Hold Tight

Hold Tight
by Harlan Coben (Author)

How far would you go to protect your child? How well do you know your children? When they go out in the world, should you let them go with a smile on your face or should you hold tight? What should you do if your child becomes moody and withdrawn as has Spencer Hill, sixteen-year-old son of Mike and Tia Baye? Now factor in that Spencer's best friend has committed suicide. Add in the fact that Spencer spends most of his time in his room on his computer, while his grades are going south. And can you blame his parents for wondering why he quit the hockey team?

Mike and Tia maybe over react a bit as they start spying on Spencer. They track his movements through the GPS system in his cellphone. They install spy ware on his computer so the can monitor every website he visits and monitor his e-mail too. They can't help themselves. They should know better, he's a doctor, after all. She's a lawyer. But they do it anyway.

Harlan Coben holds nothing back in his latest offering. This is high caliber suspense, gut-wrenching drama, and engrossing mystery all rolled into one. Coben brings the thriller genre full force into suburbia and gives us an eye-opening glance into the very real dangers that threaten families in our society.

In Hold Tight we are effectively thrown into the middle of every parent's worst nightmare and what a scary and sobering experience it is. As always Coben's writing proves to be second to none as he effectively weaves several story lines together and somehow manages to link them all together without ever revealing where the story is heading. Coben's fans will also enjoy some character cameos from his last novel, The Woods. Hold Tight can certainly be read as a stand alone title, but I highly recommend readers pick up a copy of The Woods to get the full effect of both stories.