Hold Tight is the story of Dr. Mike Baye (pronounce "bye") and his family's spiral into the terror of a teenage son who's missing and possibly into drugs, responsible somehow for his best friend's suicide, and in deep with a club specializing in being a haven, and facilatator, for teen partying.

"She looked up and down at the block. The houses were all so alike. She thought again about the sturdy structures trying to protect lives that were much too fragile. The Lorimans had a sick son. Hers was missing and probably involved in something illegal."

This book explores the difficult issues of trust within a family, between friends, neighbors, and business partners. "Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken." You can spy on someone for the right reason, even save their life, but in doing so you lose their trust, and a relationship falls apart in the absence of trust.

Hold Tight is a great book for fans of crime/mystery/suspense novels, and is an intense read for parents. All through the book, I kept thinking of my kids; what would I do? How far would I go to protect them?



flutelaura (USA: KY) (2008/08/10):
I have to say this didn't even get ONE STAR! The book is extremely cynical and depressing. There wasn't even one "good" character to root for - where was the protagonist? Not in this novel. The only redeeming quality is that we find out what happenend to Paul Copeland and his long lost love and that some of Myron Bolitar's friends appear once again; Hester Crimstein, Clarence, and a few others. The plot was also very canned and not believable! What a disappointment!



Bruce (USA: ME) (2009/01/20):
Not one of Coben's best. Seems like he's just grinding out another book, recycling ideas from previous books. Definitely readable, but I expected better.



Anita (USA: AR) (2009/04/15):
It must depend on whether or not you have kids - I'm one of the people who liked the book. It's pretty well every parents' nightmare - where is the fine line between protecting and unjustified prying? When trust is broken, either by parent or child, it is very hard to get back.



Socoedgirl (USA: CA) (2010/07/29):
I liked it but then, I like the protagonist and I like the author!