Fade Away: A Myron Bolitar Novel

This was a great book!! I own most of the. Myron Bolitar series and have read them all 2 -3 times!! The characters and their development throughout the series is superb. The plots are intricate and we'll thought out, and they are exciting and witty!! "Fade Away" is a great stand-alone book, and, as usual, an absolute roller coaster of a read! No one does it better than Harlan Coben!!

The truth not being revealed until the very end has becom a common them in these Myron Bolitar books. Cannot wait to read the next one

Harlan Coben NEVER disappoints. Another great Bolitar story. There were a few places that (to me) seemed a bit “wordy”, but didn’t detract from the story. And another “oh wow” ending!

Generally I like Harlan Coben. This time the plot was so unlikely and unbelievable that the whole matter was settled in an unsatisfactory manner on the last two pages. Nobody could have seen what was coming because the ending and plot in general defied both common and intuitive sense.

I grab one of his books because I saw the series Stay Close and Safe in Netflix. I really enjoyed them. So well plotted , fantastic twists and turns, and everything fit at the end. Myron Bolitar is the main character. At first I didn't like the character. So wimpy and seems clueless. His best friend, Win, is great. But as the story gets going, Myron isn't so wimpy and got a first class mind. A lot is happening but comes to bang up ending. I enjoyed it enough I just downloaded another one. Recommended . Satisfactory

I have to admit this series is actually growing on me. After reading the second book in the series, I was ready to swear off it forever, but a year and a half later I finally read number four (out of sequence) and liked it. So, I decided to go back and pick up number three, Fade Away, and once again I found the book was not awful. In fact, I quite enjoyed it as a diverting read.This time, the sport is basketball, which was Myron Bolitar's game before his knee was injured in a terrible smash-up with another player. That injury changed the course of his life and he went to law school and became a sports agent instead of a professional basketball playerNow, several years later, he is established in his profession and he has a promising romantic liaison. Everything seems to be coming up Myron.Then he receives a blast from the past when the man who was responsible for drafting him with the Celtics all those years before contacts him and offers him a job. He wants him to make a comeback with the team that he presently owns, but he has an ulterior motive. It seems that one of the stars of the team, Greg Downing, has disappeared and the owner wants Myron on the team so he can pick up any clues as to where Greg might be. His real job will be to find Greg.This is complicated because in his basketball-playing days, Myron and Greg were rivals. Not only on the basketball court but for the affections of a certain woman as well. Greg ultimately married the woman, but at some point, she was unfaithful to him. With Myron.So Myron has all this guilt in regard to Greg and he accepts the commission, both to play on the team and to try to find the missing player.It turns out that Greg's disappearance is related to the fact that he has lost a lot of money - in fact just about all he had - to gambling. At the same time, he is going through a nasty divorce and is faced with the prospect of losing his children. In order to find him, Myron has to sort out the tangled web of his life and figure out who among his associates may have a clue to his whereabouts.When one of those putative associates turns up murdered, it seems that Greg may be number one on the list of suspects.Meanwhile, those professional gamblers to whom he owes all the money are looking for him as well, and they think Myron may know where he is. That does not bode well for Myron's state of health. Fortunately for him, his friend and partner, Win, has his back.The body count of the sociopathic Win is lower than usual in this book - only one that I can remember. Although, we are left with a bit of a cliffhanger at the end with some indication that that count might be about to go up to two.Yes, on the whole, it was a satisfying read and I'm glad that I gave the series another chance. I suspect I'll be adding it to my long list of series to follow.

This was a thrill ride from start to finish. I was genuinely surprised to find out who the killer was. The secrets laid bare as the story goes and it’s such a satisfying read. There is a lesson in all this as well, secret can destroy, letting o of the past can heal, and family is not just who you are related to.

It seems, in Myron Bolitar's world, that everyone is an off-balanced smart ass, including Myron. Does everyone crack wise? Is everyone an eccentirc? (Then again, Myron is surrounded by New Yorkers and Jerseyites, so maybe.) In the case of "Fade Away", however, the wise cracks and weirdos may all lead to the solution surrounding the disappearance of an unhinged, famous (and famously unhinged) NBA player, Greg Downing. When the trail leads to the bludgeoned corpse of a woman near Columbia University, things aren't so funny suddenly. And when Myron, Win and Esperanza find themselves at the wrong end of a gun--or guns, I should say--things get quite serious. Enough said about the plot. This is a mystery and it's written by Harlan Coben: you do the math.What I found intriguing though was the title. In the Bolitar series, the title is restricted to, and naturally stems from, Myron's occupation or from the sport in which his client is active: golf, tennis, etc. In this case, a fade away is a type of basketball jumpshot. But other things are fading away or have already disappeared. Obviously, Myron's very short-lived basketball career, as well as his come-back in this novel, belong to the past. The misguided efforts of a criminal, radical 1970s group (also trying to make a come-back, maybe) belong to history. Myron's conflicted feelings about Jessica are haunted by their previous entanglement. In one poignant scene, Myron ponders his Boston Celtic heroes, John Havlicek and Larry Bird, and how their careers are now relegated to "Basketball History". In the same chapter, he even reflects on his hometown of Livingston, NJ and the enormous changes it has undergone imperceptibly, and how his own parents will one day be among those no longer occupying it. These sad, reflective moments temper the seeming frivoulous jokes and comments by the characters, and give the novel a haunting aspect which I have not seen in other books in the Bolitar series. As with other Coben mysteries, I highly recommend "Fade Away".(

That's the third in the series of Myron Bolitar books I have read&most likely the one I have enjoyed the most.As usual lots of twist and Turns.However I did not expect the final one.Love the the way the characters keep evolving.Loved learning more of the backround.Looking forward to the next in the series

One of the series of Myron Bolitar books. An engaging read, from start on finish. Make sure that you read the Bolitar books in series though, as this one, like all of them, picks-up from the previous title in the series.

as above the book was like new but two weeks to deliver was very slow although i did know this when i ordered and was in no hurry so good value

This is typical of Harlan Coben books - a must-read- well written and gripping all the way through. I really like Myron, Win, Hesperanza and Jessica and find them all believable. Harlan's characters really come to life. My only disappointment was, having really liked Win, I didn't like the way he was turning out in this book, but of course want to read more to see if he alters.

Predictable format and an easy read. Books should be read in order of publishing.