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Missing You

By: Harlan Coben
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Editorial reviews

Editors Select, March 2014 - While not my go-to genre, every now and then I like to sit back and take in a good mystery/thriller. So, when I saw that Harlan Coben was coming out with a new stand-alone novel, I felt it was the perfect time to try out something new from an author I knew well by reputation (through countless rave reviews from Audible members) but never read or listened to personally. Missing Youwas exactly what I was hoping for: a cleverly conceived, suspenseful thrill-ride with cops and bad guys. There's a taken-from-the-headlines sense to the story where 40-year-old NYPD detective, Kat Donovan, discovers an old love and stumbles upon a possible gateway into a mysterious crime world through an online dating site her friend signs her up for. If you are looking for some smart entertainment and the kind of book you just can't put down, I can highly recommend Missing You. For anyone who is already a Coben fan, Missing You offers something new in a strong female protagonist, and a strong female narrator in January LaVoy to boot! Tricia, Audible Editor

Publisher's summary

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Harlan Coben set huge sales records with last year’s Six Years - and he’s poised to do it again in his next breathtaking stand-alone thriller. Harlan Coben, author of six consecutive instant number-one New York Times best sellers and a total of 24 award-winning, best-selling, and internationally acclaimed novels, returns with another ripped-from-real-life thriller full of impossibly high emotional stakes and the real-to-life characters for which he has become famous.

©2014 Harlan Coben (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Words and music to the song “Demon Lover” composed by Michael Peter Smith, Bird Avenue PublishingASCAP, © 1986, used with permission. All rights reserved.

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Excellent narrator. Period. Full Stop.

Coben’s gleefully explicit descriptions of gratuitous torture and brutality are repugnant and add Nothing of value to the plot or character development in this novel. Coben has demonstrated in prior work that his written expression skill set is adequate to creating stories which do not need to depend on such cheap literary tricks. Excellent narrator, but Very disappointed in this effort on the part of Myron Coben who should know better.

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Coben never disappoints

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Most of the audible books I buy I end up rating a 4 or a 5. After listening to this book, I realize I should save my ratings of 5 for a book like this. Harlan Coben is great, although after a while Myron Bolitar can get boring. I have enjoyed many Bolitar books, but there has never been a non-Bolitar book that I would not rate a 5 or above.
The narrator for Missing You was excellent even though I usually prefer male narrators, especially Scott Brick.
Highly recommend this novel!

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Good book. Enjoyed it all the way through. Would read more by this author. Would recommend him.

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Harlan Coben does it again!!

I never fail to enjoy the books written by Harlan Coben and this was no different. The different stories within the stories kept me hooked from the very beginning. The characters were very well thought out. Love how they were all intertwined! January LaVoy did an excellent job at the narration. She has an easy voice to listen to and her character voices, as well as the narration, were spot on. Never got bored with monotony. Definitely recommend!!

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Super narrator....Good story

I purchased this mostly because I like the narrator. The story was good overall with a little bit of predictability. I think the narrator brought this book to life. I would read/ listen to this author again too.

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Liked it but creepy!!

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I really enjoyed listening to this - Harlan Coben is one of my favorite authors! I only gave it 4 stars because there were a few times that I had to pull the ear buds out of my ears because it was so disturbing.

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Good story lessens with liberal propaganda

Harlan Coben writes engrossing books. Unfortunately, his ability to throw you with a twist has been missing for a very long time, though to be fair, when his original twists were so mind-blowing, the bar is very high. My biggest problem is that he continues to push his hard-left liberal agenda in his books. This seems to get worse with each book and in this one he doubles down on pro-homosexual spin. His "hard sell" for his political and social views does sully what would otherwise be an entertaining book.

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Wowsers

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

such a great story

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

nt at the edge of my seat but always moving-never draging

What about January LaVoy’s performance did you like?

The reader has to be good to carry a book of this length but January was very flexible.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

believe me I tried - but I had to cut it into 3 days

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I love this author, enjoy all of his stories, but Missing You is so far the best yet.

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January LaVoy is Magnificent

This book is a good story. Not a sensational story but a well written, drive forward story. Perhaps, though, I say not sensational because it is not my usual genre. In which case, perhaps it is a sensational story? Really though this review is for accolades to January LaVoy who made this story even better! Her narration is impeccable, listenable and performed as such that you can truly conceptualize the characters! If you like a good story and excellent narration, you will not be sorry you chose Missing You by Harlan Coben.

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Exciting

Thoroughly entertaining, Hard to stop listening. It has a great plot that holds your attention making it easy to start right up again.

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