Pulse-pounding, heart-thumping and anxiety-inducing, I Will Find You takes you on a thrilling journey with an escaped convict hellbent on proving his innocence and regaining the life he has lost. Harlen Coben has crafted a supremely exciting and entertaining novel that starts with a parent's worst nightmare, continues with a parent's love as the driving force to achieve the impossible, and ends with a parent’s satisfaction of succeeding in doing anything for your child.
David Burroughs is serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his three-year-old son Matthew. Convicted despite protestations of his innocence, he accepts his incarceration as punishment for not protecting his son. Five years into his imprisonment he gets a surprise visit from Rachel, his former sister-in-law, with a shocking revelation that Matthew might in fact still be alive. She shows a picture of an eight-year-old boy at an amusement park that has the same distinctive birthmark that Matthew had.
Now David is convinced his son is alive – as crazy as that sounds – and another boy was murdered in his place to frame him. Which kicks off a hasty plan to escape from prison and stop at nothing to get his son back.
I Will Find You propels forward with an unrelenting storyline that twists and turns multiple times, compelling the reader to continue at a lightning-fast pace in order to find out what happens next. Is David really innocent? Is Matthew really alive? If the answer is yes to those two questions, who is behind this dastardly plot to kidnap a kid and frame his father for murder? And will we get a resolution to these questions or will law enforcement catch David before he can get to the truth? These questions burrow in your brain, with the writing of Harlan Coben sowing doubt into your thoughts throughout but forcing you onward because you just must know how this will end.
Additionally, what makes this book so damn enjoyable are the fabulous characters. Beyond David’s despair and then desperation, there’s Rachel’s quest for redemption, Cheryl’s (David’s ex-wife) struggle to rebuild her life, the FBI agent's quirky yet incredibly competent approach to tracking down David, and more. Every character brings depth and value to the story, engaging the reader further and dragging them into this world where you’re rooting for a convicted killer to succeed in his mission for truth.
I Will Find You is a fantastic character-driven novel with a killer plot that sinks its hooks into the reader early and does not let go. Harlan Coben is one of the best in the business and he proves it once again with this absorbing, exhilarating and intriguing story.
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