Reviews"The world needs to discover Harlan Coben. He's smart, he's funny and he has something to say."-Michael Connelly "Combines Chandler's wry wit with Ross Macdonald's moral complexity."-Philadelphia Inquirer "Poignant and insightful . . . Myron is gallant, likable and delightfully original."-Los Angeles Times "If you've been entertaining doubts about the future of the mystery--fuhgeddaboutit! It's in good hands with Harlan Coben."-Lawrence Block "Coben displays all the right moves . . . snappy dialogue, fast pacing, neat plotting. . . . Myron's some serious competition for Robert Parker's Spenser."-Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The world needs to discover Harlan Coben. He's smart, he's funny and he has something to say." --Michael Connelly "Combines Chandler's wry wit with Ross Macdonald's moral complexity." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Poignant and insightful . . . Myron is gallant, likable and delightfully original." --Los Angeles Times "If you've been entertaining doubts about the future of the mystery--fuhgeddaboutit! It's in good hands with Harlan Coben." --Lawrence Block "Coben displays all the right moves . . . snappy dialogue, fast pacing, neat plotting. . . . Myron's some serious competition for Robert Parker's Spenser." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution From the Hardcover edition., "The world needs to discover Harlan Coben. He's smart, he's funny and he has something to say."-Michael Connelly "Combines Chandler's wry wit with Ross Macdonald's moral complexity."- Philadelphia Inquirer "Poignant and insightful . . . Myron is gallant, likable and delightfully original."- Los Angeles Times "If you've been entertaining doubts about the future of the mystery--fuhgeddaboutit! It's in good hands with Harlan Coben."-Lawrence Block "Coben displays all the right moves . . . snappy dialogue, fast pacing, neat plotting. . . . Myron's some serious competition for Robert Parker's Spenser."- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Series Volume NumberNo. 6
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisIn this classic sixth novel in the award-winning Myron Bolitar series, # 1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben delivers a riveting, powerhouse thriller featuring one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in all of suspense fiction. Here is a twisting mystery of betrayal, family secrets, and murder filled with the sly humor, dead-on dialogue, and unforgettable characters that have made Harlan Coben one of today's must-read suspense authors. For Myron Bolitar, sports agent and reluctant sleuth, it was a long-needed vacation. A tropical beach. A warm breeze. A little uncomplicated passion with a woman he hardly knows. But, most of all, a chance to clear his head after the death of a close friend. It almost works-until his fiercely loyal, if sometimes morally challenged, friend Win shows up with a message that blasts Myron back to New York…and reality. Esperanza, Myron's best friend and partner at MB Sportsrep, has been arrested for the murder of a client, a fallen baseball star attempting a comeback. Myron is determined to prove Esperanza's innocence. But she isn't speaking. And neither is her lawyer, except to say that Myron would do best to keep his distance, lest he hurt her case. Only Myron is already too close to the case to back away. For twelve years ago a young agent tried to help an up-and-coming athlete. It was a fatal mistake-and now Myron may have to pay the price. To solve a case as bizarre as it is difficult, Myron will be obliged to view it from the strangest angles: a transsexual nightclub, a baseball owner with a long-lost daughter, a dubious drug test, an impossible murder scene, and a computer disk with the image of a disintegrating girl. But most bizarre of all is that as he tries to unearth, Myron's own investigation points to only one other suspect: himself…as this spellbinding novel twists, jolts, and careens towards its dazzling finish., From the award-winning author ofOne False Movecomes Harlan Coben's most mesmerizing and emotionally charged novel to date. Myron Bolitar, sports agent and reluctant sleuth, is happily basking in the sun of the Caribbean, clearing his head with a woman he hardly knows, when Win, his loyal but morally questionable sidekick, arrives to tell him that Esperanza, Myron's partner at MB SportsReps and best friend, has been arrested for the murder of Clu Haid, a fallen baseball star and Bolitar client. Myron returns to the city immediately to prove Esperanza's innocence. But she isn't speaking. And neither is her lawyer, except to say that Myron and Win should keep their distance lest they hurt her case. But he is determined to help her, even against her own wishes--because, for Myron, this one is personal. As he plunges into his most difficult and bizarre case yet, Myron finds himself scouring the strangest angles: a transsexual nightclub, a Yankee owner with a long-lost daughter, a dubious drug test, an impossible murder scene, and a computer disk with the image of a disintegrating girl. And as he tries to unearth a killer amid a tangled trail of lies, Myron's own investigation points to only one other suspect: himself . . . as this spellbinding novel twists, jolts, and careens toward its dazzling finish. From the Hardcover edition.