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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Live Wire by Harlan Coben Book Review: Live Wire by Harlan Coben Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Live Wire by Harlan Coben Book review: Live Wire by Harlan Coben. Following an explosive row, the siblings have been estranged for the past 15 years. His brother’s story is also entangled with the disappearance of Lex Ryder, the less charismatic half of successful rock band HorsePower. Ryder, on the brink of fatherhood for the fi rst time, has vanished after somebody posted an internet message questioning his unborn child’s true paternity. As Coben has Bolitar pull at the threads of this story, a tale of intrigue and chicanery emerges. As ever, Bolitar and his vibrant team are the true stars. There is the disarmingly named Windsor Horne Lockwood III, Esperanza, the glamour girl of Flow (the Fabulous Ladies Of Wrestling) and Big Cindi, who defi es description other than to say: only in America. The opening feels a lot like running in deep snow as Coben lays out the Bolitar family history for new readers but they should persevere and there’s no need to start with Deal Breaker, the first Bolitar book, to enjoy Live Wire. Once the story landscape is established, the narrative starts moving at Usain Bolt pace. So Coben does not disappoint even if his ending leaves Bolitar’s future unclear. Of late, two writers have displayed the curious combination of cruelty and kindness required to kill off a much-loved character in a bestselling series. First Ian Rankin retired Rebus from active service and Henning Mankell quietly drew a curtain across Wallander’s final years. Their decisions were cruel because they deprived those customers, whose hard-earned and carefully spent pounds have enriched them, of hours of new reading pleasures; kind because if the authorial well of inspiration later runs dry then readers are saved the disappointment of dashed expectations. So I can only conclude that Harlan Coben must be a sadistic brute. By the end of Live Wire his loyal band of readers are left suspended, uncertain whether they will enjoy another entertaining episode or whether this is the last of Bolitar and his colourful support crew. There isn’t any other set of characters in this genre out there like them. You will be loath to return to black-and-white once you have experienced Technicolor. Comments Unavailable. Sorry, we are unable to accept comments about this article at the moment. However, you will find some great articles which you can comment on right now in our Comment section. Live Wire — Harlan Coben. When former tennis star Suzze T and her rock star husband, Lex, encounter an anonymous Facebook post questioning the paternity of their unborn child, Lex runs off. Suzze, who is eight months pregnant, asks their agent, Myron Bolitar, to save her marriage -- and perhaps her husband's life. But when Myron finds Lex, he also finds someone he wasn't looking for: his sister-in-law, Kitty, who, along with Myron's brother, abandoned the Bolitar family long ago. As Myron races to locate his missing brother while their father clings to life, he must face the lies that led to the estrangement -- including the ones told by Myron himself. Live Wire : Book summary and reviews of Live Wire by Harlan Coben. Myron Bolitar has always dreamed about the voluptuous femme fatale walking into his office and asking for help. The woman standing in his doorway has killer curves, all right: She's eight months pregnant, which kind of ruins the fantasy. Former tennis star Suzze T and her rock star husband, Lex, are both clients, and over the years Myron has negotiated his share of contracts for the power pair. But now Lex has disappeared and a very pregnant Suzze is in tears, fearing the online rumors questioning the baby's paternity have driven away the man she swears is the child's father. For Myron, questions of fatherhood couldn't hit closer to home, as his dad, Al, clings to life, and the brother who abandoned the family years ago resurfaces - with danger following close behind. Myron is soon forced to confront deep secrets in Suzze's past, his family's mortality - and before Live Wire is over, his own. Reviews "Beyond the Book" articles Free books to read and review (US only) Find books by time period, setting & theme Read-alike suggestions by book and author Book club discussions and much more! Just $12 for 3 months or $39 for a year. Reviews. Media Reviews. "Myron tackles a different sort of hidden mysteries—those deeply embedded within himself and other family members. Fans will enjoy the change of focus and wonder how Coben will re-create his hero in his next adventure." - Library Journal. "Starred Review. This explosively fast thriller will leave fans clamoring for more." - Publishers Weekly. "[T]his is the most conventional of Myron's recent cases, heavy with cheesy cliffhangers and eye-popping coincidences." - Kirkus. This information about Live Wire shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. If you are the publisher or author and feel that the reviews shown do not properly reflect the range of media opinion now available, please send us a message with the mainstream media reviews that you would like to see added. Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published. Reader Reviews. FictionZeal. Live Wire (Myron Bolitar #10) by Harlan Coben At the open, Myron’s father is in the hospital in serious condition and Myron reflects back upon a lie he told his father many years before. That lie becomes his focus for at least part of the story. His client in this edition is Suzze T, a tennis great. She’s been on the sidelines recently because she’s eight months pregnant. She’s married to Lex, a rock star and also a client of Myron’s. He’s gone missing since someone maliciously posted on Suzze’s Facebook page that the baby is not his. What begins as a search for Lex becomes mixed with the return of Myron’s drug-addicted sister-in-law, Kitty, and the continued absence of his brother, Brad. Before long, it appears that it may all be related. If there is a silver lining for Myron, it is that he finally meets his fifteen-year-old nephew, Mickey, for the first time. However, that first meeting was anything but pleasant. There are a lot of secrets being held by all parties. Myron has to wade through what is truth and what is a lie. As the danger level rises, he pulls in Windsor (Win) Horne Lockwood, III, his preppy-looking friend who is a sixth-degree black belt holder in Tae Kwon Do. This is the 10th and as far as I can tell the final Myron Bolitar novel. I say that with sadness because I have loved the Myron series. I’ve loved the development of the main characters over time. The reason I tend to think it is the last is because there have been no new offerings in this series since this one which was published in 2011. Also the ending, which I obviously cannot give away, had a different and almost a final closure to it. Now, if readers need their ‘Myron fix’, they need to continue reading Coben’s YA Mickey Bolitar series. Myron makes appearances in the Mickey series. I’ll miss the mixture of those lovable and true-to-life characters, Win, Esperanza, Big Cyndi, and even Zorra. Rating: 4 out of 5. Reviews "Beyond the Book" articles Free books to read and review (US only) Find books by time period, setting & theme Read-alike suggestions by book and author Book club discussions and much more! Just $12 for 3 months or $39 for a year. Author Information. Harlan Coben Author Biography. Harlan Coben was born and raised in New Jersey. After graduating from Amherst College as political science major, he worked in the travel industry. He now lives in New Jersey with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben MD, a pediatrician, and their four children. Coben is the first author to win all three of the most coveted literary awards: the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award. His books include the Myron Bolitar series, as well as other standalone novels, including Play Dead, Miracle Cure. Tell No One, Gone for Good, No Second Chance, Just One Look, The Innocent, The Wods, Hold Tight, and Caught . Harlan Coben's books have been published in more than twenty-two languages. Live Wire. Review : Myron Bolitar must look to his own past — both professionally and personally — when a former client shows up asking for his help in identifying someone who claims the father of the baby she's carrying is not her husband in Live Wire , the tenth mystery in this series by Harlan Coben. Suzze Tervantino, now retired but a tennis sensation when she was a teenager 10 years earlier, and who was among Bolitar's first clients when he started his agency, is eight months pregnant when she visits his office to ask if he would be the godfather to her baby. But she also asks for his help: she believes someone is trying to destroy her marriage to rock star Lex Ryder by posting a message on her Facebook page that Lex isn't the father of her unborn child. Worse, Lex seems to believe it may be true and has taken off.
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