was much slower than his typical edge-of-your-seat stories that I just can’t stop listening to.

This one had a lot more focus on Maggie’s inner thoughts and emotions, something I often notice more in books by female authors, though I’m not sure if that’s the case here. I still enjoyed it, but it was the kind of audiobook I could pause and come back to easily. It didn’t have that “painful to stop” momentum Coben’s solo novels usually have.

I could see the movie…

…coming from this. I adored the narration by all the actors. I like the story but had a few issues with time lines. I know you have to suspend some sense of reality with fiction, but the almost instant surgical recovery times bothered me….
Again…totally recommend the book, would like to see the movie.

“Book and Narration of the Year.”

“Book and Narration of the Year.” Witherspoon’s narration & collaboration and Coben’s writing is superb. I hope they do another one together.