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
- 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 in the force; family friend of the Culver's.
- 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 IMDb
- ^ "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.
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