Deal Breaker

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Deal Breaker
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Author Harlan Coben
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Dell Publishing
Pages400

Deal Breaker is a 1995 thriller novel by Harlan Coben and is the first in his Myron Bolitar series. [1]

Contents

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

Film adaptation

A film adaptation is in development after the rights to the Myron Bolitar novels was bought by Columbia Pictures. [2]

Awards

The novel won the 1996 Anthony Award and received an Edgar award nomination in the "Best Paperback original" category. [3] [4]

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