Coben could make a 10, 000-piece jigsaw puzzle look like something a preschooler could master in minutes.

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The owner dials their pooch's number and after one ring, it automatically connects to the phone on the dog's collar, allowing the dog to hear its master's voice, transmitted out of a speaker built into the collar-piece.

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This was just the sort of bravura piece and hyper-public occasion of which he had become a master.

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