Deal Breaker

Deal Breaker
Author	Harlan Coben
Language	English
Publisher	Dell Publishing
Publication place	United States
Pages	400

Last updated January 19, 2026

Deal Breaker is a 1995 thriller novel by Harlan Coben and is the first in his Myron Bolitar series.^[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 wealthy owner of Lock-Horne Investments & Securities.
Esperanza Diaz : one of Myron's best friends currently working for Myron.
Jessica : Myron's former girlfriend and current love interest, sister to the missing girl.
Christian Steele : Football star, drafted by the Titans.
Jake Courter : Sheriff Jake, who helps Myron solve the case.
Herman 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 has been murdered three nights before the start of the series
Roy O' Connor : Sports agent
Paul Duncan : Adam Culver's best friend who works as a cop.
Carol Culver : Jessica and Kathy's Mother and Adam Culver's widow.
Master Kwan : Win and Myron's Tae Kwan Do Master.
Aaron : Frank and Herman Ache's employee

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]

References

↑ Lauer, Evelyn (September 6, 1995). "The Plot is Thickened with Local Flavors". The Record . Bergen County, NJ: HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2012.(subscription required)
↑ "Myron Bolitar Books In Order - "Columbia Pictures retains the rights to the Myron Bolitar novels and currently a movie adaptation is under development...."". January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
↑ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
↑ "Best Paperback Original Mystery Novel Edgar Award Winners and Nominees". Mystery Net. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

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[1] Lauer, Evelyn (September 6, 1995). "The Plot is Thickened with Local Flavors". The Record . Bergen County, NJ: HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2012.(subscription required)

[2] "Myron Bolitar Books In Order - "Columbia Pictures retains the rights to the Myron Bolitar novels and currently a movie adaptation is under development...."". January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.

[anthony-3] "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

[edgar1-4] "Best Paperback Original Mystery Novel Edgar Award Winners and Nominees". Mystery Net. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

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