Don't Let Go

Daisy wore a clingy black dress with a neckline so deep it could tutor philosophy.

She spotted the mark sitting at the end of the bar, wearing a gray pinstripe suit. Hmm. The guy was old enough to be her dad. That might make it more difficult to make her play, but then again, it might not. You never knew with the old guys. Some of them, especially the recent divorcees, are all too ready to preen and prove they still got it, even if they never had it in the first place.

Especially if they never had it in the first place.

As Daisy sauntered across the room, she could feel the eyes of the male patrons crawling down her bare legs like earthworms. When she reached the end of the bar, she made a mild production of lowering herself onto the stool next to him.

The mark peered into the glass of whiskey in front of him as though he were a gypsy with a crystal ball. She waited for him to turn toward her. He didn t. Daisy studied his profile for a moment. His beard was heavy and gray. His nose was bulbous and putty-like, almost as though it were a Hollywood silicon special effect. His hair was long, straggly, mop-like.

Second marriage, Daisy figured. Second divorce in all probability.

Dale Miller that was the mark s name picked up his whiskey gently and cradled it in both hands like it was an injured bird.

Hi, Daisy said with a much-practiced hair toss.

Miller s eyes slid toward her. He looked her straight in the eyes. She waited for his gaze to dip down to the neckline heck, even women did it with this dress but they stayed on hers.

Hello, he replied. Then he turned back to his whiskey.

Daisy usually let the mark hit on her. That was her go-to technique. She said hi like this, she smiled, the guy asked whether he could buy her a drink. You know the deal. But Miller didn t look in the mood to flirt. He took a deep swallow from his whiskey glass, then another.

That was good. The heavy drinking. That would make this easier.

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Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including I Will Find You, The Match, Win, Fool Me Once, Stay Close, and The Stranger, as well as the award-winning Myron Bolitar series. Coben has more than eighty million books in print in more than forty languages worldwide, and several of his novels have been made into Netflix series. The winner of Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, he lives in New Jersey.

Praise for Harlan Coben and Don't Let Go

Harlan Coben is a folk poet of the suburbs and his well-tuned new mystery, Don t Let Go, shows why. Coben does his usual professional job on the central mystery...but his greater talent lies in his warmhearted descriptions of life in places like Westbridge. Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

Ernest Hemingway could have learned a tip or two from Coben s direct and punchy writing style. And Coben deftly intersperses his action sequences with observations about human behavior. Steve Forbes, Forbes online 

Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist luring you in on the first page...only to shock you on the last. Dan Brown

Simply one of the all-time greats pick up any one of his thrillers and you ll find a riveting, twisty, surprising story with a big, beating heart at its core. Gillian Flynn

Outstanding...Coben keeps Nap and the reader blindly guessing as he peels back layers of deceit reaching back 15 years, revealing nesting dolls of deadly secrets. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Harlan Coben's addictive crime novels keep readers on the edge of their seat. Get ready for twists, turns, reversals, and you'd-never-guess-it plot twists. His thrillers are virtuoso mysteries that expose the dark side of familiar settings. Prepare yourself for relatable characters, crackling prose, and shocking endings. Reader's Digest The Most Binge-Worthy Authors of All Time

[Nap] is both endearing and sometimes quite witty. Coben is the master of these types of characters while exposing the hidden layers of suburbia. Associated Press

[A] shattering tour de force of a classic mystery wrapped in the fabric of the kind of...thriller nobody writes better. Providence Journal

Harlan Coben is one of the best suspense novelists out there today. The Huffington Post

Coben knows how to deliver an exciting thriller expertly. His latest novel is no exception. Library Journal