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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780440225447 ISBN: 0440225442 Label: Dell Manufacturer: Dell Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: May 11, 1999 Publisher: Dell Release Date: May 11, 1999 Studio: Dell Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: As readers who have enjoyed his appearances in original paperbacks already know, Harlan Coben's former professional basketball star Myron Bolitar is not your everyday testosterone-enriched jock. Myron is a mild-mannered guy who drinks chocolate soda and until very recently lived at home with his parents in suburban New Jersey. In his hardcover debut, we find Myron sharing a New York apartment with his longtime lady friend, writer Jessica Culver, and still running MB SportsReps, where he ostensibly manages the careers of other athletes, but really spends most of his time playing private eye. The arrival in Myron's life of rising pro basketball star Brenda Slaughter seriously tests his commitment to Jessica, who is in Hollywood working on a movie. It seems that Brenda's father Horace--Myron's old coach--has disappeared, and Brenda is receiving death threats that might involve a gangster family's plans for a new female professional basketball league. Or the threats might have something to do with Brenda's mother's connection to a wealthy New Jersey political family. Myron and his banker friend Win, a preppy with a penchant for violence, are more than enough to double-team the bad guys. Previous Myron Bolitar games in paperback include Backspin, Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, and Fade Away. Product Description: She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look after her. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life—big time. Now Myron's next move may be his last— Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life. Twenty years before, Brenda's mother deserted her. And just as Brenda is making it to the top of the women's pro basketball world, her father disappears too. A big-time New York sports agent with a foundering love life, Myron has a professional interest in Brenda. Then a personal one. But between them isn't just the difference in their backgrounds or the color of their skin. Between them is a chasm of corruption and lies, a vicious young mafioso on the make, and one secret that some people are dying to keep—and others are killing to protect.... Average Rating:
 Rating:  - another good oneanother good coben novel.....I can't wait to read them all, we pass them around in the office. Rating:  - Maybe the best MB novelYou really should read the Myron Bolitar novels in order to see the characters evolve. This book has all the trademarks of all the MB books-its hilarious, action packed, unpredictable, and satisfies at the end. I don't know if there is a better series out there than Myron Bolitar. Rating: - My Favorite Bolitar Novel So FarONE FALSE MOVE is the fifth novel in Harlan Coben's "Myron Bolitar" series about a sports agent who solves crimes related to his clients. I think it's the best in the series so far. I read a ton of thrillers, and Coben is one of the most consistently entertaining writers in the genre. He's a first-class plotter, and his characters are both funny and endearing. While Coben is best known for his more recent standalone thrillers, his Bolitar novels are also well worth seeking out. ... Read More Rating:  - Good But Not GreatDon't get me wrong, I really like this Myron Bolitar series. I especially like the interaction between Myron and his friend and associate, Win. I also like more action and this story kind of dragged in the beginning. Yes, this is a good mystery, but slow developing. I gave it three stars because it really picked up after the half way point and has an ending that you will never guess. Rating: - Coben Has All The Right MovesIn One False Move Myron Bolitar is again doing more detecting that agenting when he is asked by Norm Zuckerman to play bodyguard to women's basketball sensation Brenda Slaughter (with the hopes of retaining her as a client for MB SportReps). Turns out Myron knew her father Horace, who has been missing for a week, from his days as a teenager playing basketball in some of New Jersey's rougher neighborhoods. Brenda isn't really interested in a Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner (ala 'The Bodyguard') situation, ... Read More |
