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Promise Me
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Myron Bolitar Mysteries: Book 8

Promise Me (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Harlan Coben (Author) (edit contributors)

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Myron gets a phonecall from a friends daughter in the middle of the night. He drops her off at a friends house. The next day her parents report her missing. It is up to Myron to find her before she is killed.

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Six years...

That's how long it's been since entertainment agent Myron Bolitar last played superhero. In six years he hasn't thrown a punch. He hasn't held, much less fired, a gun. But all that is about to change . . . because of a promise.

The school year is almost over. In these... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Six years...

That's how long it's been since entertainment agent Myron Bolitar last played superhero. In six years he hasn't thrown a punch. He hasn't held, much less fired, a gun. But all that is about to change . . . because of a promise.

The school year is almost over. In these last pressure cooker months of high school, some kids will make the all too common and all too dangerous mistake of drinking and driving. But Myron is determined to help keep his friends' children safe, and so he makes two neighborhood girls promise him that if they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their parents, they must call him. Several nights later, the call comes at two o'clock a.m. The next day, a girl is missing and Myron is the last person who saw her. Desperate to fulfill a well-intentioned promise turned nightmarishly wrong, Myron races to find her before she's gone forever. But his past will not be buried so easily--for trouble has always stalked him, and his loved ones often suffer. Now Myron must decide once and for all who he is and what he will stand up for if he is to have any hope of saving a young girl's life.

Characters edit see section history

  • Myron Bolitar: owns a company that promotes athletes and film stars; his promising career in the NBA was cut short after he blew out his knee shortly after signing with the Celtics.
  • Aimee Biel: Daughter of Clair and Erik, one of the two girls who promise to call Myron if they're ever in trouble; she disappears soon after Myron responds to her phone call, picks her up and drops her off at what Aimee says is a friend's house.
  • Erik Biel: Amiee's father
  • Claire: Amiee's mother
  • Katie Rochester: The first missing teenager
  • Randy Wolf: High school quarterback whose nickname is "Pharm." Aimee Biel's ex-boyfriend.
  • Drew Van Dyne: music teacher at the high school
  • Harry Davis: Teacher - Mr. D - he's been voted teacher of the year by the high school students for several years running; he's devoted to his students, but he has a dark secret in his past.
  • Jake Wolf: Randy's father, a man who has money and connections and would do anything to make sure that his son succeeds.
  • Loren Muse: One of the police investigators assigned to Aimee Biel's case
  • Jessica: Myron's ex-love interest
  • Edna Skylar: a doctor whose hobby is studying faces
  • Ali Wilder: Teen girl. Daughter of Myron's newest flame
  • Erin: Clair's daughter
  • Roger: Add a description of this character.
  • Dominick Rochester: connected guy/father of the first girl who disappears
  • Lance Banner: one of the police detectives investigating Aimee Biel's disappearance
  • Lorraine Wolf: Randy Wolf's mother
  • Orville: thug
  • Maxine Chang: dry cleaner owner
  • Kevin
  • Mrs. Seiden
  • Livingston: town characters live in. NJ suburb
  • Stacy: Aimee's friend; Aimee tells Myron it is Stacy's house where he'll drop her off
  • Larry
  • Steinberg
  • Tom
  • Rufus: The boyfriend of the first girl to disappear and the father of her baby.
  • Sally Ann
  • Dotte
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First Sentence edit see section history

The missing girl-there had been unceasing news reports, always flashing to that achingly ordinary school portrait of the vanished teen, you know the one, with the rainbow-swirl background, the girl's hair too straight, her smile too self-conscious, then a

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 8 of 10 in Myron Bolitar Mysteries. (standard series)

Preceded by Darkest Fear, and followed by Long Lost.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Harlan Coben (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
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Page Count: 613

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3553.O225 P76
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Mature themes (murder, violence and some profanity)

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  • Back Spin
  • Darkest Fear
  • The Final Detail

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