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    <body><![CDATA[I haven’t exactly resisted reading Harlan Coben before, but I somehow didn’t think a mystery series about a sports agent could be that riveting. I mean, I like teams of sweaty men in skimpy uniforms as much as the next girl, but a sports agent just sounded smarmy and, well, kind of dull. Man, wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45594531">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a nice change of pace from the usual detective/suspense story. Instead of a detective, we have Myron Bolitar, a sports agent. Granted, he *used* to be a Fed, and he has a law degree, but he’s not a cop, nonetheless. I liked Myron, though his friend Win is a little…. weird. But an intere...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2493504">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[DEAL BREAKER (Unl. Inv.-Myron Boliter-Cont) - G<br/>Coben, Harlan - 1st in series<br/><br/>From Fantastic Fiction: Sports agent and sometime investigator 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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49042442">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of Coben's, Myron Bolitar series.  I enjoyed this one, because of the plots twists and the fantastic development of both Bolitar and his best friend Win.  I did not enjoy that fact that the language was at times much worse than the other novels I have read by him.  I did enjoy it a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15371331">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is everything I want in a good book. It was a fun easy read but not total cotton candy trash. It's the first book in the series but feels like I've picked one up in the middle only because the characters feel so developed. Harlan hints at all this backstory which I think (I hope) will be r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77210784">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun read!  Thanks, Alicia. :-)  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was surprised that this is the first in the Myron Bolitar series (I've been reading them out of order).  There was not an undue amount of exposition to 'set up' the characters as I would have expected when introducing a new cast of characters. Loved the book and the dry humor of many of the charac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74741409">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My second Harlan Coben-- nice to find a decent writer of thrillers/mysteries. I like the characters he develops. His &quot;regulars&quot; remind me of Robert B Parker and his cast of characters.<br/><br/>This is apparently the first Myron Bolitar novel. The first one I read was apparently the most...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40768582">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So I first have to say that even though I really enjoyed this book it's not one I can recommend. There were too many f words &amp; other profanity. And one of the characters is promiscuous with more detail than I would have liked. But I thought the plot was fun &amp; interesting. I really liked the main cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55902886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Love Harlan Coben, but don't love this book. The language is very hard to get past and really invades the story. Also I got lost on Jessica--she really wasn't characterized solidly--unless you count physical descriptions over and over--but when we were &quot;in her head&quot; her humor, etc. was jus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41216282">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I tell this to anyone who will listen: as far as this genre goes, it doesn't get any better than Coben. The man not only can think up riveting plot twists and story arcs, but he can write a damn fine dialogue and to me, that's what makes or breaks a book, especially in the thriller genre. Coben is n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79666550">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book!  Billed as the &quot;First Myron Bolitar Novel,&quot; I will be soon reading the second novel.  Ex-football star, ex-FBI agent, ex-lawyer, current sports representative trying to line up some stars, Bolitar finds two of his best prospects being threatened.  Enter ex-wife, whose sister di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65292594">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read other Coben book and thoroughly enjoyed them.  I like the fact that they take place in NJ.  This is my first &quot;Bolitar&quot; book.  I didn't realize there was a series of them. It was a fun read.  I enjoyed the sarcasm of the Characters and the relationships.  Although this won the Ant...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68325477">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great plot twists and constant irreverent banter mark Myron Bolitar as a great character, a first round choice.  But the ending left my knee hurting as the plot twists limped into a too rapid denouement.  But the process to get to the ending was worthwhile.  Definitely a trip to the seamy side of NY...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42500296">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the first of the Myron Bolitar series. Myron Bolitor is a sort of James Bond type character who is a sports agent full-time, and an amateur detective in his free time. The book is interesting, and it's interesting to see how he researches the crime to find who dunit. I'm looking forward...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38948459">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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