Harlan Coben

" Once or twice a year we are very very pleased to welcome into our. Fumble studio here in Boston our good friend. In Texas schools more he raises the bar literally for a Harlan called and as you know as a bestselling author of fourteen previous novels. Including a woods promised me and the innocent is new one out is called hold tight and it says on the jacket on -- could agree more he has redefined the thriller and he's done it again in hold tight that morning Marla Howell are absolutely positively love the book itself arguments it was great to be back here have gone -- the I think the question posed when you read this book is and it's it's a good one for anybody baskets how well do you really know your children that's about it is that."

" Yeah I mean that it came to me I'm parents confessed to -- that they've put spyware under sixteen year old son's computer my initial reaction was to be gassed in revenue jerk. Freedom loving American harassed by -- kids. As for thinking about I realize it's not that simple to -- issue. And what a great way to start a book you know puts by -- computer a message comes in saying just keep quiet -- statement -- explodes right there tomorrow."

" Well technically not exactly you started because your thoughts about this refers to our -- you know -- picked -- books in the past where you have the road -- and trudged through a chapter 23 to get to the next big thing that actually overestimated during that on the ninth page of the first chapter -- all like god I can't put it down I was wrong it's the -- page with the eight -- the page on the first chapter begins. And then he began to hurt her for real. --"

" Always good evil area is this your strength your ego strength that's my favorite. Evil guy the evil guy who has no soul who has no -- no you mean guys like instantly Eric oh your -- who elected detached people's -- 'cause he won curriculum -- in the development attacks this ultimately there was eyes opened and looked up at him while he was too -- in the room that this is evil as a -- collector it was produced the most -- screamed yeah. I open up with green guy what's his name and and Nash Nash matched -- season ban there and all time to read this and it is why he's so mean why's he so evil eye disease by Murton until people."

" As -- a turn at -- just have to -- he's a sec Taylor a person as a review garlic yeah your character list and how you do this and that'll be rejected an innate in me out food to write a novel likeness. But you have a lot of people here yet -- large exceptional the two per the stone cold pillars national picture yet these are normal everyday people. When Alexei all right that's the idea spyware advocates computer at duke medical a list of like sixteen characters and say I need next cougar I -- doctor -- good guy bad guy that."

" I don't exactly -- I sort of the oldest one room on the read Michael crichton's book as it was and that's research -- seen yet and he respect one lines as the I don't I don't care about research I prefer ignorance -- there -- Well ignorance -- sometimes -- all of you do your research I just know what the doctor thing -- in its -- as he has executed a little element is that the -- that's like into this -- yes he knows the bills and -- doctor might -- that's right on target the doctor and any steals her prescription -- to by the way and that's true. I Democrats are compared to the guys like Indians when he's feeling down."

" That every novelist keep -- suspense that has to be suspense it has to grip you it has to keep you up that night is as Larry King was saying his blurbs I mean if it if you're being you're neglecting your duty here if you say you know and -- do. Well I'll be described as -- of the -- guy for the next 27 page unless it's."

" Ripping your absolutely means you can make some descriptions he can be can be gripping everything has to be you know right -- like clapping with one hand you know it's -- Berkeley tree falling in the woods radio at that time like radio and I want -- You know people say to me. All right only for myself but yesterday somebody else private -- thing I talked only to myself I don't hate anyone within I would say that you all everyone has -- every writer has a reader in mind whether it's some. Sports column or -- you have any reader and of course Hoosier reason it's -- mistress for people like people like the but I get along with the hang out with I want them to slap me in the back -- this book really did keep me up on a level and pardon the Witten -- Right medium else and you kept me -- ball might prefer I was actually in the room when that I had a nice little but this is -- I mean I love that I love that feeling lip reading a book when you just cannot put Duncan's and it's on at the start of the mind to tapestry of heart and that it stays with -- that's really cool moment -- it's it's almost like."

" Show a couple of do your character work better as couples as opposed to individuals because at least in this particular blue group you seem to to group them together at the two stone cold killer -- You've got the that to cop who were going against each of the lord used to fracture -- if he got the two victims really good Marianne -- he got the cougar and her husband next door yet."

" Your doctor by and a wife recruited Jewish and hothouse it's bought some friends and his friend -- agreed to -- for whatever assured that compares here. Yeah well what -- things is I -- dialogue that the violence fun to read. So 52 killers they can talk to each -- rendered in just being in tunnel and -- it was talked about not long descriptions not long -- dialogue but actually external -- I love running -- it's fun to -- So it's one of the reasons I I usually. A person alone in the room is not so which -- person with somebody yells yeah you have interaction -- conflict of suspense is."

" A two edged sword parliament that your readers are -- engaged in what yardage riding that they examine it. With the microscope in income view and in the -- night archives of off the air and -- and you look at -- three I said. What -- did new Jersey's start it's scratch ticket lottery system you said oh but he got the fact as you write in the book that this doctor saw his father. Killed when he was twelfth right and the doctors 46 so courtside of the methods of what the 200846 years ago -- born in 62 -- the doctor was -- the father was killed when it was twelve is 97 before you made the point that the father was selling lottery tickets. From his little story I don't think an apartment Richards the fact whether New Jersey Nets lottery in 1974 well I figure you politely call you anal I have a."

" But I do get those sort of emails and sometimes I do make the mistake back to think in that case that they did have. -- lottery -- most atomic good writing back saying thank you very much read a book at a forget what -- committees ticked at New Hampshire the first 64 but Julius Caesar lottery. Are so well both doubtful that of people that would be that would condemn -- exactly and really well that's ancient civilizations that use the lottery too Lee's those revenue and half the time I don't research every single archipelago I've caught part of there on the wrong side one atomic at a million emails about that I had to go right. One time mister Williams describe sucking the -- whose drink you've it was a Martinis like a 45 you know you know that happens this kind of part fund some people love to find that's."

" I cut you win the woman who runs the club said doctor by in his -- he never said he was doctor -- where they're -- I mean yeah I don't even look look."

" Isn't it and the most amazing things all come together at the end menu -- you do you. I do it because I know I don't think of that. In chapter one you know at that and it's gonna kinda do I do know -- not but I -- don't know well this case has five stories coming together and I also you know I only want to surprising and I always want the road you know want to -- you -- and still -- oh well best of its one. -- I -- I wait and that's what pride myself and I really work hard -- whatever counts were given but I really worked very very hard to make you should be ending fools you makes you gasp make sense in this case here's -- five story the most time ago and how the heck -- in the -- yes I -- know from the beginning how they wrote that you did I just didn't how -- going to lay it all out or other leagues I don't under the beginning in the yen compared to driving from my home state of New Jersey. To LA -- take -- eighty I'll probably go view the Suez Canal stop over in Tokyo -- campanella and now we we always Estes and oh was it tell Nolan is a big difference yeah. And -- the French in a movie made some money in the movies coming here being out here June 27 in America yeah it's going to bet that if the French film -- subtitles so -- argument except computers about French film with English it'll be better than. No country for it was -- I'm sure it was actually it's really good and it was the top grossing French film of the year won four of their -- nominated for nine of their -- and being American -- once June comes around -- against sell the American -- I'm -- when you're reading -- going to -- becoming -- I don't understand what went into Hollywood producer and -- out there being optioned -- talked recently better TV series from my ample power but. It presents north Hollywood dislike of barb wired desert a bar where offense investor I'm on one side Hollywood's on the other. For the books over Hollywood -- the money over and run away they want you don't know you -- so why isn't this yeah -- better just put my -- direct best novels that I can -- had -- Scott Fitzgerald was destroyed by Hollywood Daschle Hammett Raymond Chandler a lot of great writers were were destroyed by getting to seduced by Hollywood I'd rather just -- the past now like and and the that's my agents out there and hopefully something. You know come -- did really really well and that's caused a lot of interest so everything takes forever as the option game work did you you -- how does that work I usually do no -- eighteen -- time I don't want you no matter what they'll pay -- and they have -- three -- Wednesday they have it in the contract making a -- users would arrive -- and going to get the right perspective every few months and and resell somebody else to -- it was -- children so whatever the heat seeking missiles so it Leavitt and then eighteen months later nothing's happened another board and look for the next on to. Yeah page on the fallen friend Brian Scalabrine and obviously -- surprise -- Brian -- Brian how are -- man. Yeah good how well thank you for calling in dollar these guys -- because you're going to win the period when all this year what response to conduct basketball of the nuclear to sports talk you got to play 48 minutes and Brian."

" rumored Mike reported it married you know we don't know what's going. What legal up in the you know without."

" I think you should go for like forty off men go off just jacked it up every time -- hands on yet you know what I had a harder practices this year -- you're going to have the titans us you're against your old team man you got some vengeance in mind don't you."

" So you're right about do -- team party in them you know we we have got to keep it you know would."

" Are you going to play against Atlanta."

" Knoll will be you know is where is everyone. I recover -- you know if you are all all Israel."

" Tell us just what kind of funny looks you'd get from your teammates when they -- you like read the book on the play her on the bus."

" Not know what. -- are you really you know -- bypassed comic team mate I go to back in you know -- they had you know. Mike Gorman who does our. You know our our our announcing you'd be there are over and in -- twist federal."

" To Russia yeah. But -- about it Doc Rivers as a -- he's brilliant guy."

" Yeah they -- not how long you know like I did he. I've always been -- early piece bucket early familiar look up on who certainly."

" But I feel at that moment of my library twice a year -- sale. And they give -- bag and you could feel for five bucks at Phillip well calico books because there's money so happy that I had respect not. And I got in my just didn't go out -- come through library and they get older it's like it's I and I also sell drugs by the schoolyard in what you get tickets talked you know it's easy so you -- the Hollins the friend's neighbor -- and then they go by aren't covered -- definitely --"

" Just for a few years ago I got an email from a website elect -- of reed arena -- talk meant sing a love you books I don't know if you knew who I am my name is Brian Scalabrine who played for maximum of course I know you'll Mark. So bright actually sent that's how we met he set mean you know how many years ago is up Brian do you think."

" Our on our --"

" And then we started to we had -- few times he's got him a most charming family now are you -- to grind a you'll win that he was a Jewish all American -- college kid did you know that Brian that was Jewish all American basketball player Emerson College."

" Not they evaluate."

" I didn't know that he was as a college basketball star."

" I nearly played about the law and that -- moved up here and now I know all like every other Brandeis -- would be work record where thought though."

" How good Harlem was a dots coming out of the 24 minutes how many rebounds per game in his senior year -- of -- had a -- at -- it's him black and that's all you have the record the record it. The record for most Jewish rebounds -- season I think he did he didn't care that you hear about that in me there are just about as Jerusalem's in the public -- again and it was three points -- I was I was I was I was on I was on -- season but -- accepted plea in my backyard we play basketball backyard he's too much credit. -- it did did -- and you hold tight to finish it started at."

" No I know my wife I'm white kids from first few -- and after that I could serve from I'm part of it what are great aren't. I don't know where all of a all of a book or whether or. Well -- of."

" Which is your favorite which is your favorite and Coleman. I don't even know the name -- solid color the orange -- the one."

" Oh yeah -- card I don't you know. We'll know I mean I I I do like martyr or her period but. What I don't know I don't vote one of interest -- and it was."

" If this is his wife -- she is the Stewart yeah and and she's a bye in the government his wife is gorgeous besides being wonderful woman who missed his gestures is really cool is that I say."

" Out yeah Hollywood boulevard and what along we've. The pole here movies show your time look what's the deal."

" The French Ramirez talked about minutes hopefully with the baby TV series coming up to but you'll get an invite to the -- you know you'd you'd Jerry and John can all come down together. After the Celtics when the championship that we have to wait to. You know you guys when the when at all the guys can win all -- know him and I don't from Jersey but I am a Celtics fans so we you know because aren't. You're down you -- your moderator."

" I guarantee you it's I think you and the way I think what we don't win it ought to point. -- couple will call not my place that you are there."

" You know what's really going to be disappointment is. Kevin -- and that's not going to win the MVP in fact he's probably not going to finish in the top two let's look at this off that's a good point yeah although when they announce that -- Africa have you ever play you play which executed play with a guy who meant more to his team than number five does. The team this year."

" Oh no and I are great now I -- what you're all of the oval I'd ever been put the number of those guys who who video game in PP. I think it like anybody who watches that ball and I think he's got -- MVP if you look at what it -- seen. And then we went there and play the Lakers crushed like. You know we are the local beat the Lakers. That in the last fourteen -- colon guy round and he should be MVP and I'd I'd put would seek it. And the year that he didn't way that you conduct in the conduct of you know. I thought that year he deserved it and you know with that in those things are third straight by. I last year Mark Camby went deep and player of the year but with the nuggets reported first that. We thought it better all like big -- well what people writers' voting for -- the third year."

" A Brett how -- at that he defensively makes the other four guys better defensively that just like the threat of him killing you if you don't do what he says --"

" Well -- Florida by a dispute or 82 sound like the NBA everywhere vote particularly movie night got to have a warm and guard. Head now and stop. Point appoint art com top pick on the something but he can -- all of a suitable important viewed as a player is excited. While there are the pick and roll and it back in count or collective resentment he's the best in the league period so. This by the fact that he probably because of the player in the league. And we circled the dial up and and we have a better prepared BA of here -- although I went through our should be MVP."

" A 125 and five against the west than and the it. What how much could score if he wanted to score or thought Lebanon for the whole game I mean if you want to."

" That number is certainly. America talking last year about principles you don't open any any big you don't --"

" The ball you know real picture every time we -- the type of work -- and we are all about team. I think you know it would -- a lot to gain a lot yeah he's not in."

" Abreu and I -- athletes really hate to look ahead not as much as coaches take a look at but you hate to look ahead but have we were to push it to the NBA finals I think most people around here expect and want that to be the case. If you could choose any opponent to beat for the NBA finals who would you choose on the west."

" If Kobe went the heavy PRI."

" Well Lakers Celtics Altman and a -- talking both won your conference for the first time in twenty years I mean that that adds something right there but Kobe versus Garnett Allen Iverson is Boston in the Jack Nicklaus -- Holland called and Diego at at. Oh yeah and that you."

" Pollard Pollard go beyond or we teacher who gained. You know like we had we had a conversation I what are you think you can go to go to the game tonight with part of -- book."

" Good lineup remember some people to -- the stock yeah yeah. Arnold will be in the lineup -- lockyer along the Big Three do you get tired I couldn't -- Dominican."

" Look at FC could run against column for the herald and Celtics -- game of -- ultimately just it was Scalabrine role whatever you want you know so I -- simple look at this got -- it is what's could have Marbury -- he has always an interest in the art and totally honest about what's going number you're talking to Brian about less than talking about. But Kevin's to the intangibles how he really does make everybody else. After his how much she wants to really win and habits of players just can't just can't make that a -- question is does he read does he read a little that's yeah that's the hard questions that we have to really get it you know we gotta win the championship -- and all the players signed copies of -- when he has won the championship to be."

" You know not -- I know for sure -- a reader for sure Ray Allen sure. --"

" But he reads call and you got golf and I emblems. -- on the golf guys we learned yesterday in the big show can which marlin -- my reliable total backed him -- their Mexico one right."

" It right appreciate the time this morning good luck tonight -- board of the playoffs will Lowe will be pay attention. They're aren't our right to Brian Scalabrine you comb the alone could technical field what's left behind his back some -- a couple of the calls were gets the -- Paul's done and Rhode Island all good morning -- Marlins open."

" Hey guys tomorrow morning followed -- do people run web site wage packet today were gone and -- Congratulations not successful event you very much thanks in delegates."

" Oh come on the other questions about hold myself this. I told you what our goal aren't here that are important to."

" Like right now right hatred let it. I -- a couple books are a bit slows things that we started you know to put him down -- one boy year old right."

" Excuses can we sit with the web master -- excellent college roommate next to itself that it. I'm the opposite I read and too fast and I get mad -- the next book is not as good whenever that you are one of -- and I greater -- I'm not a fast are these are into you can expect from me an email and I'll just get hooked and I can't put him down. -- not a fast we going to devote. In time to these book and I finish a good team and an agency can keep him right in the oval and get if you wrote as fast as -- took a would have this problem. Extra and -- book you finish a book you know will be another 13 weeks so what time lineup that this is coming out every what are what are your what are your what are -- and is a very now. Are about page forty or fifty of an expert and in my humble or is turning marbles are right now I was overseas Soviet different kind of in the name forward Matt whenever. It was a good -- all the double play -- better come up with them and abroad totals. Rilya have a -- a comfortable promised me -- the only time left up with the Mets every years it's always someone else -- just really. --"