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Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters'... read more
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Characters edit
- Myron Bolitar: Ex-basketball player & current owner of MB SportsRep. A sarcastic guy who sees the fun in provoking everyone! Also hero of the novel
- Jack Coldren: Golf player who is now amongst the top 2 in the US Open. Had fallen to disgrace 23 yrs back when he made a mistake in his tournament & hasn't recovered from the humiliation. He sees this as his last opportunity to show everyone.
- Linda Coldren: Jack's wife. Also the top female golf-star.
- Tad Crispin: Young & new super-star in golf.
- Chad Coldren: Jack & Linda's son, who gets kidnapped
- Esme Fong: marketer at ZOOM
- Carl: Add a description of this character.
- Jessica: Myron's girlfriend. Also a popular writer
- Norm Zuckerman: Owner of ZOOM
- Stuart Lipwitz
- Bucky: Linda's father
- Jake
- Win Lockwood: Myron's friend and trusty side-kick
- Kiana
- Kevin Morris
- Woody
- Miguel
- Esperanza: Myron's assistant
Quotes edit
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“Maybe the ugly clothes had a more functional origin. Maybe in the old days, when animals roamed free. Golfers dressed this ways to ward off dangerous wildlife. Good theory.”
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“Myron was about to comment on a grown man being called Bucky, but when your name is Myron, well, glasses and stones and all that.”
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“"Sir, we have a credo here at the Court Manon Inn: the guest must come first.""Isn't that a prostitute's credo?"”
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“The plain dark wood sign merely read MERION GOLF CLUB. Nothing else. No "For Members Only." No "We're Eliiist and We Don't Want You." No "Ethnics Use Service Entrance." No need. It was just a given.”
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“The crickets were incessant and plenteous, their swarming time as monotonous as a Mariah Carey CD, though not quite as annoying.”
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“"Everyone's a smart-ass"”
Myron Bolitar
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Sherlock Holmes warned that you should never theorize without all the facts because then you twist facts to suit theories rather than theories to suit facts.”
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but speaking golfese was tantamount to mastering Swahili. It was like rich people’s rap.
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He was pure energy; the kind of person who made you examine yourself and left you feeling just a little wanting.
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“It’s like asking me to find an implant in a strip club.”
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paraphrase and completely abuse a famous political quote: Extremism in the pursuit of excellence is no vice.
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Golfers. Most of them can’t read an exit sign on an interstate, but they can follow the trajectory of a golf ball through several solar systems.
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The rounded, jovial cheeks belied his pleading eyes. He suddenly gripped Myron’s forearm.
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They all had the accent of the rich and preppy, the kind of inflection where mommy is pronounced “mummy” and summer and winter are verbs.
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He and shrubs were on a first-name basis by now. This one he named Frank.
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He ran high atop his tiptoes, looking not unlike Baryshnikov with dysentery.
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Myron Bolitar used a cardboard periscope to look over the suffocating throngs of ridiculously clad spectators.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgements
Chapters 1 - 42
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 10 in Myron Bolitar Mysteries. (standard series)
Preceded by Fade Away, and followed by One False Move.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harlan Coben (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dell
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0440222702
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Dell
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0440222702
Page Count: 368
Awards edit
- Shamus Award (Finalist, 1998: Best Original P.I. Paperback)
- Barry Award (1998: Best Paperback Original)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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- Harlan Coben: Author's website
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