I should have paid attention to the impulse to quit reading this book and move on to another one. In the closing chapters the marginal writing gives way to outright awful writing, and the nice and neat resolution to the "complicated" bag of story lines is made even worse by sappy touchy-feeling moralizing. I read another Coben book years ago 'cause I had no other options at the time. I remember now that I had this same kind of reaction...and "almost but not quite" kind of sensation that I wasted my time on a book that could have been good didn't quite come together. ( )

Page-turner but didn't really grab me. ( )

¿Qué haría un padre por proteger a su hijo? ¿Hasta dónde estaría dispuesto a llegar? ¿Le espiaría? ¿Llegaría a mantenerle localizado permanente por el GPS de su móvil? Es lo que hacen Tia y Mike Baye, aunque vigilarle así no impedirá que Adam, su hijo de 16 años, desaparezca tras el suicidio de su mejor amigo. Ambos se lanzarán a una agónica búsqueda, mientras van conociendo con espanto que, en el fondo, no saben nada de la vida de su hijo. Mientras que, a su alrededor, se pone en marcha un mecanismo estremecedor: los vecinos corren el riesgo de perder a su único hijo necesitado de un pulmón, una joven aparece brutalmente asesinada disfrazada de prostituta, una ejemplar madre de familia es secuestrada mientras hacía la compra, un profesor insulta y se ríe de Yasmin, la mejor amiga de la hija pequeña de los Baye... La inspectora jefe Loren Muse y el fiscal Paul Copeland, a punto de casarse, no encuentran el hilo del que tirar. Hasta que todo acabe por explotar. ¿Tiene salvación el futuro de nuestros hijos?

A pageturner - as I expected. My second book by Harlan Coben - and not the last, that's for sure.

Harlan Coben mixes various plots in this thriller. A couple decides to spy on their son after the suicide of one of his friends. A killer is on the loose, beating women to death, a teacher's life becomes miserable after he makes an unfair remark towards a girl in class, leading to mobbing from her classmates.
The author did a good job portraying the kids and teens. They were believable, their problems were understandable. The ethical question if it is ok to spy on your children in order to keep them out of trouble was especially interesting - and the author offers no easy solution, just food for thoughts.
I did not like the plot concerning the killer that much. I found that part of the book a little exaggerated - that's the reason why I give four instead of five stars. ( )

A page turner for sure. Coben is one of my favorites and this book was no exception. ( )