Welcome to Karen Hunter's awesome.

I am Karen Hunter, and I love talking to writers about writing and readers about writing.

And I had an opportunity to talk with the great Harlan Coben. He is so freaking prolific.

So he's got a new TV show on, but that's not what I brought him into Karen Hunter is awesome

to talk about. So what you're going to hear is us talking about the power of the written word.

Harlan Cobin and me. Stay tuned.

Harle Cobin's final twist on CBS, which is really powerful for you as a writer, 36 books,

36?

I think so.

It might be 37.

I lose counting.

Okay.

Which is your favorite?

Oh, God.

I always pick the one that's most recent because that way I can be both self-serving and like what's close to me.

So I'll pick Gone Before Goodbye, which I just did as a collaboration with Reese Witherspoon, my first time I collaborated on a novel.

And that just came out in October.

It's a sort of international adventure story with about a woman doctor who gets caught up when one of

her patients disappears while she's doing a surgery in Russia and they travel to Dubai and France

and I think it's a lot of fun and good adventure. So I'm recommending today gone before goodbye.

Okay. All right. I'm hoping and Reese Witherspoon. Okay. All right. I'm calling BS on that. But I'm going to put this over there. I'm recommending today gone before goodbye. Okay, all right. I'm calling BS on that.

Okay, all right.

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