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Adult Books - Fiction - Crime Fiction - Mystery
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One False Move.
Coben, Harlan (author).
May 1998. 336p. Delacorte, hardcover, $21.95 (0-385-32369-7).
REVIEW.
First published May 15, 1998 (Booklist).
Brenda Slaughter may be the greatest female basketball player ever, and sports agent Myron Bolitar takes Brenda under his wing. Bolitar’s ability to hone his basketball skills as a young man was made possible by Brenda’s father, Horace, who acted as the white Bolitar’s guardian angel on the very hostile inner-city playgrounds. Bolitar and Brenda forge a business relationship, and the first order of business is finding Horace. The trail Horace left is troubling because it contains hints of a 20-year-old scandal that left the wife of current gubernatorial candidate Arthur Bradford dead. The fifth Bolitar mystery--and the first in hardcover--continues the series’ realistic portrayal of the contemporary sports world while dishing up a bit of murder and mayhem. Bolitar is a solid protagonist who is plenty tough but also smart enough to accept his shortcomings. If you haven’t been including the Bolitar paperbacks in your mystery collection, this is a good place to start. (Reviewed May 15, 1998)— Wes Lukowsky
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