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Avg. Rating: 4.68
Wonderfully, wicked humor and a masterpiece of a plot.
Sports agent extraordinaire Myron Bolitar is coerced into body-guarding Brenda Slaughter, the star player of the Women's National Basketball Association. Brenda's father has mysteriously disappeared just as her mother did twenty years ago. Convinced the two are linked, Myron goes back to his hometown just a stone's throw from Brenda's home. Soon Myron is immeshed in politics, buried secrets, and, most distressing of all, implications that his own father is somehow involved. Meanwhile, his live-in love Jessica has announced she wants a two coast relationship; Esperanza, his right hand at MB Sports, demands a full partnership or she walks; and Big Cyndi is back as receptionist to scare away the clients. Luckily his best friend Win is as reserved and deadly as ever. With the skill of a concert pianist Coben plays your emotions from grins to grimaces with the finale equal to the 1812 Overture. A cast of extraordinary characters, an emotional roller coaster, a masterpiece of a plot, and wonderfully, wicked humor assures there is not One False Move in Coben's latest.
Myron kinda loses his way in this one; read to find out
This is the fifth book in the Myron Bolitar series. While having read only three of the other six to this point, it is not possible to say with certainty that this one is the best of all seven. But "One False Move" has more in-depth personal interactions than the others that I have read, drawing the reader a little closer to Myron than is sometimes the case. For those unfamiliar with Bolitar, he runs MB SportsRep. But his circuitous journey to this point, after his budding basketball career was abruptly ended due to a serious on-court injury, gives Myron a dimension far beyond the typical sports agent.The book is, as usual with Coben, fast-paced with Myron and Win, his quirky, lethal, and blue-blood partner, encountering all manner of sleaze-balls and people with something to hide. Brenda Slaughter, the girl that the new WPBA basketball league is featuring, should be on top of the world. But her father has gone missing after she filed assault charges against him, not to mention the fact that her long-lost mother of twenty years has been on her mind all of that time. Enter Myron; the league needs its investment protected. But the assignment gets more complicated and riskier by the day. Some reviewers find the Coben books humorous. And they are. But the dialogue is more edgy than funny. Of course, the new office worker Cyndi, the spikey ex-pro female wrestler, is captivating and hilarious. There are some good twists in this book. I missed the one at the end - well actually I missed all of them. See if you can get it (them). Meanwhile I'm starting another Myron Bolitar book.
Bolitar Scores Again!
Once again, Harlan Coben and Myron Bolitar are true to form. The witty Bolitar finds himself invloved in a mystery involving murder, a disappearance from twenty years ago and political intrigue. Along with his sidekick Win, he cracks the case, while giving the reader a jolly good time. Hard to put down!
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