One False Move - Harlan Coben

The ever-suave Myron Bolitar is a character created by successful author Harlan Coben. Much in the same ilk as James Patterson's Alex Cross or Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, Bolitar takes the role of the hero in a number of Coben's books, and this is one such book. One False Move gives us another adventure for Bolitar, a sports agent who moonlights as a private investigator. Bolitar is having a successful run: his business is going well and he has just acquired the signing of the hottest female sports star around, Breabda Slaughter, albeit in a sneaky fashion. However, things aren't always as they seem, and Myron does tend to get himself deeply involved with ...

A lot of stinging criticism has been levelled at book clubs (most of it justified I may add) but without the pain of the four book commitment I had with one club previously then I seriously doubt whether I would have stumbled across some of the unheralded authors out there. One of those is certainly Harlan Coben. After wading through another of those monthly catalogues I was “forced” to pick a book from an unknown author. The one I picked is this book, “One False Move” which is from my favourite category Crime & Thrillers. Why did I pick this one out? One reason, it had a positive comment attached to it from Michael Connelly. He ...