Stay Close

Publisher Marketing: Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now she s got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer, but at the age of forty he finds himself in a dead-end job posing as a paparazzo, pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Broome is a detective who can t let go of a cold case a local husband and father who disappeared seventeen years ago and spends the anniversary every year visiting a house frozen in time, the missing man s family still waiting, his slippers left by the recliner as if he might show up at any moment to step into them. Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American dream the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, the desperation and hunger that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat. Master of domestic suspense Harlan Coben delivers his trademark combination of page-turning thrills and unrivaled insight into the dark shadows that creep into even the happiest communities. Praise for the narration of "Stay Close" by Harlan Coben, performed by Scott Brick: Scott Brick crafts characters not so much by shaping each individual voice with different accents but by expressions and tones that convey strong emotions. And the emotions are far ranging. Empathy, psychotic behavior, and frantic helplessness all figure into the narration as much as the plot. It s a diverse group tied to the crimes: a crooked cop haunted by his conscience, two young psychopathic killers without remorse, old lovers who are trying to escape their past and confront their present. Brick s narration is crucial as the solution is unearthed. (c) "AudioFile" 2012, Portland, Maine" Review Citations: Audio File 06/01/2012 pg. 51 (EAN 9781441895363, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 08/27/2012 (EAN 9781441895363, Compact Disc) Library Journal 10/15/2011 pg. 57 (EAN 9780525952275, Hardcover) Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 36 (EAN 9780525952275, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 01/30/2012 pg. 35 (EAN 9780525952275, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2012 (EAN 9780525952275, Hardcover) People Weekly 04/02/2012 pg. 56 (EAN 9780525952275, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 149 (EAN 9780525952275, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Coben, Harlan Harlan Coben is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Missing You, Six Years, Stay Close, Live Wire, Caught, Long Lost, and Hold Tight as well as the Myron Bolitar series and, more recently, a series aimed at young adults, featuring Myron's nephew, Mickey Bolitar. The winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, he lives in New Jersey. Contributor Bio:  Brick, Scott Scott Brick first began narrating audiobooks in 2000, and after recording almost 400 titles in five years, "AudioFile" magazine named Brick a Golden Voice and "one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy." He has read a number of titles in Frank Herbert's bestselling "Dune" series, and he won the 2003 Science Fiction Audie Award for "Dune: The Butlerian Jihad". Brick has narrated for many popular authors, including Michael Pollan, Joseph Finder, Tom Clancy, and Ayn Rand. He has also won over 40 "AudioFile" Earphones Awards and the "AudioFile" award for Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense 2011. In 2007, Brick was named "Publishers Weekly"'s Narrator of the Year. Brick has performed on film, television and radio. He appeared on stage throughout the United States in productions of "Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth" and other plays. In addition to his acting work, Brick choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films including "Romeo and Juliet", "The Fantasticks" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights". He has also been hired by Morgan Freeman to write the screenplay adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama".