" Harlan Coben is one of those who writes at a level of "sophistication" whereby almost none of his characters are likeable. The heroine remains likable until the last pages of the book (there is no hero) and then the author takes that away from the reader, almost. I like books with a likeable hero and heroine, but that's just me. To pull off this jaded world view, the plot becomes extremely complicated, until it finally casts doubt as to the goodness, fairness or honor of every single character. The book opens with the heroine Grace Lawson finding an old photo taken of her husband Jack and four other college kids. After showing the photo to her husband, he leaves and is later kidnapped. This is followed by a series of horrific murders at the hands of Eric Wu, an Asian martial arts killing machine. When I finally found out who Wu was working for, it just didn't add up. There were several plot twists that were not believable. Coben is a talented writer and I understand that many of his novels are much better than this one. "
— Nike, 2/10/2014