Book Review: Caught by Harlan Coben

I warned you when I started this blog that it wasn't going to be all about remodeling.

So if you're not interested in my opinion on books ... move along, nothing to see here.

One benefit of finding myself suddenly jobless is that I've got time to burn through that pile of unread books. A rather, uh, large pile to be certain. And that means, book reviews!


Caught is Harlan Coben's latest "trouble in suburbia" thriller novel, and that's really the problem. It's not that the book isn't good, there's just a been there, done that feel to it. Caught focuses on the disappearance of 17-year-old Haley McWaid, and sexual predators uncovered by Wendy Tynes, host of "Caught in the Act," and how the two become intertwined.

Coben is still a great writer, and you'll burn through the book quickly, but in the end I was left with a kind of "meh" feeling. I finished it just two days ago and the plot is fading away in my memory.

If you're already a Coben fan, it's probably worth picking up, but if you're new to Coben, I'd recommend starting with his far superior Myron Bolitar books (Deal Breaker is the first).