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Back Spin (Myron Bolitar)

Back Spin (Myron Bolitar)

  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Author: Harlan Coben
  • Publisher: Dell
  • Release Date: July 1997
  • ISBN-10: 0440222702
  • ISBN-13: 9780440222705
  • List Price: $7.99

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Summary

Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters' motel--and back in time to a U.S. Open twenty-three years ago, when Jack Coldren should have won, but didn't. Suddenly Myron finds him self surrounded by blue bloods, criminals, and liars. And as one family's darkest secrets explode into murder, Myron finds out just how rough this game can get.

In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction--Myron Bolitar--a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance.

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One of the top Myron Bolitar books

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I have read all of the MB books and this one is definitely in the top 3 or so. Once again it is a pure mystery that this time reveals a great deal about the character of Win and why he is the way he is. I enjoyed some of the golf jokes as well. Great book!

Great Listen!

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We are very fond of Harlen Coben books so when I found this one in audio format I jumped at it. It did not disappoint. The story kept us entertained from Sacramento CA to Portland Or. We both love golf and this has its setting in the world of professional golf. Lots of characters and a surprising plot twist at the end. We would recommend it highly.

Another great one in the Myron Boliter series

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In true Harlan Coben style as I am coming to love after reading three in the Myron Bolitar series. Keeps you guessing the entire time. Great pop culture trivia, particularly for us 1960's Baby Boomers. I'm really getting attached to Myron, Esperanza, Big Cindy, and even Wyn.

Comparable to others about Myron

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I have read the Myron books out of sequence, which makes their freshness harder to judge. What may be a new angle or detail for sequential readers may be old news for me. Some of the regular style points and riffs the author uses appear here. Some are to be expected, such as wise-cracking by several characters, even small role-players. It wouldn't be right without some people as cynical wise guys.

The story is adequate enough, with some slowness in the middle third. This isn't the book for golf lovers who can't tolerate some cracks about their beloved sport. Are golfers athletes? Myron: "sort of". Coben has some nice twists, along with some tips that were near giveaways.

I was also amused by how much the cultural observations and occasional details have already aged. Take the AOL dial-up as one example. And forget the beepers. Such is the fate of novels meant to be timely.

Another pleasant diversion from Mr. Coben. Read it in a couple of days and then move on. Jack's story might also remind you of Greg Norman and his challenges in the majors.

3.5 stars

Weaker Entry in the Bolitar Series

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Harlan Coben is a great thriller author, and I really enjoyed the first three novels in his Myron Bolitar series -- DEAL BREAKER, DROP SHOT, and FADE AWAY. The fourth novel, BACK SPIN, is also enjoyable, but I found it a bit too convoluted for its own good.

BACK SPIN is probably Coben's first novel where he designed an ultra-complicated plot filled with one twist after another. The storyline is decent (it involves the kidnapping of a boy of two championship golfers), but I just found it somewhat clumsily structured, with a lot of different subplots that don't mesh very well together. All of the golfer characters struck me as flat and underdeveloped, which robbed the story of a great deal of drama and tension. The result is an interesting read, but not one that particularly excited me.

I think a medicore Coben novel is better than most other thrillers out there, but my advice is to avoid BACK SPIN unless you've read some other books in the Bolitar series. This book will probably not turn you into a fan.