![]() ![]() Simultaneous release with the Dutton hardcover (Forecasts, Mar. Coben fills his thriller with unoriginal characters (including a murderer on death row, a rock-and-roller in comeback mode and a gentrified mobster with revenge on his mind), but MacDuffie's skillful interpretation brings the characters and action into sharp focus. And for the novel's most ingratiating character, Charlene Swain, MacDuffie's voice subtly shifts from vague to vital as the Percodan-popping, bored-to-tears housewife rises above her ennui to give Grace a helping hand in combating the wicked hit man Wu. ![]() When he describes a policeman as "patronizing," she lends just the right vocal inflection to his lines, then quickly switches to the sarcastic tones of feisty Grace. Reader MacDuffie wisely takes her cues from Coben's prose. Harlan Coben Just One Look Paperback 2 April 2009 by Harlan Coben (Author) 3,129 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook £0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover £19.95 16 Used from £2.79 2 New from £19.95 2 Collectible from £16.98 Paperback £0.01 16 Used from £0. ) is a riveting, albeit perplexing, nightmare that finds hapless New Jersey wife and mother Grace Lawson dealing with an assortment of fearful developments, including a missing spouse, a terrifyingly adaptable hit man, deceitful friends, hidden agendas and ghosts from the past. Coben's latest thriller (after No Second Chance ![]()
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