β Scribed by Harlan Coben
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Master of suspense Harlan Coben ratchets up the tension as sports agent Myron Bolitar gets mixed up in some international intrigue in this #1 New York Times bestseller.
With an early morning phone call, an old flame wakes Myron Bolitar from sleep. Terese Collins is in Paris, and she needs his help. In her debt, Myron makes the trip, and learns of a decade-long secret: Terese once had a daughter who died in a car accident. Now it seems as though that daughter may be aliveand tied to a sinister plot with shocking global implications...
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Myron Bolitar takes on international terrorists in bestseller Coben's fast-paced ninth thriller to feature the sports and entertainment agent (after Promise Me). With his romantic relationship with 9/11 widow Ali Wilder on the rocks, Myron is free at a moment's notice to accept the invitation of his former lover, Terese Collins, a TV newswoman who dropped out of his life years earlier, to join her in Paris. There Terese tells Myron her investigative reporter ex-husband, Rick, whom Myron never knew about, recently got back in touch with her and hinted at an earthshaking revelation. Rick's murder plunges Bolitar into a frenzied, often violent chase across Europe in an effort to learn Rick's secret. Aided by his upper-class sidekick and bodyguard, Win, Bolitar builds up an impressive body count as he attempts to prove he didn't kill Rickand foil a terrorist plot that's as imaginative as it is preposterous. Bolitar fans will cheer their hero every step of the way. (Apr.)
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Mutli-award-winning author Coben returns to the series that kick-started his red-hot career in his latest novel starringHarvard-educated sports agent/private eye Myron Bolitar (after Promise Me, 2006). Myron hasnt had contact with Teresa Collins in seven years, so he is taken aback by her early-morning phone call from Paris. Her ex-husband, who begged her to meet him there, ismissing, and she needs Myrons help. Before they can launch a search, however, they are taken into custody by the French police; it seems Teresas husband has been murdered, and she is the prime suspect. One other unexpected complication: DNA found at the scene of the crime appears to belong to the couples daughter, except their daughter has been dead for years. Just when Myron starts making progress on putting the pieces together, he is kidnapped by a covert organization and subjected to intense torture. Myronwakes up ina hospital back in the U.S. in bad mental and physical shapebut isimmediately sheltered byhis loyal staff, including Win, hisblueblooded business partner, and Esperanza,a former wrestling star turned lawyer. Their easygoing, humorous camaraderie as well as Cobens chilling incorporation of modern medical technology and modern interrogation techniquesmake thisnovel hard to put down.Coben puts a wickedtopical spin on Children of the Corn inan action-packed thriller with ahorrific yet crediblepremise. --Joanne Wilkinson
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