Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
★ Top 25 book of 2001 · #18 on Best Books of 2001
Eight years after his wife Elizabeth was murdered, Dr David Beck gets an anonymous email leading him to a webcam showing her image. As he searches for the truth, the FBI tries to blame him and people he turns to keep dying.
Best for: Readers who like mysteries built on loss, a murdered wife, and FBI pressure.
Tell No One is #18 on BookWard's Best Books of 2001, out of 35 2001 books that cleared our data bar.
What Tell No One is about
David Beck has spent eight years grieving his wife, Elizabeth. The two were just 25 and barely a year into their marriage when she was abducted at the lake where they were marking the anniversary of their first kiss. She was later murdered, and her killer was found and prosecuted, yet David never recovered.
Then the past starts moving again. Two bodies, long dead, turn up at that same lake. An email arrives from someone unidentified, quoting a phrase meant to be known only to David and Elizabeth, and it leads him to a web cam showing a face he thought he would never see. The FBI begins to look hard at David himself, and the people he turns to for help seem to meet bad ends. The story is described as one about loss and redemption, and it reads quickly, driven by secrets and a husband unwilling to let go.
Tell No One on the Best Books of 2001
Tell No One came out in 2001. Of the 35 books first published in 2001 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #18 on our Best Books of 2001 list.
Why it made the list: 248 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.4 out of 5 (12 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2001 list
- The Surgeon Tess Gerritsen, #16
- Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunn, #17
- Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) Charlaine Harris, #19
- The Ersatz Elevator Lemony Snicket, #20
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 201 want to read it, 15 are reading it now and 32 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.4 out of 5 from 12 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 54 | 55% |
| Reader love | 11 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 63 | 20% |
Questions about Tell No One
When was Tell No One published?
Tell No One by Harlan Coben was first published in 2001.
Was Tell No One one of the best books of 2001?
Tell No One is #18 on BookWard's Best Books of 2001, out of 35 2001 books that cleared our data bar. 248 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.4 out of 5 (12 ratings).
Why is Tell No One on the Best Books of 2001 list?
248 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.4 out of 5 (12 ratings).
More of the best books of 2001
- American Gods Neil Gaiman, #1
- Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Brian Tracy, #2
- Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson, #3
- Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz, #4
- Getting Things Done David Allen, #5
- Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, #6
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How we know
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