Promise Me

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Author: Harlan Coben
Narrator: Harlan Coben
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Date: April 2006
Length: 11 hours
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Overview

It has been six years since entertainment agent Myron Bolitar last played superhero. In six years he hasn't thrown a punch. He hasn't held, much less fired, a gun. He hasn't called his friend Win, still the scariest man he knows, to back him up or get him out of trouble.
All that is about to change . . . because of a promise.
The school year is almost over. Anxious families await word of college acceptances. In these last pressure-cooker months of high school, some kids will make the all-too-common and all-too-dangerous mistake of drinking and driving. But Myron is determined to help keep his friends' children safe, so he makes two neighborhood girls promise him: If they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their parents, they must call him.
Several nights later, the call comes at 2:00 am, and true to his word, Myron picks up one of the girls in midtown Manhattan and drives her to a quiet cul-de-sac in New Jersey where she says her friend lives.
The next day, the girl's parents discover that their daughter is missing. And that Myron was the last person to see her. Desperate to fulfill a well-intentioned promise turned nightmarishly wrong, Myron races to find her before she's gone forever. But his past will not be buried so easily - for trouble has always stalked him, and his loved ones often suffer. Now Myron must decide once and for all who he is and what he will stand up for if he is to have any hope of saving a young girl's life.

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Promise Me

by Linda H.
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Promise

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Promise Me

Written by Linda H. from Sharpsburg, GA on June 11th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I LOVED this book!! I thought the author had the perfect voice to narrate his own book, it only added to the realism...his voice had just the right mixture of toughness,humor and tenderness to portray all of the characters accurately. The plot was suspenseful and intriguing and help my attention all the way through. I felt that I knew these characters and actually missed them when the book was over!! Fabulous book!!

Promise

Written by Anonymous from Alpharetta, GA on February 16th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

If you like Myron Bolitar you will not be dissapointed. Plenty of action and a compelling story. Quality male fiction.

Promise Me

Written by Anonymous on July 12th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I am a big fan of the Myron Bolitar series and have listened to each one. This story was great and contained the usual combination of suspense, humor and inner conflict. I would have given it 5 stars but the narrator (the author) was a disappointment. The previous narrator had become the characters for me and this narration just didn't cut it.

Promise Me

Written by Kevin Piro on January 25th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 3/5

"Myron Bolitar" is one of my favorite characters. I have waited for each new book to come out, But I wish Harlan Coben would have stuck to his original narrator of all the previous books. Still a good story if you like the "Myron Bolitar" series.

Narrator is a problem

Written by Ann from Washington, DC on December 17th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

I should have taken the advice of another reviewer who said it was going to be difficult to enjoy the book because of the narrator. I only finished the book because it was by Harlen Coben and I have enjoyed his books in the past. By CD #3 I was able to occasionally ignore the narrator and concentrate on this story but I am sure he ruined the book for me.

Promise Me

Written by Anonymous on August 30th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

If you can get past the narrator, the story is pretty good. And that's a pretty big if!!

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Promise Me

by Linda H.
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Promise

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Coben, Harlan

Winner of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award - the first author to win all three -- New York Times bestseller Harlan Coben's critically-acclaimed novels have been called “poignant and insightful” (Los Angeles Times), “consistently entertaining” (Houston Chronicle), “superb” (Chicago Tribune) and “must reading“ (Philadelphia Inquirer). His most recent novels, TELL NO ONE and GONE FOR GOOD are international bestsellers, appearing on the New York Times, London Times, Publishers Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Booksense and many others. His novels have been People magazine Page-Turners of the Week and a Publishers Weekly Best of the Year pick. Harlan's books are published in more than twenty-two languages.

Since his critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series debuted in 1995, Harlan Coben has won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, was nominated in 2002 for another Edgar. Harlan also won the Anthony Award at the World Mystery Conference, was nominated for another Anthony Award, won the Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America, was nominated for another Shamus, and was twice nominated for the Dilys Award by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. His novel ONE FALSE MOVE earned him the prestigious “Fresh Talent Award”, given annually by Great Britain's largest bookstore chain, W.H. Smith. His short story A Simple Philosophy was nominated in 1999 for the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, and the Agatha Award. TELL NO ONE has been nominated for an Edgar, a Macavity, an Anthony and a Barry Award.

After graduating from Amherst College as political science major, Harlan worked in the travel industry.