Valerie Simpson is a young female tennis star with a troubled past who's now on the verge of a comeback and wants Myron as her agent. Myron, who's also got the hottest young male tennis star, Duane Richwood, primed to take his first grand slam tournament, couldn't be happier. That is, until Valerie is murdered in broad daylight at the U.S. Open and Myron's number one client becomes the number one suspect.
Clearing Duane's name should be easy enough. Duane was playing in a match at the time of Valerie's death. But why is his phone number in Valerie's black book when he claims only to have known her in passing? Why was she calling him from a phone booth on the street? The police stop caring once they pin the murder on a man known for having stalked Valerie and seen talking to her moments before the murder. But Myron isn't satisfied. It seems too clean for him.
Myron pries a bit and finds himself prying open the past where six years before, Valerie's fiancee, the son of a senator, was brutally murdered by a juvenile delinquent and a straight-A student was subsequently gunned down on the street in retaliation, his death squandered in bureaucratic files. And everyone from the Senator to the mob want Myron to stop digging.
The truth beneath the truth is not only dangerous, it's deadly. And Myron may be the next victim.
In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction--Myron Bolitar--a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance.
Amy A. (amyaguilar) from RENO, NV wrote on 5/21/2008...
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Another wonderful Myron Bolitar story. Man, is this guy great or what!! If Myron was real I would most certainly have a crush on him.
David & Kathy W. (spOOnman) from DALLAS, TX wrote on 3/5/2007...
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Intrigue, romance, suspense and humor
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Donna C. (g-ma) from MONETT, MO wrote on 11/19/2008...
Like these characters!1 Win is unstoppable and unafraid of anything, him and Myron make a funny team for solving murders.
Crystal B. (Sunshine) from AUSTIN, TX wrote on 2/17/2008...
The Myron Bolitor series is entertaining, witty characters. This is the 2nd in the series. I did figure something out much earlier than I like but it was a good book.
Rhonda H. (rkh445) from HARTFORD, AL wrote on 2/8/2008...
You must read the Myron Bolitar series. Fully entertaining.
Jane K. (JDay) from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote on 6/5/2007...
If you're already a Myron Bolitar fan, this is a great one...an especially good mystery along with the usual great characters, fast pace, really fun dialogue. If you don't know Myron yet, you're in for a treat!
Andrea L. (grizwong) from BUFFALO, NY wrote on 4/26/2007...
This is one of my favorite Myron Bolitar - sports rep/dectective novels. It is full of wit & absurdity as usual, but also has somw surprising plot twists & insight.
Barbara M. (LadyExplicate) from NEW YORK, NY wrote on 4/25/2007...
Another great Harlan Coben mystery, this one an early Myron Bolitar. The wise-cracking sports agent falls into a plot somewhere between Spenser and Noir -- oh, yeah, he's from New Jersey. GReat read.
Bette R. from BRADENTON, FL wrote on 3/14/2007...
My husband and I love Harlan Coben books. Fun to read, and have a twist to them.
Louis H. (swapcat) from LOMPOC, CA wrote on 2/24/2007...
This is my second read of a Myron Bolitar novel. Still a lot of fun to read! I intend to read the others, too. I appreciate Coben's ability to get me to laugh out loud at the dialog and the thoughts. And finding the killer of Valerie Simpson, who wanted to re-enter the tennis world. ... I'm reading a non-Bolitar Coben novel now, of which more later.
Melissa P. (melissaenglish72) from GREENVILLE, NY wrote on 1/28/2007...
2nd in the Myron Bolitar series. Good mystery.
Kelly W. from ALBANY, OR wrote on 11/30/2006...
The back cover of this book is a little worn but I got it from PBS last month and figure it should be okay to repost it.