Product Description

Investigator and sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. Suddenly Myron is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail. Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman's secret and a man's lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business - where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #197953 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
Harlan Coben was the first ever author to win all three major crime awards in the US, and has established a best-selling series of crime novels starring his powerful creation, Myron Bolitar. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children.

Customer Reviews

Another Typcial Coben Page Turner.
Coben's Triple act of Myron, Win and Esperanza start their adventures in this book, that explodes with action from start to finish. Coben manages to get more twists and turns into a book that most manage in a career and always manages to write books that make you just want to read one more chapter before you turn out the lights - no matter how heavy your eyelids are!

Although the characters are first introduced in this book, it often doesn't seem like an introduction to a series, little of how Win, Myron and Esperanza meet and how they set up the sports rep firm is explained. This doesn't really distract from a romping good read and shows promise that is fullfilled in some of his later books.

Highly recommended.

An exceptional read
'Deal Breaker' is the first in the award winning series of thrillers from Harlan Coben, starring the basketball star turned federal agent turned sports agent, Myron Bolitar. The story begins when a rookie football player gets a call from his girlfriend who has been missing for over a year and her picture appears in an ad in a magazine. He calls his agent, Myron, who is also the ex-boyfriend of the missing girl's sister, to investigate. With the help of his friend Win, Myron digs deep into the strange disappearence, the murder of the girl's father and finds that this mysterious case is much more than a simple run away or murder.

I've read and loved a few of Coben's stand-alone novels such as Tell No One and after hearing so many positive things about this series I thought it was time to give it a go. I sat in my garden during an unusually hot and sunny day this weekend and read the whole book in one sitting as I was that engrossed in the story. Myron is an absolutely brilliant character that is one minute sharp and witty and the next clever and dangerous. His relationship with Win is great with some really humorous dialogue. Not much was mentioned about Myron's background in this book so I really look forward to finding out more about him and his past.

The basis of the story is very similar to other Coben books (a supposed missing/dead person contacts their loved one) and is full of twists and suspense from the opening chapter, but the setting is much lighter, the characters seem much more developed and the story is just so fast-flowing than some of his stand-alone books. I'm not saying I don't like the stand-alones as they are some of the best works of crime fiction at the moment, but I think this series really seems to be where Coben is at his peak as they are just so good. The mystery kept me guessing right until the end and provided quite a surpise when the outcome was revealed.

Other than the sunburn I got when reading this book, I've got nothing to complain about at all with this one and I really can't wait to read through the other books in the series (I've just started the 2nd book, Drop Shot, today). I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a quick, exciting and well written read.

Don't bother with reviews, JUST BUY IT
I thoroughly enjoyed this book which i bought after reading the reviews on this site, which has not always been 100% successful in the past.

Harlan Coben created a story that i felt immediately at home with. The characters are very quickly idetifiable with, and thankfully you are not bombarded with character facts and itricate plot developments straight from the first few pages. Coben's style is to give you a little more information about plot and character as and when it suits. This is such a welcome relief from other writers that give so much detail of characters and plot that you need a pen and paper by your side to remember what the hell is going on.

I was so impressed with this book that I just had to buy another straight away, which wasn't that easy while away on holiday in a foreign country. I had to restrict the number of pages i read so that the enjoyment would last, BUT it never worked and i just happily read to the finish that hit me as hard as one of Win's punches.

A must read, and if necessary, pay twice the cover price, or just steal it off anyone you see reading it!!!!!!!!