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No second chance

Harlan Coben

2003338 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003Dutton · 338 pages · ENGISBN 9780525947295
  • 2003Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780752852560
  • 2003Orion · 402 pages · ENGISBN 9781407222431
  • 2004Orion Publishing · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9780752842806
  • 2004New American Library · 433 pages · ENGISBN 9780451210555
  • 2007Orion · 402 pages · ENGISBN 9781407221670
  • 2020Albatros · 416 pagesISBN 9788382151145
  • 2015Albatros · 416 pagesISBN 9788378854647

When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter.' Dr Marc Seidman is living in a classic American suburb in New Jersey with his new wife, Monica, and their baby daughter, Tara, when the shocking attack occurs. Marc is left barely clinging to life. When he wakes up at the hospital, he learns that Monica is dead - and that their daughter Tara is missing from her crib. For two weeks there is no word. Then a ransom demand is made for Tara's return. But Marc makes a mistake. Something goes terribly wrong during the money drop. The ransom money vanishes. The kidnappers get away. Crushed, Marc waits by the phone for another call. Days turn to weeks as Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous warning: THERE WILL BE NO SECOND CHANCE. The police, believing that Tara is probably dead, start to move on. An agonizing eighteen months passes with no word and no new clues. And then, when Marc has just about given up all hope of seeing his daughter again, he gets a package with a chilling note attached: WANT A SECOND CHANCE? And inside the package the kidnapper provides proof that Tara is still alive...

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