Six Years

Six Years by Harlan Coben

If you want to be thoroughly entertained by a captivating thriller, choose this selection by Coben.  One of his best-this book will keep you guessing!


Jake, a college professor, and Natalie, an artist, seem destined to be on their way to a life of happiness.  That is, until Natalie suddenly announces she is marrying someone named Todd. Natalie passionately begs Jake to promise to never attempt to contact her again.  She has requested the impossible.  He honors her wishes, goes on with his life, but in the ensuing years ahead,
Natalie is never truly out of Jake's heart and mind.

Six years pass.  Jake happens to read Todd's obituary in the newspaper.  He feels compelled to attend the funeral even though he knows this will break his promise to Natalie he made so many years ago.  While Jake hides in the shadows of the trees surrounding the quaint chapel where the funeral is being held, he spots the grieving widow.  It is not Natalie. She lied to him.  And so the story begins....

Jake's quest to find the truth becomes the core of his being.  Idealistic memories begin to unravel.  Friends from their past claim to not recognize him.  He returns to the camp where they met and is told no such place ever existed.  People he once knew are purposefully attempting to dissuade Jake from searching for Natalie, but why?

A suspenseful mystery about lost love, broken hearts, deceit, and a willful man's determination to find the truth.