Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage

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This book definitely shows that no matter how we try to hide and bury our secrets from our past they will always in some way influence our present. Everyone has secrets and some of the people you would never guess can have the most disturbing ones of all. The mystery part, like I mentioned before, isn't that well developed. The twists and the predictable turns are extremely foreseeable not only for any seasoned crime-fiction reader but also for a general reader too. There is a bit of action and lots of drama that makes the tale spicy yet something to hold on to, despite the mushiness.

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Not having read many crime novels, I cannot comment on Stay Close in relation to Coben's other works, or to other novels in the genre. What I noticed was a well executed start, intriguing plot, and enough tension to keep me up at night reading "one more chapter" well past a reasonable midnight hour.Megan Pierce is an ordinary soccer mom with an interesting past - one where she had to change her name to escape. Ray, her former love, is also muddling through life as a photographer, pining over the one that got away. And then there is a police detective (who seems to have a lot of free time to hang out with various ladies) who is committed to solving a crime from long ago. Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn’t recede. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American Dream—the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, the desperation and hunger that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades—they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat. That was Lorraine, who saw him getting violent in the club, and so made him her 2021 carnival victim. She lured him to the woods and slit his throat, but was interrupted before she could drag his body down to the bunker where she kept the rest of her victims. Who stole Ray’s camera containing the Carlton Flynn photos?

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I love making changes, a book is a book and a TV series is a TV series, they are not the same thing and they shouldn't be.Anyway, the story doesn't need to be summarized, as that is done so well already. My points are simply that the story is formulaic to the extreme, the characters are bland and unbelievable (Coben likes to bring in former prostitutes and strippers who yearn for the "good old days"?!?), and the setting is so bleak and blah I just want to forget all about it. Quite a generic tale of lies, deceit and a missing person or two. Megan has fled from a dangerous scenario and we witness the nearly 20 year finale to the unfolding of the sordid tale.

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Ray Levine is a photographer. He used to be very successful in that career but for the past seventeen years he’s been haunted by visions of blood, too much blood, and incapable to keep himself together enough to do more than sleazy and cheap assignments. Seventeen years ago, in Atlantic City, Stewart Green disappeared, an event which profoundly affected the lives of several people: Green's wife was devastated and the lead cop in the investigation, Detective Broom - who befriended Mrs. Green - is still obsessed with the case; Cassie, an entertainer at a club named La Crème who was involved with Green, gave up her old life, changed her name to Megan, and became a suburban wife and mother; and Ray Levine, Cassie's boyfriend at the time, became an alcoholic with a shameful (in his eyes) job as a fake papparazzi. Carlton was dead in the boot of his car. His dad was arrested for hiring Barbie and Ken to find his son. Tawny, Harry and Goldberg were murdered by Barbie and Ken. Barbie was stabbed to death by Megan outside the care home. Ken’s throat was slit by Lorraine when he tried to kill her. Lorraine was in custody, having confessed to the murder of over 20 victims (but won’t serve a long sentence because of her terminal cancer). Ray went off travelling to regain his photography spark, leaving Fester in his flat. Simona was left pregnant without Guy. Broome was alone. And Megan, Dave and their kids were left happily enjoying their wedding day. Why was it called Stay Close? Harlan Coben has long been one of my favourite authors. I may not have read every single one of his books, but I haven’t missed many of them because he writes damn good thrillers. A bit cornier than Harlan Coben's first three books I've read. Maybe it's because of the seedy personalities of the characters or maybe it's the cliche-ish descriptions and yet it's still very entertaining and yet again, I just couldn't stop reading. I now call it the “Coben Effect”.

Harlan Coben, an international bestselling author, has penned a gripping crime thriller, Stay Close that revolves around three characters, one who has hid her past but now it is threatening to wipe out her perfect life, the other laments on his broken heart and the reasons behind it and barely manages to make his ends meet and the last one has become a maniac upon investigating the case of a missing man that happened 17 years ago, and the future looks bleak for these three characters, as the missing person count begins to rise in the same manner, their pasts come undone. When another man goes missing on the anniversary of Stewart's disappearance, Broome takes the case in the hope of exorcising his demons. Lives are in danger of being ruined, relationships splintered, as Broome's investigations open old wounds, stir up memories, and threaten to expose the truth. Weaving their way through the spaces of what binds these three lives together are a couple of colourful psychopaths, intent on completing their own agenda. Stay Close is the latest of Harlan Coben's standalone thrillers. It thrilled me slightly less than The Little Mermaid ride at Disneyland. The "twist" is obvious. The killer is neither here nor there. And the "freaky" terror couple are as scary as those gay hitmen from that old Bond movie. They remind me of nothing so much as rejects from an old Modesty Blaise novel.

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worked in the travel industry. He now lives in New Jersey with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben MD, a pediatrician, and their four children.

Grater, Tom (28 October 2020). "Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt & Richard Armitage To Star In Harlan Coben Adaptation 'Stay Close' For Netflix & 'The Stranger' Producer Red". Deadline. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020 . Retrieved 28 February 2021. Everyone's a WiseAss" - One of the characters says in this book. There cannot be a better assessment of this book. Every character, including the supporting ones, speaks the same way, dripping sarcasm and corny one-liners. There are no other differentiating traits. Yes, everyone is a wiseass, not just an ass. As the death-toll rises the plot twists and turns in completely unexpected ways. Just when the reader thinks they know what is going to happen next, Coben takes them off in a new direction. The Performer: Izzard is a stand-up comedian and writer who has appeared in films like Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen and Across the Universe, as well as Netflix titles Green Eggs and Ham and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. She’s also been in TV shows The Lost Symbol, Hannibal and Powers. One of the damaged is Megan, seemingly happily married with a loving husband and family. But seventeen years ago Megan used to live on the wild side and is now finding her longed for domesticity stifling. Taking a trip into her past connects her with a series of unsolved murders, threatening her life and present day happiness.