I discovered Harlan Coben by accident at the used book store. I loved that book so I went on Amazon to see what else of his was there. This one was tauted, I believe, as a new release. I couldn't wait to get it. Now I can't wait to take it to the used book store to get some credit to purchase something well worth reading.I didn't know this was his first book. It should never have been published. I wrote better than this in high school and never got an A on any of my assignments. As I was reading this book, I kept critiquing it. I abhore wasting money and this was a double abhorrence - loss of money and a bad read.