Deal Breaker

Deal Breaker is a 1995 thriller novel by Harlan Coben and is the first of the novels which feature Myron Bolitar.^[1]

Plot

Investigator and sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman whom everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. Suddenly Myron is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail. Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman's secret and a man's lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business—where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.

Character list

Myron Bolitar : Ex-basketball player, currently works as sports agent. Owner of MB SportReps
Windsor "Win" Horne Lockwood, III : Myron's best friend and Owner of Lock-Horne Investments & Securities.
Esperanza Diaz : one of Myron's best friends currently working for Myron.
Jessica : Myron's former girlfriend and current love interest, sister to the missing girl.
Christian Steele : Football star, drafted by the Titans.
Jake Courter : Sheriff Jake, who helps Myron solve the case.
Hermen Ache and Frank Ache : Notoriously known criminals.
Otto Burke : Owner of an NFL team (Titans)
Larry Hanson : former football legend turned executive. Currently working for Otto
Adam Culver : Jessica's and Kathy's dad who been murdered three nights before the start of the series
Roy O' Connor : Sports agent
Paul Duncan : Adam Culver's best friend who works as a cop.
Carol Culver : Jessica and Kathy's Mother and Adam Culver's widow.
Master Kwan : Win and Myron's Tae Kwan Do Master.
Arron : Frank and Herman Aches employee

Film adaptation

A movie adaptation is in development after the rights to the Myron Bolitar novels was bought by Columbia Pictures.^[2]^[3]

Awards

The novel won the 1996 Anthony Award and received an Edgar award nomination in the "Best Paperback original" category.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Lauer, Evelyn (1995-09-06). "The Plot is Thickened with Local Flavors". The Record. Bergen County, NJ: HighBeam Research. Retrieved 2012-04-20. (subscription required)
↑ Deal Breaker at the Internet Movie Database
↑ "Columbia Aquires {sic} Movie Rights to Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar Novels". Monsters and Critics. 2004-12-16. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
↑ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
↑ "Best Paperback Original Mystery Novel Edgar Award Winners and Nominees". Mystery Net. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

Works by Harlan Coben

Stand-alone novels	Play Dead (1990) Miracle Cure (1991) Tell No One (2001) Gone for Good (2002) No Second Chance (2003) Just One Look (2004) The Innocent (2005) The Woods (2007) Hold Tight (2008) Caught (2010) Stay Close (2012) Six Years (2013) Missing You (2014) The Stranger (2015) Fool Me Once (2016)

Myron Bolitar series	Deal Breaker (1995) Drop Shot (1996) Fade Away (1996) Back Spin (1997) One False Move (1998) The Final Detail (1999) Darkest Fear (2000) Promise Me (2006) Long Lost (2009) Live Wire (2011) Home (2016)

Mickey Bolitar series	Shelter (2011) Seconds Away (2012) Found (2014)

Bolitar series characters	Myron Bolitar Windsor "Win" Horne Lockwood, III Esperanza Diaz

Related articles	Tell No One (film)

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