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'Idle' Doesn't Suit Prolific Harlan Coben
Ridgewood's most famous author talks to The Wall Street Journal about his upcoming book, insecurity and wanting to be read

The Wall Street Journal has an interview up with Harlan Coben, perhaps Ridgewood's most famous author, about his upcoming book.
The standalone novel, Stay Close, chronicles a suburban soccer mom, a documentary photographer and a detective whose past worlds all collide at once. collapses around her all in one day.
The description reads: "And as each confronts the dark side of the American dream – the boredom of suburban life, the thrill of temptation, the desperation that can lurk behind even the prettiest facades – they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper thin as a heartbeat."
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[Correction: Mickey Bolitar is not featured in this novel as originally written.]
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