Long Lost

Here I am interrupting my Stoker reading for the new Harlan Coben novel LONG LOST. As usual, I put aside my other books to get through a timely library loan that probably will not be renewable when the time comes. And besides, these books read fast.

LONG LOST is a sort of return to form for Coben. He brings back his long-time series character, Myron Bolitar. Myron was a basketball star who had to leave the game and became a sports agent. With his best friends Win and Esperanza, he solves crimes and battles the bad guys. But unlike the previous books, this has few connections to the sports realm and is probably his most ambitious plot to date. Myron is way over his head and pretty much stays there. I can't quite say where this fits on the Myron Bolitar spectrum. It is better than the last book PROMISE ME, but isn't up to the standards of ONE FALSE MOVE. I was better able to piece together the plot elements but Coben had a couple of twists that kept me guessing.

I'll keep reading Coben's books because they are fun, but I would still plug ONE FALSE MOVE, GONE FOR GOOD and TELL NO ONE as his best.