Julie's Reviews > Think Twice

Think Twice by Harlan Coben is a 2024 Grand Central publication.

The setup for the twelfth, and long overdue, installment in this series sees Myron reunited with an old nemesis and all the baggage that goes with that, when a serial killer, using the modern technologies that have thwarted this brand of evil, manages to slide under the radar of the FBI- that is until Myron and Win get sucked into the investigation…

This is one of the few series in which I have read every single installment. I think I’d given up on there ever being another installment with both Myron and Win working together again. So, I was thrilled to see that we would be blessed with at least one more chapter in the series.

It was very easy to slide back into the series, although it has been, if I have my facts straight, nearly eight years since the last Myron Bolitar release. The banter between Myron and Win was still amusing and strangely comforting, if a bit rusty. All the characters people love the most in this series make an appearance and the nostalgia is often poignant at times as Coben acknowledges the passage of time and the aging factor.

Some events alluded to in the novel transpired in some of the earlier books in this series, and initially, I had to search my memory bank for the details of the long history between these people and Myron. Think, if you will, of a daytime serial that brought an old villain back from the dead and you’ll know how crazy it is to find these characters back in Myron’s life again. Very surreal, I must admit.

Still the story is riveting, dark and twisted, with a few ‘edge of your seat’ moments- and a truly stunning conclusion. It’s good to see Coben return to form here, and so great to hear from these characters again after such a long sabbatical.

Overall, a solid thriller made more enjoyable by the familarity of the characters and Coben reverting back to the tight writing and surprise twists that put him on the map.
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