Drop Shot - Softcover

Coben, Harlan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440220459 ISBN 13: 9780440220459

Publisher: Random House LCC US, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"A fast-paced plot, witty dialogue, more than a few surprises, and a you'll-never-guess-whodunit denouement."--"Armchair Detective" "Superb writing...Harlan Coben serves up an ace with Drop Shot,"""--John Lutz, author of "Death by Jury" "From the Paperback edition."

From the Author

FROM THE 1996 EDGAR AWARD NOMINATED AUTHOR OF DEAL BREAKER
The HOUSTON CHRONICLE writes, "[DROPSHOT] has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing to the end. The prose is lean, the story moves briskly, and the dialogue crackles. Like fellow wisecracking PIs Spenser and Elvis Cole, Myron Bolitar is great fun in the best `hard-boiled' tradition. His one liners and observations are consistently amusing and frequently laugh-out-loud funny." MOSTLY MURDER adds, "YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK -- DROPSHOT backhands the competition." THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE said DROPSHOT had "a fast-paced plot, witty dialogue, more than a few surprises, and you'll-never-guess-it denouement." The author welcomes comments. Just email away! And thank you for taking the time!

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House LCC US
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440220459
• ISBN 13: 9780440220459
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 341