Drop Shot

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.From the Paperback edition. The Young Woman Was Shot Dead In Cold Blood, Dropped Outside The Stadium, In Front Of A Stand Selling Moët For $7.50 A Glass. Once Her Tennis Career Had Skyrocketed. Now, At The Height Of The Us Open, The Headlines Were Being Made By Another Young Player From The Wrong Side Of The Tracks. When Myron Bolitar Investigates The Killing He Uncovers A Connection Between The Two Players And A Six-year-old Murder At An Exclusive Club. Suddenly Myron Is In Over His Head. And With A Dirty Us Senator, A Jealous Mother And The Mob All Drawn Into The Case, He Finds Himself Playing The Most Dangerous Game Of All... The woman was shot dead and dropped outside the stadium in front of a stand selling Moet for $7.50 a glass. Inside the venue another player is carving his way to the top. When Myron Bolitar gets involved he realizes there is a link between these lives and soon finds himself in over his head A young woman is murdered, and Myron Bolitar finds himself up against a killer - and the truth.