by
Harlan Coben
05/08/2006
Last seen in bestseller Coben's Darkest
Fear (2000), Myron Bolitar, former
basketball star (Boston Celtics) turned
sports and entertainment agent and
occasional knight in shining armor, is
back in fighting form in his action-packed
eighth thriller. For the past six years
Myron has been leading a quiet life, much
of it at his parents' old house in
Livingston, N.J. A new girlfriend, Ali
Wilder, a 9/11 widow, is helping to bring
him out of his shell. Concerned that Ali's
teenage daughter, Erin, and Erin's friend,
Aimee Biel, might fall in with the wrong
crowd, Myron gives them his contact
information in case either of them feels
she needs help. Aimee later calls him in
the middle of the night for a lift to a
friend's house, on condition that her
request remain a secret. When Aimee turns
up missing in circumstances mirroring
those surrounding another vanished girl,
Bolitar himself becomes a suspect in her
disappearance and must use his wits and
martial arts skills to uncover the truth.
Coben fans will find much to enjoy in this
well-crafted suspense novel, which has a
startling final twist. (Apr. 25)
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