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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780752867304
ISBN number: 075286730X
Label: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Manufacturer: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: December 31, 2004
Publishing house: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Sale Popularity Level: 1207579
Studio: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Myron returns from a sabbatical (recovering from the events of ONE FALSE MOVE) to investigate the murder of a client - a troubled New York Yankees baseball player called Clu Haid. Clu was apparently shot by Esperanza Diaz, who just happens to be Myron's best friend and partner in the sport's agency. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn't sure if it has to do with her job, or with her private life. His search for the truth takes him back to a shabby incident from his own past, and to times he would rather forget. THE FINAL DETAIL is classic Harlan Coben - powerful, moving and ultimately shocking. It tells of what a friend can sacrifice and how hard it is to save those you love - particularly from themselves...
Amazon.com Review:
Myron Bolitar is a fascinating character--a guy in his 30s who just moved into his own New York apartment, and who still looks forward to dinner with his parents in New Jersey. A former pro-basketball star and Harvard Law School grad, he now runs his own sports agency, and also dabbles in the private investigation business. He is helped (and sometimes hindered) by his rich, blond, preppy friend Windsor Horne Lockwood III. Win has some awesome lethal powers hidden under his Brooks Brothers suits!
In The Final Detail Win and Myron are looking into the murder of a client--a troubled New York Yankees baseball player called Clu Haid. Clu was apparently shot to death by Esperanza Diaz, who just happens to be Myron's best friend and partner in the sport's agency. Esperanza is hiding something, but Myron isn't sure if it has to do with her job, or with her private life. His search for the truth takes him back to a shabby incident from his own past, and to times he would rather forget. Author Harlan Coben casually drops in dozens of poignant moments of humanity that keep us--and Myron--firmly grounded in reality.
Other books in this excellent series include Backspin, Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, and One False Move. --Dick Adler
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Why is Myron's best friend in jail? Why won't she speak with Myron? True friends are always there when you need them and Myron and his friends don't disappoint.
Watch as this unfolds into an amusing and interesting story.
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I loved the book. Harlan Coben is one of the best author's of this genre.
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I loved the book. Just finished it and have started another. It's great to find a new author to enjoy.
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The Myron Bolitar series is awesome. These books are just as good as his individual novels but they have a much more positve mood, are funnier, and are just great fun. This one was not complex but not so much that you got lost, and once again, as in Fade Away, it ended up having a great deal to do with Myron's past. Awesome!
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I'm a big fan of Harlan Coben, who I consider one of the best suspense writers working today. Like many people, I read Coben's standalone novels, like TELL NO ONE, first. I am now working my way through Coben's older novels, a series of murder mysteries involving a sports agent named Myron Bolitar. THE FINAL DETAIL is the sixth novel in that series, and it's very enjoyable.
I've read almost all of the Bolitar novels now, and I'm very impressed with this series as a whole. The Bolitar novels are more comedic than Coben's standalones, but the suspense novel is still very high. I really like Bolitar as a character, and the supporting cast is wonderfully colorful and eccentric. With one exception (BACK SPIN) this series seems to be getting better with each subsequent book, as Coben improves his writing and plotting skills.
THE FINAL DETAIL involves the murder of one of Bolitar's clients, a murder which threatens both his agency and his long-standing relationship with Esperanza, his business partner. The personal stakes for Bolitar are therefore higher in this novel, which leads to a very exciting read. My only quibble with this novel is the resolution, which kind of comes out of left field, and is not particularly believable. Overall, though, this book is both suspenseful and hilarious, a really fun read at every level.
While this Bolitar novel isn't quite as great as the one before it (ONE FALSE MOVE), it's a worthy addition to the series. I would, however, caution readers not to make this novel their very first Bolitar read -- there are simply too many references to prior books and characters. Read the Bolitar books in order to maximize your enjoyment.
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