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Editorial Review: Product Description: The home was top-notch New Jersey suburban. The living room was Martha Stewart. The basement was Legos—and blood. For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories—of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron is unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past he can't relive, and a present he may not survive. In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction—Myron Bolitar—a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance. From the Paperback edition. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - a well woven mystery for sports fans'Fade Away' is very much boilerplate Harlan Coben material. Cool private detectives slowly unravel a mystery that gets more convoluted as the readers gobble up the pages. In this case the mystery involves murder, mayhem and madness with a New Jersey professional basketball team. Sprinkle in sex, betrayal and revenge and you've got reading enjoyment. Of course, in the true Harlan Coben fashion, the ending gets a bit out of control (read: unbelievable). Not to worry. The overall experience is ... Read More Rating:  - Crackles with ActionI couldn't put it down. Fade Away by one of my new favorite contemporary authors Harlan Coben is a rollicking and excellent read. A sort of guy's Stephanie Meyer, if you will. The story of great hopes dashed by a white superstar basketball player at Duke, drafted by a Red Auerbach-type GM of the Boston Celtics, who suffers a horrible knee injury before playing a single regular season game. This Myron Bolitar, whom I take to be Jewish, doesn't look back. It's a good message to disappointment: ... Read More Rating: - Another adventure with Myron Bolitar's irreverent wit...I've been on a bit of a recreational reading kick lately... probably trying to escape the stress of the economy. Anyway, my number finally came up at the library for the latest Myron Bolitar novel by Harlan Coben... Fade Away. It's been awhile since I've had the pleasure of reading Bolitar's irreverent dialog and his interaction with his partner Win Lockwood. And as always, it's a treat. Bolitar, a sports agent and one-time promising basketball phenom (before his knee was blown out at the very ... Read More Rating: - EnjoyableThis is the second of Coban's novels featuring Myron Bolitar that I've read and like all of his books I found it quite enjoyable. I enjoyed Promise Me a bit more but Coban held true to form with last minute twists that always bring surprise. I've yet to read one of Coban's novels that I wouldn't recommend to others. Rating: - Still a timely storyWriting on anything connected to sports gambling is always timely - and "Fade Away" is a good example. Coben's underlying theme, whether intentional or not, centers around the timeless questions of freedom and responsibility. Coben is not only an entertaining writer, but knows how to blend reality and idealism - and everything in between. (Reviewed by Jerry Marcus, author of four novels - including Broken Trust - The Murder Of Basketball Star Jack Molinas.) 
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