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    <body><![CDATA[good writing, as always, but i figured out the twist about halfway through.  i have really liked his other books partly because the twist at the end is so surprising.  it was disappointing to figure it out so early this time.  also, this is the 2nd one i've read in his &quot;myron bolitar&quot; seri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40840292">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[DROP SHOT (PI-Myron Bolitar-NJ/NY-Cont) - G<br/>Coben, Harlan - 2nd in series<br/><br/>From Fantastic Fiction:  The young woman was shot dead in cold blood, dropped outside the stadium, in front of a stand selling Moet for USD 7.50 a glass. Once her tennis career had skyrocketed. Now, at the heig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48444495">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fairly typical Coben Novel in the Myron Bolitar series. The writing style may rub some the wrong way, I find it makes me smile. Sure, the constant reminders at the beginning of the book to place each recurrent character and briefly explain who they are and where they come from can get a bit annoying...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41997690">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In the second Myron Bolitar novel, Myron's client, tennis star Duane Richwood, is at the height of his game, competing in the U.S. Open when a potential client, Valerie Simpson is gunned down.  Duane was on the court playing when Valerie was killed, but Myron knows he is somehow connected to Valerie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15578045">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Myron Bolitar's second outing in the series. This time he is the agent for a young tennis star: Duane Richwood. Whilst playing at the US open another former tennis star: Valerie Simpson, who was trying to make a comeback is shot. As She had been trying to contact Myron 3 times prior to the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23913653">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my second Myron Bolitar book. I enjoyed this one just as much as the first. It was definitely easier to figure out who was doing what but you didn't know why or how. I'm not going to write a plot summary since so many others have already did that. I really enjoyed the interplay between the m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10670522">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was very entertaining and the ending totally caught me by surprise.  The main character (Myron) is a sports agent turned detective when one of his prospective clients is murdered and a coverup is suspected.   Myron is very sarcastic but funny as hell.  He had me laughing out loud many times ove...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46357738">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Myron Bolitar is a pretty interesting guy — a sarcastic ex-athlete-law-school-grad-turned-sports-agent who used to work with the government, has a sociopathic best friend (who I always picture as the young James Spader playing Steff in Pretty in Pink), and now lives in his parents’ basement and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27881899">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I recently started reading this series and have really enjoyed the few I've read so far.  Myron Bolitar is an enjoyable character, a sports agent who solves crimes on the side.  In fact, he's probably more successful at solving the crimes than he is as an agent.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been looking forward to reading a Myron Bolitar mystery for a while, but this one did not live up to my expectations. The much-vaunted humor was repetitive, and the plot itself just wasn't all that compelling. Sorry, Myron; I really DID want to like you.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another change of pace detective thriller with puzzles to solve and a fun character similar to the Spenser series written by Robert Parker.  It's the first one I've read by this author.  I'll read more of these because they are so much fun.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first Harlen Coben book, 2nd in the Myron Bolitar series.  MB is a sports agent with a history in almost professional basketball and some secret work with the government.  His best friend is a &quot;psycho-yuppie&quot; financial advisor.  The story follows the rising star tennis player that Myron...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22769339">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book on the airplane to the VA Festival of the Book over the weekend. It got me from FL to VA, so it was a quick read. <br/><br/>I liked a great deal...very charming and interesting...but was troubled because the form of the plot was exactly like the last Coben I read on another flight. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19289182">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ugh!  Is this my favorite suspenseful author?  Very, very slow to start - like it wasn't worth reading till about chapter 7.  Don't waste your time!  My husband said the same thing!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Unique hero...a sports agent...wonderful Parker-ish dialogue...action only so-so, but thats not the reasoon to read Coben...Its the dialogue and the relationships stupid!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Coben writes a series of book on a character called Myron Bolitar.  Bolitar is a great heroe with an interesting cast of friends and colleagues.  Enjoyable reading. 4 stars. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow - I really, really like this series!  First of all, Myron is an ass kicker, which I enjoy.  His internal dialogue is hilarious, too.  Can't wait to read the next one.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was fun. I liked it more than the previous Coben, likely because it was sports-related and because I saw the twist coming but could never be quite sure.<br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another Coban page turner - read it in one day on the plane and in the airports.  Mind candy, but good, compelling mind candy.  Book 2 in the Myron Bolitar series.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar, #2)]]>
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    <![CDATA[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.<p>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.<p>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.<p>The truth beneath the truth is not only dangerous, it's deadly.  And Myron may be the next victim.<p>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.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Coben's style of writing and his humor is great, but this book for me was predictable and lacking.  I do like the characters Myron &amp; Winn though, especially Winn.]]></body>
    
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