The Final Detail: A Myron Bolitar Novel
Written by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Jonathan Marosz
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In this classic sixth novel in the award-winning Myron Bolitar series, # 1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben delivers a riveting, powerhouse thriller featuring one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in all of suspense fiction. Here is a twisting mystery of betrayal, family secrets, and murder filled with the sly humor, dead-on dialogue, and unforgettable characters that have made Harlan Coben one of today's must-read suspense authors.
For Myron Bolitar, sports agent and reluctant sleuth, it was a long-needed vacation. A tropical beach. A warm breeze. A little uncomplicated passion with a woman he hardly knows. But, most of all, a chance to clear his head after the death of a close friend.
It almost works-until his fiercely loyal, if sometimes morally challenged, friend Win shows up with a message that blasts Myron back to New York…and reality. Esperanza, Myron's best friend and partner at MB Sportsrep, has been arrested for the murder of a client, a fallen baseball star attempting a comeback.
Myron is determined to prove Esperanza's innocence. But she isn't speaking. And neither is her lawyer, except to say that Myron would do best to keep his distance, lest he hurt her case. Only Myron is already too close to the case to back away. For twelve years ago a young agent tried to help an up-and-coming athlete. It was a fatal mistake-and now Myron may have to pay the price.
To solve a case as bizarre as it is difficult, Myron will be obliged to view it from the strangest angles: a transsexual nightclub, a baseball owner with a long-lost daughter, a dubious drug test, an impossible murder scene, and a computer disk with the image of a disintegrating girl. But most bizarre of all is that as he tries to unearth, Myron's own investigation points to only one other suspect: himself…as this spellbinding novel twists, jolts, and careens towards its dazzling finish.
Harlan Coben
With more than seventy million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous suspense novels, including Don't Let Go, Home, and Fool Me Once, as well as the multi-award-winning Myron Bolitar series. His books are published in forty-three languages around the globe and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries. He lives in New Jersey.
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Reviews for The Final Detail
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Standard Harlan Coben fare - meaning fast paced intrigue, twists and turns galore, and an ending you won't see coming.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Myron wigs out and takes off to the Caribbean with Therese, a woman he just met. After three weeks in paradise, Win shows up with news that Esperanza has been arrested for the murder of Clu Haid. Clu Haid was a client, and college friend. Myron leaves Therese to help Esperanza, only to be shut out.
As Myron digs into the case to help Esperanza, long forgotten secrets become exposed... - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Myron and Win are trying to prove the innocence of Myron's partner Esparanza who has been accused of killing one of their clients. Esparanza refuses to help in her own defense, so Myron and WIn are left to sift through clues to try to find who really killed a ball player.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5good, but not one of the best Myron Bolitar books. Esperanza is accused of murder and everything points to Myron. Not as suspenseful as some of the others.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent addition to the Bolitar series. This one's fun because it involves all the characters: Esperanza, Win, Mom & Dad. Great plot with a nice twist at the end. I particularly liked Big Cindy's part--she stepped in and covered the office. We learned more about her and Esperanza, too. Pretty good story for a sports agent in NYC.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5the usual characters, but well written, as always, and plenty of humor. Good reading.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Book DescriptionHis heart is broken. His partner is in jail. And someone is trying to kill him.Then Myron Bolitar gets some really bad news....For sports agent Myron Bolitar, it seemed like the perfect vacation. A tropical beach. A warm breeze. A little uncomplicated passion with a woman he barely knows. Myron is almost in heaven when his friend Win shows up with a message that blasts him back to reality: Esperanza is in trouble. It's time to come home.Now Myron is back in New York, determined to help Esperanza, his best friend and partner, who's been accused of killing one of their clients. But Esperanza isn't talking. Neither is her lawyer. And to prove his friend's innocence, Myron must trace the rise and fall of the victim, a pitcher who had been making a comeback with the Yankees. Suddenly the investigation is leading Myron to places he'd rather not go: into a family's agony, through the city's sexual underground, and to a moment buried on the dark side of a brilliant sports career.... Twelve years ago a young agent named Bolitar tried to help an up-and-coming athlete. It was a fatal mistake—and now Myron will have to pay the price....My ReviewThis is the 6th book of the Myron Bolitar series and was a quick, entertaining read. With each book, the reader gets more background on the main characters and this was no different. Coben has the ability to make you laugh and cry in the same sentence and this was a very enjoyable book in that respect. The book has lots of dialogue that keeps the story moving and the characters are very-well drawn. I look forward to reading the 7th book in the series and I highly recommend this book to those who love dry wit mixed in with their mystery and suspense.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Myron Bolitar Book #6 Esperanza is in jail for the murder of a client Clu Haid. Esperanza does not what Myron and Win's help to get her out. But Myron could not let it go.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Esperanza is in prison for murder and she isn't talking to Myron. He insists on helping her, even though she has asked him not to. This had plenty of the humor I have come to appreciate in Coben's stories. The mystery was good enough that it kept me guessing until the reveal, and I only felt the author cheated a little by withholding crucial information. It didn't affect my enjoyment of the story and I will be looking for more books by Harlan Coben.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Must read. I love how his love life/personal life continues throughout his series and gives you an update of it so far!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another fun adventure with Myron and Win! I loved this one, couldn't put it down!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I took the risk of reading this instalment in the series out of sequence, which was perhaps a mistake as it was peppered with references to previous adventures I haven't read yet....but I'd started, so I finished.In time honoured fashion it's a complex whodunnit/whydunnit involving sports stars, guns, wisecracks and the obligatory missing girl. There are discourses on subjects as diverse as sexual/gender preference, baseball and the Beach Boys, and Myron Bolitar gets to the bottom of the mystery thanks in no small part to his tough friend, a man whose powers seem limitless and thus could only exist in fiction.Humour is what sets this author apart from other crime writers. It's there on every page, and not just in dialogue between the characters: the authorial voice has its tongue firmly in its cheek throughout with witty asides and winks to camera. The effect is like having an overexcited friend perched at your side, continually digging you in the ribs and chortling "he's a right one innee, eh, eh?" It meant I was constantly aware of the author, reminded that it was all a work of fiction. On the other hand, I would guess that the chumminess and what are undoubtedly excellent jokes in many cases, are what keep fans coming back for more.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is thw 2nd novel I have read and, although very good, it was not as riveting as the first. Maybe it was he "Myron bolitar" thing; series books can sometimes have less depth. Myron seem to always be up and going here and there but hardly ever is the time for food, sleep, etc the normal parts of life that need to be included in any story if it wants to be original. Myron is made out to be a little larger than life as a sports rep trying to discover one of his client and also an alumni of the college they attended. Always going here and there, winning each battle with his wits, strengh or whatever he needs to pewere over his adversary. Still good readning, tho.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a good read, but somehow the plot of this one just stretches my credibility a little too far - I really am not sure about the revelations at the end of the book. One of the things I do enjoy about this series is how Coben's characters, especially Myron, grow from book to book, well the read learns a little more about Will with each book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another tricky plot for Myron to unravel after he takes off to the Caribbean for three weeks without telling anyone only to find his trusty colleague Esperanza has been arrested for the murder of one of their clients. As usual the pages are full of wise cracks and vivid descriptions of characters, both major and minor which really bring them to life. Recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Myron's friend and partner, Esperanza is arrested for murder, Myron must find out what transpired while he was on vacation for a few weeks.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coben did it again. I love this series. I've dreading the fact that I'm nearing the end, but I can't stop I'm eating these books up like candy. Candy with the surprise center, because I never see the end coming and I haven't gotten a bad one yet!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5#6 in the Myron Bolitar series.Myron, depressed over the death of a young woman with whom he fell in love, flat-out runs away to a Caribbean island where he meets a woman on a similar quest. He and she use their sexual involvement to keep at bay the events in their lives. But Paradise is invaded by none other than Win, who informs Myron that Esperanza is in big trouble in New York and needs Myron's help. Myron leaves immediately on Win's yacht (naturally).Back in New York, Myron discovers that Esperanza is being held as the chief (and only) suspect in the murder of an aging pitcher, Clu Haid. Haid, who had struggled over the years with alcohol and drug addictions, as well as marital infidelity, was trying to clean up his act in order to retain his last chance in the major leagues, with the NY Yankees. according to witnesses, Haid confronted Esperanza in a parking lot--and actually punched her in the mouth. Days later, Haid was dead.Now, Esperanza isn't talking to Myron about her case, and has asked Big Cyndi and her lawyer, Hester Crimstein, to keep silent as well. she warns Myron to let the case go, and depend on Crimstein, a famous defense lawyer, to take c are of everything. Myron, of course, is constitutionally incapable of "letting it all go", and with Win along as backup, investigates.Which leads him into some of the odder aspects of Manhattan life; accompanied by Big Cyndi, he visits a bar aptly named Take A Guess--where sexual identity is pretty fluid. There is a really funny scene in the bar where Myron, attracted to what appears to be (but remember to guess) a woman in a cat suit (he has a thing about women in cat suits), tries to figure out if there's one too many penises between them.Coben's off-the-wall humor is present and enlivening as always. In addition, this is his best-written book to date in the series. The plot is excellent and the writing taut. The climax is superbly done But best of all is the ambiguity Coben introduces. Justice? Right and wrong? While Myron dwelt on the morality of his actions in One False Move, Coben ups the ante in this book to encompass a great deal more.An important thread in the story involves around the attitude just about everyone has towards successful sports figures; definitely, rules get bent and even broken when it comes to the athletically supertalented, and Coben, through Myron, reflects on the resultant damage to everyone. While this book was written in 2000, certainly the headlines in today's media about, in particular, NFL stars makes this line of social observation extremely pertinent.Well-written page-turner, The Final Detail is a thoughtful social commentary as well. Highly recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A better offereing from Harlan this time around. Mylon is recovering form teh conclusion of the (presumably) last book, in almos perfect solitude when Win sails by. Win managaing once again to display un-explained superpowers of deducyion in finding him. Fortunetly Win's prescence in the book is much reduced.Mylon returns home to find his Agency in tatters, Ezmerelda in jail, Big Cindi in tears and suspicions cast everywhere. His parents are getting older on top of all his other worries. As usual there are a few clues scattered around, though much is "Mylon made a few calls that confirmed his supicions" which is annoying to read. The characters are no more than 2D but Mylon's wit and banter keep it all flowing nicely. An enjoyable and quick light whodunnit and why?
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I'm not going to say much about this one because, as with all Harlan Coben books, the fun is in working your way through the mystery and trying to second guess the outcome. This Myron Bolitar novel starts with Esperanza in jail for the murder of a client of the agency and revolves around Myron trying to piece together the actual events leading to the night in question. Enough said, I think!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Finally, one of Coben's books that I enjoyed. A good mystery.