Don't Let Go by Harlan CobenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Fifteen years ago, Nap Dumas' life unraveled. He lost his twin brother, Leo, in a train accident. Leo's girlfriend, Diana, also died in the accident, and on the same night, Nap's girlfriend, Maura, vanished. Never losing hope of one day seeing Maura again, Nap, now a detective, enters her fingerprints into a police database, hoping to be alerted in case she ever resurfaced.
Now, in the present day, a gruesome shooting of a police officer, Rex Canton, has triggered the alert, prompting the police investigating the case to pay a visit to Nap. It turns out the dead officer was a school mate of Nap's, who had partnered with a divorce lawyer to help entrap husbands of his clients with DUIs. Nap begins to investigate Maura's role in it, and, as he does, realises that there is something more sinister at play, especially when he discovers a link between Leo, Diana, Maura, Rex and two other school mates, especially when someone else turns up dead.
What really happened fifteen years ago?
And does the creepy property on the edge of town have anything to do with it?
MY THOUGHTS
The book was very well written, with a satisfying twist and finish. It was written in first person, from Nap's point of view. Nap was an interesting character. He was not afraid to cross lines and do what he thought was right (even if, ethically speaking, it wasn't). His internal monologue to his brother, Leo, was often endearing and interesting. It was obvious that Nap never really had closure over Leo's death, but at the end of the book, once he unravelled the mystery of what really happened that night, he was finally able to gain the closure he needed.
Overall, a five star read!
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