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Summary: The deadly world of tennis
Review: A still-young, ex-phenom, female tennis player frantically tries to contact sports agent Myron Bolitar but is mysteriously shot in the food court at the U.S. Open before finding him. Then it turns out that she contacted the newest rising men's star, a youth who has clawed his way up from the ghetto, shortly before her death, and, furthermore, she had some involvement with the son of a powerful senator, who had been stabbed to death six years prior. It all makes for a page turning read as Myron Bolitar with his usual cast of characters - Win, the lethal Ivy leaguer, his exotic, ex-pro wrestler, female office manager, and his contacts in law enforcement and elsewhere - moves through the world of tennis coaching, exclusive country clubs, pro tennis, and the lurking presence of the crime world trying to sort through contradictions and fragments to find the murderer of the comeback tennis lady. Some of his interactions are just amusing. A lunch with his detective friend Jake at a local diner is classic. While the book does stand on its own, there is just a little bit of the sense of its being cut from a cookie cutter mold with Deal Breaker being the first cookie. You will find repeated background descriptions, which may be necessary, but are repetitious for those who have been along for the Myron Bolitar ride from the beginning. Nonetheless, the book makes for a quick and entertaining read.
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Summary: High Quality High Camp
Review: A thoughtful, literary friend recommended Harlan Coben to me recently--I had never heard of him. But my friend said his main character, Myron Bolitar, was a lot of fun--neurotic, still living with his nudgie Jewish parents, wise-cracking--and the stories sizzled. Well, I read Drop Shot, and I gotta say, the book feels like it rolled off of the modern detective assembly line. Another friend once decided to become a mystery writer, and after studying the reigning deities (and attending courses on writing mysteries) he told me the secret recipe: the character has to be situated in a city; you have to refer to great restaurants and places to go in that city like you were a tour guide; and the detective has to be a lone wolf with all sorts of quirky personality traits. If this is true, then Bolitar comes straight out of central casting. I live in Northern Jersey and work in New York, and believe me, Coben hits all the hidden hot spots as if he were a native. Bolitar has the obligatory quirks--encyclopedic memory of classic movie and television dialogue, wise guy reparte to the point of overkill--and the requisite sense of righteous indignation at the bad guys. The dialogue often sounds like nothing real people would ever say outside of a bad take off on Damon Runyon (filtered through Chandler and McBain). And the main characters (including the bad guys) are more like cartoon superheroes than real people. Worst, I saw the "plot twists" coming from miles away, despite the fact that Coben tries to play the ending like a real stunning who-dunnit. Yet, for all this, I could not put the book down. And then I read Deal Breaker and the same thing happened. And I plan to read all the rest of his books, one after the other, soon. Because Coben is FUN. The books move with lightning speed, and like a good comic book, you are willing to suspend your disbelief, go along for the ride, because the author is so clearly enjoying what he is doing. It may read like high camp at times, but it is high quality high camp with characters you can care about even if they are unbelievable at heart.
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Summary: DROP SHOT IS DROP DEAD ENTERTAINING!
Review: Drop Shot has it all! Fast-moving storyline, great characters,witty dialogue and, best of all, lots of surprises. This is the first book I've read by Harlan Coben (although I have his latest, One False Move)and I definitely plan to get the rest in the Simon Bolivar series. I highly recommend Drop Shot to anyone who enjoys mysteries!
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Summary: A Classic Bolitar...
Review: Drop Shot is the second in the Myron Bolitar sports agent/detective series and just like the first, is amazing. Granted, it does follow some of the same plot from book 1 (Deal Breaker), it is still a superb mystery which will keep you guessing to the last sentence (no joke). I love Myron because of his unconventional ways and his hysterical wit. Coben is able to mix the exact amount of comedy and mystery for an excellent second book to the series. Also recommended are Coben's non Myron books "Tell No One", "Gone For Good", and "Tell No One". P.S - If anyone ever wonders, the little town in New Jersey he keeps referring to is Livingston, NJ, a suburbian little town where Harlan went to school and grew up. He also uses other towns and places around the area, which really show up as this is where Gone For Good is set in.
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Summary: Not His Best But Still Very Good
Review: Drop Shot was a bit of a drop off from Deal Breaker, but still very entertaining. The plot had the same twists and turns and the same main and entertaining characters. The characters were only truly understood, however, if you had read Deal Breaker, Coben's first in the Bolitar series. I also had the plot figured out about forty pages before Myron did (maybe I was lucky) which certainly did not happen in Deal Breaker.
The same sardonic wit was displayed throughout. An very entertaining mystery. I look forward to Mr. Coben's future Bolitar novels going back to the five star level though.
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Summary: An Overhand Smash of a Novel
Review: Harlan Coben is a genius in the mystery literary world. This book reads faster than a Pete Sampras serve. With a blistering-paced plot and the funniest dialogue known to the mystery world, DROP SHOT is nothing but pure magic. This book is a must read. I can't wait to read the rest of the Myron Bolitar mystery series. DROP SHOT will not dissappoint.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Harlan Coben's books are always good. They keep you guessing till the very end. Myron Bolitar is a sports agent who will do anything to help his client even if it is not in their contract. In this book Myron helps his Tennis star Duanne Richardson. Duanne is a suspect in the murder of Valerie Simpson. Myron goes and investigates the murder of Valerie and what he finds he does not like. This book has humour, suspense, mystery and everything in it to make a great book. I liked this book even though I am 12. I would not recommend it for children though it has things that could be considered questionable.
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Summary: Not as good as Deal Breaker, but still great!
Review: I read this book in one day, and it was great. But at this point I expect as much from Harlan Coben. Drop Shot was not as excellent as Deal Breaker, and I had the ending figured out before Myron. But none the less it is still an exciting, suspensful, and funny novel. I recommend it. And I have already picked up Myron's next adventure, the Edgar award winning Fade Away. I can't wait to get started.
If you pick up this book, which you should, enjoy! :)
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Summary: Read a Harlan Coben - any one
Review: Some months back, I went to a bookshop in New Delhi & found one copy of each of the Myron Bolitair series. I bought two titles as they seemed interesting. Two days later, having finished both, I went back & bought the entire lot & both the Non- Myron Bolitair books; which meant that I had cleaned out their Harlan Corben stock as they only had one copy each.
The bookshop owners then went & re-stocked many more copies of each title, It's difficult to suggest a specific Harlan Coben Book: I found them all tremendously enjoyable. Read any one & you will be hooked. It isn't necessary to read them in any order but I would recommend that start from the first as Myron's life will then unfold as lives should.... The crimes at the heart of each book can be read in any order.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: The second book in the Myron Bolitar series Drop Shot might not be the greatest adventure for Myron in his sensational series but it is still a very good read. Myron is the sports manager for ex street kid Duane Richwood who is playing in the US Open and is expected to be the next biggest thing in male tennis. Valerie Simpson, the ex women's champion who had a breakdown is rumoured to be on the verge of a comeback. She makes an appointment with Myron but is gunned down at the US Open just before they are supposed to meet. Police suspect Duane has something to do with her murder and Myron feels a responsibility to solve her murder to both clear him and because Valerie would have been his client. When he discovers Valerie's ex boyfriend Alexander Cross (is Coben starting a friendly rivalry with James Patterson by killing of someone with a very similar name to Patterson's most popular crime solving character?) was also murdered he knows he has stumbled onto something big. Alexander Cross was the son of a US senator and the mafia also doesn't want Myron poking around into their business but we all know Myron, he can't resist. The Bolitar series are fast paced can't put down until the last page reads. Start with the original masterpiece Deal Breaker though as plots of former novels are given away in later ones if you read them out of order. Once you have read one you will have to read them all. Coben's independent novels Tell No One, Gone For Good and No Second Chance are also masterpieces. Buy them too.
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