Missing You

I’ll admit, I was skeptical when I saw *Missing You* billed as a stand-alone—Harlan Coben’s name usually signals a series I’d need to binge, not a one-off. But this book changed my mind. Kat Donovan is a protagonist who feels real: flawed, stubborn, and haunted by her own mistakes. Her obsession with her father’s crimes and her ex’s past feels earned, not contrived, and Coben’s plot twists land like a sucker punch. The audiobook’s pacing is relentless, with LaVoy’s narration pushing you through like a cop dragging you through a precinct at 3 AM. That said, the ending left me wanting more. Not in terms of satisfaction—Coben wraps things up neatly—but in terms of depth. A few secondary characters, like Kat’s childhood friend, feel underdeveloped, as if they were written to serve a twist rather than stand on their own. And while LaVoy’s performance is stellar, her delivery of male characters occasionally slips into caricature, which jolted me out of the immersion once or twice. Still, these are minor quibbles in an otherwise gripping listen. If you love psychological thrillers that force you to question everyone’s motives, *Missing You* is a must-play.