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Fade Away (Myron Bolitar)
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Author: Harlan Coben
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Fade Away (Myron Bolitar) Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440222682
ISBN: 0440222680
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 1996-11-02
Publisher: Dell
Product Release Date: 1996-11-02
Studio: Dell
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440222682
ISBN: 0440222680
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 1996-11-02
Publisher: Dell
Product Release Date: 1996-11-02
Studio: Dell
Editorial Review of Fade Away (Myron Bolitar)
The home was top-notch New Jersey suburban. The living room was Martha Stewart. The basement was Legos—and blood. For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories—of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron is unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past he can't relive, and a present he may not survive.
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.
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.
Customer Reviews of Fade Away (Myron Bolitar)
Customer Rating: 
Review Summary: not my style
Review: I am a fan of Harlan Coben but have never read this particular series. In contrast to the majority of reviews, I found this to be tedious rather than witty and in need of additional editing. Lame, forced dialog on top of a silly plot...even taking it for what it is, there are better ways to spend one's time.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: superb reprint
Review: Ten years ago an injury ended his stint in the NBA without him playing one professional regular season game, but though Myron Bolitar has always thought of what could have been he uses self deprecating humor to move on and mope over what was lost to fate. He spent time as the most visible undercover FBI agent in the country (remember this is pre Plame days) before deciding to become a sports agent.
New Jersey Dragons owner Chip Arnstein wants to hire Myron to find his longtime sports rival going back to the sixth grade and the ACC, Greg Downing, who has had an illustrious pro career. The word to the media is he sprained his ankle; but on the street and in the Dragons front office Greg vanished five days ago. Using his not so honed FBI skills, Myron investigates with clues leading to a corpse, gambling, bold thirsty point shaving mobsters and a bit of everything else. Myron realizes he never came to grips with the injury that ended his career before it began.
The reprint of the third Bolitar tale (see DEAL BREAKER and DROPSHOT) is a superb story that easily overcomes the initial credibility of an owner hiring a sports agent to play sleuth due to the hero. Myron is wisecracking throughout targeting himself more so than others, but as he gets closer to finding his firmer rival, he realizes the humor hides his disappointment. This is a terrific series that holds up nicely a decade plus since its first printing as this entry affirms.
Harriet Klausner
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Buyer beware
Review: This is a great book BUT pay attention. It is a REPRINT of a book first published in 1996. I was so excited to see a NEW RELEASE Myron book I didn't notice. Personally, I think they should have to state such IN LARGE PRINT on the cover.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Tremendous!
Review: This was my 2nd MB novel to read, and they are just flat out fun. They are just as good as Coben's other books, but they are funnier and they have a much more positive outlook. This book is a quick read yet it still has a tremendous and well thought out storyline. I especially loved the end, when it all came back to tie to Myron. Tremendous.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: enjoyable if not taken too seriously
Review: These novels are best when you take them for what they are. They are light mystery novels with a little bit of comedy and witty dialogue mixed in.
This is the third novel in the Myron Bolitar series (the first two are Deal Breaker and Drop Shot) and it follows basically the same formula. It isn't necessary, however, to read the first two to enjoy this one. Coben does a good job of constructing the novels with the ability for each one to stand on it's on if needed.
I enjoy the dialogue as much as anything else. Coben is able to keep me very entertained with the back and forth between his very original characters as we follow them through plot twists, turns, and suprises.
This novel is more sports based than the other two which made it that much more enjoyable to me.
A fun light read that doesn't take itself too seriously. You shouldn't either.
Review Summary: not my style
Review: I am a fan of Harlan Coben but have never read this particular series. In contrast to the majority of reviews, I found this to be tedious rather than witty and in need of additional editing. Lame, forced dialog on top of a silly plot...even taking it for what it is, there are better ways to spend one's time.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: superb reprint
Review: Ten years ago an injury ended his stint in the NBA without him playing one professional regular season game, but though Myron Bolitar has always thought of what could have been he uses self deprecating humor to move on and mope over what was lost to fate. He spent time as the most visible undercover FBI agent in the country (remember this is pre Plame days) before deciding to become a sports agent.
New Jersey Dragons owner Chip Arnstein wants to hire Myron to find his longtime sports rival going back to the sixth grade and the ACC, Greg Downing, who has had an illustrious pro career. The word to the media is he sprained his ankle; but on the street and in the Dragons front office Greg vanished five days ago. Using his not so honed FBI skills, Myron investigates with clues leading to a corpse, gambling, bold thirsty point shaving mobsters and a bit of everything else. Myron realizes he never came to grips with the injury that ended his career before it began.
The reprint of the third Bolitar tale (see DEAL BREAKER and DROPSHOT) is a superb story that easily overcomes the initial credibility of an owner hiring a sports agent to play sleuth due to the hero. Myron is wisecracking throughout targeting himself more so than others, but as he gets closer to finding his firmer rival, he realizes the humor hides his disappointment. This is a terrific series that holds up nicely a decade plus since its first printing as this entry affirms.
Harriet Klausner
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Buyer beware
Review: This is a great book BUT pay attention. It is a REPRINT of a book first published in 1996. I was so excited to see a NEW RELEASE Myron book I didn't notice. Personally, I think they should have to state such IN LARGE PRINT on the cover.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Tremendous!
Review: This was my 2nd MB novel to read, and they are just flat out fun. They are just as good as Coben's other books, but they are funnier and they have a much more positive outlook. This book is a quick read yet it still has a tremendous and well thought out storyline. I especially loved the end, when it all came back to tie to Myron. Tremendous.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: enjoyable if not taken too seriously
Review: These novels are best when you take them for what they are. They are light mystery novels with a little bit of comedy and witty dialogue mixed in.
This is the third novel in the Myron Bolitar series (the first two are Deal Breaker and Drop Shot) and it follows basically the same formula. It isn't necessary, however, to read the first two to enjoy this one. Coben does a good job of constructing the novels with the ability for each one to stand on it's on if needed.
I enjoy the dialogue as much as anything else. Coben is able to keep me very entertained with the back and forth between his very original characters as we follow them through plot twists, turns, and suprises.
This novel is more sports based than the other two which made it that much more enjoyable to me.
A fun light read that doesn't take itself too seriously. You shouldn't either.