No Second Chance by Harlan Coben

'When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter.' 

Dr. Marc Seidman is living the classic American dream in New Jersey with his beautiful new wife, Monica, and their baby daughter, Tara. But this happy idyllic is brutally ripped apart when his home is broken into and he is gunned down. When he wakes up at the hospital twelve days later, he learns that his wife is dead ... and that Tara is missing from her crib.

For weeks there is no word. Then a ransom demand is made. But something goes terribly wrong during the money drop. The money vanishes and the kidnappers escape.

Crushed, Marc waits by the phone for another call. Days turn to weeks as Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous writing: THERE WILL BE NO SECOND CHANCE. The police, believing that Tara is probably dead, start to move on.

An agonising 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. . .

NO SECOND CHANCE is a haunting novel of love, loss, regret and hope - and of mistakes that can change your life for ever. It again marks out Harlan Coben as one of the brightest talents in the crime writing world today.

Genres: Mystery - Thriller - Suspense - Crime - Mystery Thriller - Contemporary - Detective - Murder Mystery
Condition: Very good
Published: 2003 by Orion Books
Pages: 338
ISBN: 0752852574
Weight: 535g