Drop Shot
A Myron Bolitar Novel
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4.2 • 925 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In the second Myron Bolitar novel from Edgar Award–winner Harlan Coben, a young woman’s tragic death spirals into a shattering drama of menace, secrets, and rage. Suddenly Myron is in over his head—and playing the most dangerous game of all.
“Engaging . . . hilarious.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review
Once, Valerie Simpson’s tennis career skyrocketed; now, the headlines belong to a player from the wrong side of the tracks. But when Valerie is shot dead in cold blood and dropped outside the stadium at the U.S. Open, sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates the killing and uncovers a connection between the two players and a six-year-old murder at an exclusive mainline club. As Myron is drawn into the case—along with a dirty U.S. senator, a jealous mother, and the mob—he finds himself caught between a killer and the truth.
“Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist.”—Dan Brown
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Quirky, sarcastic sports agent Myron Bolitar makes his second appearance (after Deal Breaker), pursuing the killer of a 24-year-old has-been tennis star on the verge of making her comeback. When someone shoots Valerie Simpson near the Food Court during the U.S. Open, Myron learns she was urgently trying to contact him. Rapid-fire dialogue reminiscent of Gregory McDonald's Fletch books keeps the pace whirring as Myron, sometimes aided by his elegantly lethal pal Win Lockwood, prowls New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey. Dry humor and a self-deprecating attitude make Myron an appealing hero, and minor characters are delineated with attitude and verve. The exception, Myron's girlfriend, Jessica, is so flawlessly beautiful, brilliantly accomplished and oversexed (rescued from an attempted gang rape, she immediately wants to make love), that she seems more a fantasy than a character.
Customer Reviews
Awesome book
I like Myron Bolitar. Coben does a really good job developing characters. After reading two Bolitar books I will be looking for more of them.
Great plot
Great plots but Sexist and juvenile in its portrayal of women. Reflection of the times and age of author.
Better than his first.
Win is really a homicidal lunatic. He needs to kill. The other parts of the story are feasible, the Win character is not. In real life, all his murders would be investigated. Coben is saying the every kill by Win turns out to be a perfect crime. Sorry. That just doesn’t work for me. If he only used his martial arts skills, that would be better. I hope Coben fixes this in some way but he’s just killed too many in the first two books.