Harlan Coben is the winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony awards. His critically acclaimed novels have been published in forty-one languages around the world and have been number one bestsellers in more than half a dozen countries. In addition to the Myron Bolitar series (Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, Fade Away, Back Spin, One False Move, The Final Detail, Darkest Fear, Promise Me, Long Lost, andLive Wire), Coben is also the author of the young adult Mickey Bolitar series including Shelter and Seconds Away, and of Miracle Cure, Play Dead, Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Woods, Hold Tight, Caught, and Stay Close.
Series sports agent Myron Bolitar handles everything with panache: his relationships, his clients, and this search for two missing people. When a sports store mogul asks him to "watch over" basketball star Brenda Slaughter, Myron winds up looking for her father, who disappeared a week ago, and her mother, who deserted the family some 20 years earlier. Myron not only discovers mob interest in female basketball but also a connected suspicious death in a high-profile political family. Standard plotting, then, but authentic conversation, colorful characters, and exciting New York and New Jersey surrounds more than compensate. Strongly recommended. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 2/15/98.]
"A slam dunk ... You race to turn the pages ... both suspenseful and often surprisingly funny."--People
"Terrific."--Boston Globe "A winner."--Orlando
Sentinel "Fast-paced ... layered with both tenderness and fun
... Coben [is] a gifted storyteller."--Denver Post "Myron
Bolitar is one of the most engaging heroes in mystery fiction. One
False Move is a blast from start to finish."--Dennis Lehane "Must
reading . . . combines Chandler's wry wit with Ross MacDonald's
moral complexity."--Philadelphia Enquirer
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