Napoleon "Nap" Dumas has never really gotten past his senior year of high school. His brother and his girlfriend were killed in what could be an accident or a double suicide and almost immediately after, Nap's girlfriend disappeared. Now, 15 years later, Maura's prints are found at a crime scene...

Like everything Harlan Coben writes, this is a phenomenal book that is seriously impossible to stop reading. I had a bunch of theories about what happened and who was to blame; I couldn't have been more wrong.

I need to stop even trying to figure out his plots ahead of time and just go with it.

Highly recommended.

A superb story from a writer who always, always delivers! For me this was, by far, his best 'stand-alone thriller'. Napoleon Dumas, known as Nap, is a police detective who lost his twin brother, Leo, fifteen years previous. Leo and his girlfriend were found dead by railroad tracks, assumed to have been hit by a train while high on drugs and alcohol. That same night, Nap's girlfriend, Maura, disappears and is not seen again. I loved the characters who were believable and colourful. The story kept me guessing and the fast pace kept me reading long into the night! I have never been disappointed by this author

Full disclosure: I'm a Harlan Coben groupie. I love his writing style and the originality of his stories. While I've never disliked one of his books, as with all authors, I've enjoyed some more than others. This one is up there with the books I love most.

Nap Dumas is a fascinating, complex character. He's haunted by his past, but not so broken and consumed that you wonder how he manages to function. He feels real and believable.

Coben excels with characterization. Even the minor characters come alive.

This story has quite a few 'wow' moments. We have murder and intrigue, and just enough conspiracy theory sprinkled in to make us wonder. Each bit of information brings us a whole new set of questions, and with those answers come more surprises.

I don't want to tell you more because I don't want to give anything away.

For me, this book succeeds on all levels: memorable characters, powerful storyline, satisfying mystery, and surprising twists, all woven together in a way that is totally plausible.

This book was fast paced, intriguing and a great story line. I read this book in just a few days, which is fast for me. Highly recommend

I was fortune to get an advance readers copy of this book from netgalley.com

Before I even begin my review I just want to say that I love Harlan Coben books and have not found one that I have not fallen in love with. That being said this one did not disappoint at all the whole premise for the story just drags you in and you can not put it down. The main character is this novel is suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon “Nap” Dumas who is haunted by the death of his twin brother Leo , his brothers girlfriend Diana and the fact that his girlfriend Maura goes AWOL. After fifteen years of searching for answers he finally gets a lead when Maura's finger prints show up at a crime scene. This novel takes many twists and turns about who has the right to pass judgement on others as well as true test of friendship. I could not put this novel down and look forward to Harlan Coben's next novel what ever that maybe.

"Every person has hopes and dreams."

The dream of New Jersey Detective Napoleon “Nap” Dumas is to find out why and how his twin brother, Leo, and Leo's girlfriend, Diana, really died. Even more, his most fervent wish is to reconnect with his former girlfriend, Maura -- who disappeared after that horrible night. He can't let go, he can't move on.

This is a conspiracy drama with old and tired stereotypes and themes. Coben often has his male character searching for a woman -- the great love of his life -- who got away. The narrative drags and is not very suspenseful. I found the story to be quite predictable really. I think there is meant to be some twist toward the end, but, for me, it wasn't wholly appreciated.

I've read all of Coben's standalones and I feel as if I keep reading the same book over and over. I didn't feel any empathy for "Nap" or any connection to the characters. I wouldn't call it a thriller. I was also annoyed by the overuse of metaphor and simile in the writing.

Perhaps I'm jaded and have higher expectations of a "best selling author" but this was just barely satisfying. I would guess fans will eat it up, as always, but I think Coben is capable of writing a more original story -- at least I have hope.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dutton for the e-book ARC to read and review. I'm sorry to report that I found it mediocre.

Another great book by Coben. He is reliably suspenseful and keeps you guessing until the end.

Don't Let Go is a stunning thriller that I simply couldn't put it down. The protagonist, Napoleon Dumas, is instantly intriguing -- flawed but an empathetic everyman. And he is haunted about what happened to his twin brother 15 years ago, the same night that he lost the love of his life. The mystery that unfolds is epic. Tautly constructed, full of surprises and twists, with clues & hints expertly revealed at perfectly times intervals. The truth is plausible, believable, and, ultimately, both heartbreaking and full of hope. Don't Let Go is not to be missed by fans of a enthralling thrillers!

I’ve read a lot of Suspense this year and Don’t Let Go has definitely made it’s way onto my Favorites list. It was fast paced and highly entertaining.

I loved Nap. He was sarcastic, morally gray, and totally unapologetic. The story is mostly told through his 1st Person POV and I loved being in his head. He narrated events to his dead twin brother, which is not my favorite type of narrative style, but it worked ok. I thought the story was pretty fast paced, with something happening every chapter. We get the necessary background information and character development, but it wasn’t an over the top amount of detail that slows things down like in so many other books. Coben seamlessly worked it all in to the current timeline and the mystery Nap was trying to solve.

I liked the supporting characters a lot, too. I loved Nap’s relationship with his best friend, Ellie, and how it was completely platonic. I also really liked Augie, Nap’s mentor. The two grew close after the death of Nap’s brother Leo and Leo’s girlfriend Diana, who was also Augie’s daughter. The plot revolves around the unanswered questions surrounding Leo and Diana’s deaths fifteen years ago, the recent deaths of a couple of Nap’s old classmates, and the conspiracy theories of the old missile base in their small town. I thought there were some things that seemed a little too unrealistic at times, but they made a little more sense by the end and it was all pretty entertaining, so I can let it go.

Overall,  I really enjoyed Don’t Let Go. I loved Nap and his humor. I loved how fast paced the story was and that each scene seemed important. I have only read a couple of books by Coben, but this one convinces me that I definitely need to read more from him. I highly recommend this one to Suspense fans.

Overall Rating (out of 5): 4 Stars

Loved it!! It's another fast paced, must read in one sitting, kind of book!!

One of us is getting old, it is either the author or me. The mystery here is good but the story line is a repeat of a damaged hero, an older aging mentor, a same sex relationship (that has been thrown in the last few books not because it has an outcome on the story but just to check a box, and then in the named the right people live and the wrong people don't.

I gave it three starts, the story is good but if you have read his last three it reads like a "plug and publish".

No one writes suspense like Harlan Coben. His books are always page turners that keep me reading late into the night. This one is no exception. A face paced thriller with well-developed characters that you won't want to put down until you've read through to the surprising conclusion.

Napoleon Dumas has spent the last fifteen years talking to his dead brother, looking for his missing girlfriend, and playing vigilante. When the fingerprints of his missing high school girlfriend surface during a murder investigation, Dumas begins to question the facts that surrounded his brother's death along with Diana, his brother's girlfriend, on the train tracks. Is anything true that he was told at the time or have all of his friends lied to him? If Maura is alive and complicit in this latest murder, why did she run away 15 years ago and why has she not contacted him? Were Leo, Diana, and Maura, all members of the Conspiracy Club, a secret society, along with Hank, Rex, and Beth? Rex has now been murdered, Hank is missing and Beth is unavailable. It's up to Nap to connect the recent murders with what happened 15 years ago and to find Maura.

I have read and enjoyed many Harlan Coben books so I was really looking forward to this one and it did not disappoint. I love that it takes place in NJ and I was very interested in the Nike Base material as there is an abandoned Nike base in my hometown too. Kept me guessing the whole time, good and unpredictable twists. I will happily recommend this to friends!

As always, Harlan Coben gives good story. since high school,Nap Dumas has been looking for the reason his twin brother died and now that he might have the answer..does he really want it?

What fun! Coben seems as though he can't fail, and proves it once again in his new thriller, Don't Let Go. Detective Nap Dumas is one of those rare characters that you just can't help but love. He's rough but sensitive, he's tough, but kind-hearted, he's sarcastic, but honest. Harlan Coben fans will devour this story of a man who will stop at nothing to find the truth about what happened to his twin brother and the love of his life. Told with wit and perfect pacing, Don't Let Go is a fast read worthy of the late night you will sacrifice to finish it. My only fault, and it's minimal, is that the ending seemed to come too fast, a little too predictable and didn't quite tie up all the loose ends. Overall, another number 1 from the master of the genre.

Harlan Coben is always good for a light quick read. This book has interesting characters and enough plot twists to make the time go fast in a waiting room.

It's a good book, but I don't think it's quite as good as some of his other books. Still a solid read and worth it if you're a fan.

Not one of his best, but kept me reading. I didn't like the internal dialogue of the main character because it seemed to disrupt the storyline. Near the end, I simply could not reading because I had to know how everything came together. The ending was very satisfying, even if the middle was a bit muddled.

When new information comes to light, Westbridge police detective Nap Dumas is drawn back into the mystery surrounding the deaths of his twin brother Leo and his girlfriend Diana and the disappearance of Nap’s girlfriend Maura Wells. “Don’t Let Go” is a stand-alone (although it does feature an appearance by Myron Bolitar.) All the books I’ve read by Harlan Coben have been suspenseful and extremely well-written. However, I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I normally do. I didn’t feel a real emotional connection with any of the characters and the opening sentence was one of the cheesiest I’ve read in a long time. The opening line and paragraph are so important to me in deciding whether I want to continue with a book, and this one almost made me stop reading. Once past that line Coben developed a story that started out strongly, but it seemed like it sort of fell apart in the end - perhaps because of the way Coben was trying to tie all the plot lines together. Maybe this wasn’t the right book for me at the right time, but his many fans will find much to appreciate here.

My review was posted on Goodreads on 8/16/17