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  • Published: 23 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804956014
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00

Gone Before Goodbye




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

The first collaborative novel by Oscar-winning actor, producer, New York Times bestselling author and Reese’s Book Club/Hello Sunshine founder Reese Witherspoon and # 1 international bestselling author and TV creator Harlan Coben.

  • Published: 23 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781804956014
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $38.00

About the authors

Reese Witherspoon

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

Harlan Coben is a no. 1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-six languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries, with eighty million books in print worldwide. His Myron Bolitar series has earned the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, and several of his books have been developed into Netflix original series, including the no. 1 global hit Fool Me Once, The Stranger, The Innocent, Gone for Good, The Woods, Stay Close, and Hold Tight, as well as the Amazon Prime Video series adaptation of Shelter. He lives in New Jersey.

Praise for Gone Before Goodbye

Savvy, smart and suspenseful -- a thriller combo to relish

Val McDermid

Breathlessly accomplished with a plot that surprises and moves in equal measure

Gillian McAllister

Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben have delivered a winner. Gone Before Goodbye is a dynamic, riveting and twisty thriller—complete with a heroine that you’ll absolutely love

Laura Dave

A dark, electrifying powerhouse thriller that stands shoulder to shoulder with the very best books of the year . . . Heart-racing, twist-loaded, and impossible to put down, Coben and Witherspoon, a surprising dream team, deliver pure suspense with Gone Before Goodbye, a can’t-miss thriller that fans of smart, suspenseful, and emotionally charged fiction will devour in a single sitting.

The Real Book Spy

Full of jaw-dropping twists and turns

Lisa Jewell

It’s twisty, high stakes, and honestly, you can’t look away ... It’s fast, punchy, and full of secrets—and honestly, it felt like watching a high budget thriller unfold in book form. If you like your heroines with grit and your plots with whiplash level twists, this one’s a yes. Just don’t blink or you’ll miss the next twist.

One Minute Book Reviews

I love Harlan Coben. I've read all his books

Bill Nighy

This starry collaboration goes full throttle into paranoia and power

i News

This fast-paced, emotionally charged and suspenseful read explores how far a woman will go to uncover the truth

Woman & Home

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

Fabulous

The book’s plot mechanics hum along with great pace and verve . . . With Gone Before Goodbye, the two authors deliver a fun ride into a shadow land where the rich are convinced that money can insulate them from everything, including their own mortality — even if they have to murder a few people to get there.

LA Times

This book had me up all night. It’s truly gripping and a real page-turner

Lauren Laverne, BBC The One Show

Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon are complete and utter geniuses

Daisy May Cooper

Off the chain, it's so good!

Chris Evans, Virgin Radio

I devoured it

Pandora Sykes

A notch above most celebrity collaborations . . . a taut, twisty yarn

The Times

I could not put it down

Sonali Shah, Magic FM

Intricate, with twists galore, it is glamorous yet packed with suspense.

Daily Mail