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Coben seems to delight in making bad things happen to good people (Tell No One; Gone for Good; etc.), and he does it again in this, his best book. A paralegal, devoted1 husband and soon-to-be father, Matt Hunter has a not-so-secret past: when he was 20, in an attempt to break up a fistfight, he killed a man and served four years in prison for it. He's been out five years, living in his New Jersey2 hometown, and life is pretty good. But when his beloved wife, Olivia, goes away on a business trip, he receives 15 seconds of digital video on his camera phone showing her in a hotel room with another man. Meanwhile, Loren Muse3, Essex County homicide investigator4, is working on an unusual case: an autopsy5 of a nun6 reveals breast implants7, which hint at a previous, not so holy life. After the FBI is called in, evidence links Matt to the nun killing8. Like all of Coben's stand-alone thrillers9, this is a long, extremely complex tale with plenty of gunfire, betrayals, late-night chases and good people forced to go on the lam. All the characters have extensive, interesting histories, which makes their actions believable under the extreme circumstances that engulf10 them. Some readers have felt that Coben has been treading water with his last two outings, but this one should re-establish his credentials11.
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