I'm almost embarrassed to say that until you mentioned Coben here, I'd never heard of him. I guess now I'll have to check him out. If he's THAT good....

If you like mysteries, I really recommend him. He can write mysteries that suck you in -- but also make you feel like you GOT something out of all those hours of your life spent reading them. I.e. He makes you believe and care and not yell in disgust and throw the book across the room when the writer uses too many adverbs (is that just me???) and all that stuff.