Julie's Review: Win

Author: Harlan Coben
Series: Windsor Horne Lockwood III (#1)
Publication Date:  March 16, 2021
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 384
Obtained: Purchased
Genre:  Contemporary Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Rating: 4/5
Bottom Line: A bit of everything for every reader
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Summary: Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors — and the items stolen from her family were never recovered.  Until now. On the Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities have a lead — not only on Patricia's kidnapping, but also on another FBI cold case — with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward one man. Windsor Horne Lockwood III — or Win, as his few friends call him — doesn't know how his suitcase and his family's stolen painting ended up with a dead man. But his interest is piqued, especially when the FBI tells him that the man who kidnapped his cousin was also behind an act of domestic terrorism — and that the conspirators may still be at large. The two cases have baffled the FBI for decades, but Win has three things the FBI doesn't: a personal connection to the case; an ungodly fortune; and his own unique brand of justice. ~amazon.com

Review: I never expected Mr. Coben to write a novel about Win but I am sure glad that he did. For most of us who have read the Myron Bolitar novels, Win has always been Myron's trusty counsel and there for him when he needs him. Throughout those novels we know a few things about Win but now we get to know him, in his own words and his own experiences. 

Win is loyal that is obvious but he also operates very much in gray areas, which of course is what makes him super interesting. He also can do things as he wants because he has money and as he likes to say it makes it easier to abide by your own rules. So when a painting that was stolen from his family decades before is found in the apartment of a recluse, Win goes on the hunt for how it ended up there. 

All families have secrets but when you have as much money as the Lockwood's do, you can bury for a long time until something digs it back up. Of course mayhem ensues. 

I love Harlan Coben novels and I'm hoping that he keeps writing Win novels but if not I'll be happy with his appearances with Myron.