Books like Hold Tight by Harlan Coben

A page-turner. Don’t start reading it if you’ve got important business the next morning because Hold Tight will keep you up all night. A fast and exhilarating roller-coaster ride that you don’t want to end, but hold on tight. Then take the time to hug your kids. Compulsive page-turner... How do you weigh a child’s privacy against a parent’s right to know? How do you differentiate normal teenage rebelliousness from out-of-control behavior? When and how do you intervene if suicidal signs appear? Coben plucks each of these strings like a virtuoso as Mike and Tia Baye try to deal with the increasing withdrawal of their 16-year-old son, Adam, after a friend's suicide. A pair of brutal, seemingly senseless killings, punctuate the unfolding domestic troubles that ratchet up the tension and engulf the Baye family, their friends and neighbors in a web of increasing tragedy. The ‘this could be me’ factor lends poignancy to the thrills and chills.

First publish date: 2008