Authors: Harlan Coben
Tags: #Suspense, #Fiction, #General, #Mystery & Detective, #Thrillers
Tell No One (35 page)
Like I told you earlier, if I had just told the truth from the get-go …
She pulls me closer.
“I’m here,” Elizabeth whispers.
Here. With me. It would take a while to accept that. But I would. We hold each other and drift off to sleep. Tomorrow morning we would wake up together. And the morning after that too. Her face would be the first I’d see every day. Her voice would be the first I’d hear. And that, I knew, would always be enough.
In loving memory of my niece
Gabi Coben
1997–2000
Our wonderful little Myszka
…
Right then. Before we start, I’d like to introduce the band:
• editor extraordinaire Beth de Guzman, as well as Susan Corcoran, Sharon Lulek, Nita Taublib, Irwyn Applebaum, and the rest of the prime-time players at Bantam Dell
• Lisa Erbach Vance and Aaron Priest, my agents
• Anne Armstrong-Coben, M.D., Gene Riehl, Jeffrey Bedford, Gwendolen Gross, Jon Wood, Linda Fairstein, Maggie Griffin, and Nils Lofgren for their insight and encouragement
• and Joel Gotler, who pushed and prodded and inspired
DEAL BREAKER
DROP SHOT
FADE AWAY
BACK SPIN
ONE FALSE MOVE
THE FINAL DETAIL
DARKEST FEAR
TELL NO ONE
GONE FOR GOOD
NO SECOND CHANCE
JUST ONE LOOK
THE INNOCENT
PROMISE ME
THE WOODS
HOLD TIGHT
LONG LOST