Harlan Coben Will Find You

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Harlan Coben is as successful a mystery writer as we have in the country today. He is probably known best for his page-turner plots. In his more than 35 books published to date he keeps you guessing throughout. I Will Find You is his latest - just out. And it’s a bit of a departure for Coben as he will tell you - a little more than half way through the book you find out who the bad guys are. That’s rare for a Coben thriller, but none the less gripping and it will still keep you guessing. Also, as you will find in this podcast, Harlen Coben is not only a good writer, but a good talker to boot. Our book store this week is “[Words]” in Maplewood, New Jersey. By no means is this a typical bookstore - it is one with a highly commendable mission. It has pursued that mission for 15 years and now is participating in a fascinating experiment to further the mission. As a result, it is Harlen Coben’s favorite bookstore and we talk to them this week.I Will Find You by Harlen Coben Books (and articles) mentioned in the podcast: Tell No One by Harlan Coben Win by Harlan Coben Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben The Key To My Father by Harlan Coben https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/opinion/a-work-of-fiction-the-key-to-my-father.html Marathon Man by William Goldman The New York Times Opinion | Opinion | A WORK OF FICTION; The Key To My Father (Published 2003) __ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.2	Well, Kate almost always says, almost always says at the beginning of each podcast, I'm so excited, super excited to have you with us.
0:48.1	But in this case, I'm super excited to have you with us. Harlan Coben is our guest this week. His new book is I Will Find You,
0:54.7	and he is a master at the craft of writing mysteries. He has, I think, more than 30 books in print,
1:00.7	and I think I've put a wing on his house. I have bought so many of them, even paid retail.
1:05.4	Ooh, that's big for you. I'm always so, I'm always so ple pleased, like, you know, when you go to a bookstore and you see
1:14.6	on the shelves, you know, the shiny covers and you see, oh, I see that name a lot, that name above
1:19.2	the title.
1:20.0	I see that name a lot.
1:21.0	They must be pretty famous.
1:22.4	And then you finally get around to reading them and you go, oh, but they're a terrible writer. I was so excited to read Harlan
1:28.1	Coben because he really has the talent to explain why he's so prolific. Like sometimes
1:33.8	you're not quite sure why somebody is prolific. I get it with him. He grabs you from the
1:38.2	first page and I never guess where he's going. So even though I discovered him late, I will be
1:43.4	building the second wing on his
1:45.4	house. Well, in this book, he introduces a couple of characters well into the book, actually,
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