Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben is now one of my favourite authors and I have read all of his books up to date. Deal Breaker was his very first and his first including the character Myron. Deal Breaker is about Myron Bolitar, a sports agent from New York who also does a little detective work when it is required. This is a crime novel and for me to like it means it has to be good as I rarely even pick up crime books as they don't interest me too much. Myron has to be the detective in this book when his new and promising client Christian Steele's girlfriend rings up when she is thought to be dead. So begins a thrilling journey into how Myron copes with this and deals with the ...

It was nearly three years ago that I first came across the work of Harlan Coben, and that wasn't through his printed books at all. I listen to a lot of speech radio, and I heard several serialisations of his novels on Oneword radio. I enjoyed hearing the stories, and about six months ago when I was stuck at Heathrow airport for five hours waiting for a flight that looked like it was never going to take off. A trip to the airport bookshop seemed in order, and I discovered that they were selling 'Dealbreaker' on special offer, that finally persuaded me to give Harlan Coben a try. I had almost finished the book before the flight was called. First a brief outline ...