Harlan Coben - Promise Me (2006)
Reviewed by David J. Montgomery
It has been six years since Myron Bolitar last made an appearance in a Harlan Coben novel, and his return in Promise Me is welcome news for his legions of fans.
For Bolitar, a former pro basketball star turned sports-and-entertainment agent, the intervening years have been dull. He gave up his avocation as a righter of wrongs and has been focusing on his career instead. He’s even thinking about settling down, enjoying a quiet romantic life with Ali Wilder, a 9/11 widow.
The old urges are difficult to ignore, however, and when the teenage friend of Wilder’s daughter goes missing, Bolitar breaks out his tarnished old suit of armor and rides off to help the damsel in distress.
Bolitar may have lost a step or two since we saw him last, but his creator certainly hasn’t. The past six years of writing high-concept thrillers have taught Coben a thing or two about creating page-turning suspense, something that this book has in spades.
Reading Promise Me is like spending time with an old friend that you hadn’t realized you missed. The reappearance of Myron Bolitar is welcome, indeed.
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