Don't Let Go
"With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Coben explores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller. Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo's girlfriend Diana were found dead on the railroad tracks -- and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke up with him and disappeared without explanation. For fifteen years, Nap has been searching, both for Maura and for the real reason behind his brother's death. And now, it looks as though he may finally find what he's been looking for. When Maura's fingerprints turn up in the rental car of a suspected murderer, Nap embarks on a quest for answers that only leads to more questions -- about the woman he loved, about the childhood friends he thought he knew, about the abandoned military base near where he grew up, and mostly about Leo and Diana -- whose deaths are darker and far more sinister than Nap ever dared imagine"--
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What you might want to know about Don't Let Go
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Suburban New Jersey cop Napoleon Dumas has spent fifteen years thinking his twin brother died in a small-town tragedy. A fingerprint from his missing high school girlfriend at a homicide scene tells him otherwise.
No. Don't Let Go is a standalone Harlan Coben thriller. Coben writes both standalones and his ongoing Myron Bolitar and Mickey Bolitar series.
Many of Harlan Coben's novels have been adapted by Netflix in recent years. Don't Let Go has not yet been adapted as of 2025, though Netflix has produced adaptations of several other Coben standalones.
Don't Let Go was written by Harlan Coben, published in 2017 by Penguin Random House.
Don't Let Go is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Don't Let Go takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Don't Let Go is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.