Back Spin (Myron Bolitar)
by Harlan Coben
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Author: Harlan CobenReader: Jonathan Marosz
Edition: Music CD
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2007-03-06
ISBN: 0739341006
Publisher: Random House Audio
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Summary: 4 Stars
I have read the Myron books out of sequence, which makes their freshness harder to judge. What may be a new angle or detail for sequential readers may be old news for me. Some of the regular style points and riffs the author uses appear here. Some are to be expected, such as wise-cracking by several characters, even small role-players. It wouldn't be right without some people as cynical wise guys.
The story is adequate enough, with some slowness in the middle third. This isn't the book for golf lovers who can't tolerate some cracks about their beloved sport. Are golfers athletes? Myron: "sort of". Coben has some nice twists, along with some tips that were near giveaways.
I was also amused by how much the cultural observations and occasional details have already aged. Take the AOL dial-up as one example. And forget the beepers. Such is the fate of novels meant to be timely.
Another pleasant diversion from Mr. Coben. Read it in a couple of days and then move on. Jack's story might also remind you of Greg Norman and his challenges in the majors.
3.5 stars
Summary of Back Spin (Myron Bolitar)
Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters' motel--and back in time to a U.S. Open twenty-three years ago, when Jack Coldren should have won, but didn't. Suddenly Myron finds himself surrounded by blue bloods, criminals, and liars. And as one family's darkest secrets explode into murder, Myron finds out just how rough this game can get.In stories 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 appearance.
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