No Second Chance

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No Second Chance
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First edition (US)
Author Harlan Coben
CountryUnited States
Language English
Genre Mystery, Thriller
PublishedApril 28th, 2003 Dutton Adult
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages352 pp (Hardcover)
ISBN 0-525-94729-9
OCLC 51042013

No Second Chance is a thriller released in 2003 and is the fifth stand-alone novel written by Harlan Coben. [1] No Second Chance was the first international Book of the Month Club pick in 2003. [2]

Contents

Plot

Dr. Marc Seidman has been shot twice, his wife has been murdered, and his six-month-old daughter has been kidnapped. When he gets the ransom note, he knows he has only one chance to get this right. But there is nowhere he can turn to and no one he can trust.

Serial

The novel was adapted in a movie for TF1 et RTL-TVI in 2015.

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References

  1. "NO SECOND CHANCE by Harlan Coben". www.publishersweekly.com. 24 March 2003. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  2. Minzesheimer, Bob (2003-03-19). "Book-of-the-Month Club is going global". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.