Gone Before Goodbye: The gripping new mystery thriller from the bestselling crime author and award-winning actress

Reese Witherspoon · Harlan Coben

Oct 2025 · Random House

About this eBook

An unforgettable collaboration between an award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and the and #1 internationally bestselling writer Harlan Coben.

'A tour de force thriller. Coben and Witherspoon are a dream team!' Lucy Foley

'Full of jaw-dropping twists and turns' Lisa Jewell

'Savvy, smart and suspenseful' Val McDermid

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Maggie McCabe is on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge.

But now, after a devastating series of personal tragedies, Maggie is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy - as well as absolute discretion.

Halfway across the globe, one of the world’s most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfils her end of the agreement.

But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself – or she will be the next one who is . . . Gone Before Goodbye.

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Praise for Gone Before Goodbye:

'Heart-racing, twist-loaded, and impossible to put down' The Real Book Spy

'Breathlessly accomplished with a plot that surprises and moves in equal measure' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time

'Gone Before Goodbye is a dynamic, riveting and twisty thriller—complete with a heroine that you’ll absolutely love' Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me

'Witherspoon and Coben are a match made in literary heaven’ USA Today

‘This dream-team collab has smash hit written all over it!’ Fabulous

'There were twists and turns I didn’t expect and I really didn’t want this to end' 5-star reader review

'Trust me, you’re going to want to read this!' 5-star reader review

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About the author

Reese Witherspoon (Author)
Reese Witherspoon is an award-winning actress, producer, New York Times bestselling author and founder. In 2016, she established the media brand, Hello Sunshine, which puts women at the center of every story across all platforms – from scripted and unscripted television, feature films, animated series, podcasts, audio storytelling, and digital series. Hello Sunshine is also home to “Reese’s Book Club,” a community propelled by meaningful connections with stories, authors, and fellow members. Witherspoon is best known for her roles in feature films like Walk the Line, Wild, Election and Legally Blonde as well as Emmy award-winning TV series Big Little Lies, Little Fires Everywhere and The Morning Show.

Harlan Coben (Author)
Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author and one of the world’s leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-six languages and have been #1 bestsellers in more than a dozen countries, with ninety million books in print worldwide. Coben is also the creator and executive producer of many television shows, including adaptations on Netflix of the #1 global hits I Will Find You, Run Away, Missing You and Fool Me Once, and Stay Close, The Stranger, The Innocent, Gone for Good, Hold Tight, and The Woods. Recent TV adaptations include the upcoming Myron Bolitar, and many more in the works.