March 18, 2018 LET TIME GO LIGHTLY

Count yourself VERY LUCKY if you have lifelong friends. The people who--Can see where you are  and know where you've been--Harry Chapin. I 'm fortunate enough to have a few.  These are special friends--they remember and share precious memories from BACK IN THE DAY. It's a bond--like cement--that lasts forever. Even when time and circumstances separate you--sometimes for 20 years--you can see that person and pick up like it was yesterday. It's a wonderful thing. My daughter is  fortunate in this respect too. Throughout--preschool--grammar school--high school--and soon to be college graduates--they've stuck together like glue. They've grown into an amazing group of women--given a great gift--take care of it and don't let go.

I literally could not LET GO--PUT DOWN-- Harlan Coben's newest book Don't Let Go. Nap Dumas is a detective living in New Jersey who spends most of his time talking to his twin brother, Leo, whose been dead for fifteen years--under mysterious circumstances. Leo and his girlfriend Diane were hit by a train their senior year of high school.  Curiously enough, Nap's girlfriend, Maura,  disappeared on the same night. For fifteen years, Nap has been trying to unravel the mystery of his brother's death and find out what happened to his lost love, Maura.  He finally gets the opportunity after Maura's fingerprints show up on a suspected murderer.  What really happened to Leo and Diane on that dark night near the abandoned military base? Why has Maura been hiding for fifteen years? Find out for yourself when you read this book that has more twists and turns than a rollercoaster! It's about 350 easy pages--or a 4 mile run--that you won't want to end. Guaranteed.