Synopsis
Sports agent Myron Bolitar is a reluctant hero. Hired to protect a women's basketball star after she receives threats on her life, Bolitar doesn't take the case seriously until he begins to fall for her. As he learns more about her tragic past, he also comes to realize that he must act quickly to save not only her, but himself as well.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-06-01 | | Series: | Myron Bolitar | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look after her. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life--big time. Now Myron's next move may be his last--Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.Twenty years before, Brenda's mother deserted her. And just as Brenda is making it to the top of the women's pro basketball world, her father disappears too. A big-time New York sports agent with a foundering love life, Myron has a professional interest in Brenda. Then a personal one. But between them isn't just the difference in their backgrounds or the color of their skin. Between them is a chasm of corruption and lies, a vicious young mafioso on the make, and one secret that some people are dying to keep--and others are killing to protect....
The lightning-paced world of women's professional basketball sets the scene for Myron Bolitar's latest case. Sports agent and occasional private eye, Bolitar is hired to protect basketball superstar Brenda Slaughter, who has been receiving bizarre death threats. Myron also hopes to sign Brenda on with his agency and spends enough time with the captivating star to lose his heart in the bargain. Myron's investigation heats up after Brenda's father is killed and more bodies litter the path of his search for clues. A "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of 1998.
Industry Reviews
Edgar and Shamus Award winner Coben breaks into hardcover with a new Myron Bolitar mystery. Here, Bolitar must protect the star of a women's basketball team.
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