Above all, this is the story of New York and it's residents. This book is two stories that intersect and interweave. Jennifer Mehraz, the beautiful young trophy wife of Ahmed Mehraz, an Iranian born banker/lawyer living in New York. Her beauty is her thing, that's it. She is in love with Bill Wilkerson, an army Ranger recently discharged. Bill and Jennifer have a long and troubled history together. Ahmed Mehraz and his uncle Hassan intend to get rid of Bill Wilkerson by any means necessary.

Paul Reeves, the neighbor of Ahmed and Jennifer in a high rise New York apartment. Paul is a successful attorney who collects historic maps of the city of New York.

Paul helps Jennifer hide Bill’s whereabouts but Ahmed and his uncle Hassan are in hot pursuit of Bill. Everything starts to overlap and intersect.

This is a good book, when you are looking for straight up fiction storytelling. It could get confusing to readers, but overall it was enjoyable.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thank you for allowing me to read this early release so I can review. This book was worth the time and also first read by this author. I Certainly will be reading more. Highly recommend.

I received this book through Netgalley and I really enjoyed it. At times it was hard to put it down. I recommend anyone who likes thrillers to pick this one up.

Ahmed is very possessive of Jennifer. Bill, an old boyfriend of Jennifer’s, makes an appearance and the plot thickens. Paul, Ahmed and Jennifer’s neighbor, collects maps and is disappointed when an once-in-a-lifetime map is sold underneath him. There are several threads flowing through the novel which come together nicely.

I didn’t give this book five stars because there was some predictable parts. Regardless, it is a book definitely worth reading.

This review is going to be very confusing. I really liked the book. No mysteries to solve but a good thriller where you wondered where it might go because it didn’t always go where you thought it was. But, I had a few problems with it that I would have more expected from a new author, not someone with a long list of books like Mr. Harrison. First off, the story went off a couple times on what seemed like random tangents as though the author decided instead of being a tight knit suspense piece it was going to be a rambling novel depicting the demise of the urban shopping center (4 pages). It also included an excessively long detailed listing of the criteria of people who would or would not be members of a certain gym. This soliloquy could have been summarized in 3 sentences. I forgot why I was reading about a gym by the time the list was finished. At another point in time, Mr. Harrison waxed poetic about how a real estate agent should behave. For 4 pages! If any of these in depth exposes had been germane to the plot, I wouldn’t be complaining about them here. But they weren’t. Secondly, I didn’t really like any of the characters. They were all shallow self-centered people. The story tried to make the reader some of them, but failed for me. They were shallow people making self-centered choices and not happy about suffering the consequences. My other peeve was that I thought the hunt for the map would have at least equal attention as the story of the neighbor and her long-lost lover. But I felt most of the story was centered on her problems and the map was just fill-in. Despite all these criticisms, I did enjoy the book. The winding path of Jennifer, the neighbor, her husband, his family history, and her love interest, made for a compelling story.

Not usually a big fan of thrillers, but this was great. Not too cheesy with great character development. Good summer read!

Obsession. Is it ever a good thing? When does a passion for something or someone become an obsession? Colin Harrison's new novel, You Belong to Me, gives a big hint in the title alone. The characters in this New York novel are Paul Reeves, an immigration lawyer, Jennifer Mehraz, Paul's neighbor and her husband, Ahmed, a financier who travels the globe doing who knows what.

Paul love maps of New York, the older and rarer, the better. It seems as if that is where he spends all his time and money. Jennifer is the object of her husband's obsession. He owns this young beautiful woman and as long as she plays her role, life goes in the direction of his liking.

Of course, it all falls apart and in trying to figure out if everyone will get what they want, we witness the striving desperation that people experience when they lose that one thing in the world they want more than anything.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley and Sarah Crichton Books(June 6th 2017).

How can I begin a rave review? Let me start by saying, I took today off from work because I could not leave his book unfinished. Colin Harrison has written an utterly fascinating book about a seemingly dull (he collects NYC maps) lawyer who gets involved in an incredible, exciting conspiracy.

By being neighborly and bringing the trophy wife, Jennifer, of his next door neighbor to a map auction, Paul Reeves becomes entangled in a web of international intrigue that involves Iranians, Mexicans, former army rangers and the American government. Think NORTH BY NORTHWEST in terms of the innocent, who becomes a brilliant, if self-serving character in the drama.

The catalyst is Jennifer's former lover, Billy, coming to New York, while husband, an international financier learns about the affair and begins plotting his murder.

Paul Reeves, a city slicker, nerdy version of Jack Reacher, cleverly and brilliantly manipulates all the pieces to achieve his own payoff...A MAP, Reading this review cannot possibly transmit the hypnotic pull of this exquisitely plotted novel.

Obviously, it is a book which I highly recommend to all of my readers who love Lee Child, John Grisham and all those who write brilliant novels of the "Everyman" who is a remarkable, clever and very lucky hero.

You Belong to Me by Colin Harrison. Paul Harrison, an immigration lawyer, becomes involved in a domestic situation concerning Jennifer Mehraz, his young neighbor. His involvement is both inadvertent and initially, unwilling.

A young man from Jennifer's past appears, and her husband's jealousy triggers a number of unfortunate and fatal events. Not what he intended, but fatal nonetheless.

I don't know--I didn't much like any of the characters or the deadly comedy of errors that make up the plot. I find it difficult to be concerned about characters who don't engage me, but the conclusion was pretty sneaky. :)

Read in March. Review scheduled for May 19

NetGalley/Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Mystery/Suspense. June 6, 2017. Print: 336 pages.

Paul Reeves spends his days upholding the rights of immigrants, his free time is spent searching for rare maps of New York. Attending an auction with his neighbor Jennifer one day, he’s shocked to see a man in army fatigues secret Jennifer away. Jennifer’s husband is a possessive Iranian attorney who is infuriated that his wife has disappeared. Is this man someone from Jennifer’s past? Was he an old lover that she went with willingly? While Paul wonders what happened to his neighbor, an incredibly rare map comes on the market, but before he can purchase it, it’s purchased by another collector. Paul won’t give up on the map; is there a connection between Jennifer, her mysterious “abductor” and the map? It’s been eight years since The Finder was published and Harrison’s legions of fans won’t be disappointed. This novel was worth the wait