by Harlan Coben
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Valerie Simpson is a young female tennis star with a troubled past who's now on the verge of a comeback and wants Myron as her agent. Myron, who's also got the hottest young male tennis star, Duane Richwood, primed to take his first grand slam tournament, couldn't be happier. That is, until Valerie is murdered in broad daylight at the U.S. Open and Myron's number one client becomes the number one suspect.
Clearing Duane's name should be easy enough. Duane was playing in a match at the time of Valerie's death. But why is his phone number in Valerie's black book when he claims only to have known her in passing? Why was she calling him from a phone booth on the street? The police stop caring once they pin the murder on a man known for having stalked Valerie and seen talking to her moments before the murder. But Myron isn't satisfied. It seems too clean for him.
Myron pries a bit and finds himself prying open the past where six years before, Valerie's fiancee, the son of a senator, was brutally murdered by a juvenile delinquent and a straight-A student was subsequently gunned down on the street in retaliation, his death squandered in bureaucratic files. And everyone from the Senator to the mob want Myron to stop digging.
The truth beneath the truth is not only dangerous, it's deadly. And Myron may be the next victim.
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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
 MORE LOB THAN DROP SHOT, 2008-09-06
When a young female ex-tennis star is murdered at the gates of the U.S. Tennis Open, ex-lawyer turned sports agent (and pseudo detective) Myron Bolitar along with his slightly psycho pal, Win Lockwood, become involved in the investigation.
It seems the murder victim had intended to "make a comeback" and had been trying to contact Myron to engage his services as her agent before she met her untimely end. The mystery surrounding her death and its link to another murder six years earlier is pretty "run of the mill" and the identity of the killer is evident long before the last page of the book. The cop on the case is stereotypically stupid and stubborn, the "mob" boss comes across as an uneducated strong-arm goon, the tennis trainer is a twisted pervert, and all I can say about Myron's girlfriend, Jennifer, is "he deserves better". It's no wonder that his mother and his assistant Esperanza dislike her so intensely.
Drop Shot is a tennis term referring to the tactic of barely tapping the ball over the net thereby making it nearly impossible for your opponent to return the ball. This book is aptly titled, since the story itself barely makes it and is rescued by the interaction between a couple of the characters. The most interesting "couple" in the book are not Myron and Jennifer, but rather Bolitar and Lockwood. Bolitar has a sort of smart -aleck cerebral humor about him while Lockwood is the man of action with a skewed perception of society and together they are a the dynamic duo - - - - sort of like pairing Bernie Rohdenbahr with Jack Reacher.
Drop Shot is definitely not the best mystery you will ever read, but then again it's not the worst.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Drop Shot, 2008-08-29
A good mystery read, plus the Myron Bolitar adds some humor.
A good flowing story.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Great Book, 2008-08-22
Myron Bolitar books are always hilarious and highly entertaining. The characters of Myron, Win, Esperanza, and the rest are all great. This book was a typical Myron Bolitar book in that it is complex yet easy to read, and there are no dull parts because it is so funny. I highly recommend all books in this series!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Myron is fabulous all over again, 2008-07-12
Coben knows how to weave a story that keeps you up all night finishing his books. This is no exception and his protagonist Myron is the best. A must read for all mystery fans. Excellent writing, plot and characters.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Enjoyable Early Novel from Coben, 2008-07-02
Harlan Coben is a superstar of suspense fiction, but didn't really become a major bestselling writer until his tenth novel, TELL NO ONE, in 2001. Before writing TELL NO ONE, Coben wrote a highly enjoyable murder mystery series involving a sports agent named Myron Bolitar. The Bolitar books have quite the cult following, but never achieved the sales success of Coben's standalones. DROP SHOT, the second novel in this series, is a fun read.
Unlike Coben's more recent novels, DROP SHOT is pretty much structured as a traditional mystery. A has-been tennis star gets murdered, and the murder may have a connection to one of Bolitar's superstar clients. As a result, Bolitar investigates the crime himself, and along the way manages to unearth a lot of skeletons from powerful peoples' closets.
I enjoyed this novel a lot. It's a fast read, filled with humor and a lot of fun dialogue. Coben knows how to plot a book in a manner that maintains the reader's interest, and I found the central mystery of DROP SHOT to be very intriguing. The characters in this novel are on the cartoonish side, but they are likable and fun to spend time with. I finished this book in a few sittings.
DROP SHOT isn't a particularly great novel, but it's a fun whodunnit, the type you enjoy reading on the sofa on a weekend afternoon. This book isn't as breathlessly exciting as TELL NO ONE or GONE FOR GOOD, but it's a solid book for people who like well written mysteries.
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