No One in the World

A Novel

By: E. Lynn Harris, R. M. Johnson

Narrated by: Alan Bomar Jones

The untimely passing of the beloved New York Times best-selling author E. Lynn Harris has left fans pining for more. With this collaboration, fans are given the book they've been clamoring to read - and the book that Harris and Essence best-selling author R. M. Johnson long wanted to write.

Cobi Winslow, a handsome, well-educated district attorney, knows nothing about the life of his estranged twin brother, Eric Reed, a career criminal raised in the foster-care system. Following their parents' death, Cobi searches for and finds his brother, hoping to regain lost years.

Meanwhile, Cobi navigates the pressures of society as he lives life in the closet. The stress comes to a head when he learns that, in order to inherit the wealth of his father's estate and save the struggling family business, he must marry a woman before he turns 35. The task becomes more convoluted when Cobi's sister proposes to pay Austen Greer, a once-successful and wealthy businesswoman who lost everything in the recession, to be Cobi's wife.

Eric discovers Cobi is gay and promises to keep it a secret. Instead, he entrusts the information to his former prison cellmate, Blac, who endears himself to Cobi in hopes of securing a $150,000 loan from him to pay back a debt racked up by cocaine sales. As the clock runs down both on Blac's efforts to pay his deadly creditor and on Cobi's attempts to save the family company, rash moves are executed, family and friendship bonds are tested, and life-altering sacrifices are made.

©2011 E. Lynn Harris and R.M. Johnson (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"All that is good and all that troubles African-American life weaves through the [novel].... Sure to appeal to Harris fans." ( Kirkus)

Not as good

This has to be one of the worst books in the E.Lynn Harris collection. Story is too predictable and left me wanting so much more.

Reader was no the best

The voice didn’t t have much life or could not change its pitch much. Book is very good though.

Want more

I loved the story wanted more. Not the normal E.Lynn Harris but still very good.

Better Ending

I wish the ending was more complete. It really left me hanging. Just need more closer.

Great Book!<br />

I can't wait to listen to part two! Hell, Mecca has killed up everyone with his crazy ass. Who's left. I guess I will find out soon