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 Drop Shot - Harlan Coben
 Drop Shot - Harlan Coben ... stadium, in front of a stand selling Moet for $7.50 a glass. Once her tennis career had skyrocketed. Now, at the height of the US Open, the headlines were being made by another young player from the wrong side of the tracks. When Myron Bolitar investigates the killing he uncovers a connection between the two players and a six-year-old murder at an exclusive club. Suddenly Myron is in over his head. And with a dirty US senator, a jealous mother and the mob all drawn into the case, he finds himself playing the most dangerous game of all.Newest Review: ... he goes to find out the truth, but the twisting and turning plot of Harlan Coben's winds up landing him in deeper than he ... more ... wanted to go, and he gets embroiled in a secret that was thought buried.
For Drop Shot, Coben's writing remains in the same mould as Deal Breaker, which impressed me. Quite often, authors hit success with one novel and then relax and let a different and more arrogant style of writing take hold, thus preventing them a second success. Coben here stays true to the character of Bolitar he developed in Deal Breaker and gives him the same characteristics and friends to play with. The novel hurtles through, and is very easy ...more |
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Drop Shot
Pages: 384, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Orion Last Update 06.12.2009 05:57
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Drop Shot - Harlan Coben: More work for Coben's Bolitar (682 words)
by - written on 16/10/08 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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In his debut novel, Harlan Coben introduced us to his charismatic hero, the sports agent/private investigator Myron Bolitar. The plot was simple yet effective, and it was more of a novel that tested the waters of the crime thriller genre in the hope of some success. The novel was called Deal Breaker, and I found it very enjoyable. In his second novel, also featuring the hero Bolitar, Coben further develops the character at the same time as giving him another juicy crime to get himself involved in. This time, the bodyof a rising tennis star turns up outside the tennis stadium in the middle of the US Open. As another player with a bit of a wild streak starts ... Read the complete review
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