
Deal Breaker
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Deal Breaker” launches the “Myron Bolitar” series with a mystery that holds the attention from start to finish. Some readers like the novelty of a sports agent as investigator and enjoy the hero’s sarcasm. Others find the jokes overdone at times and the ever-available sidekick too convenient a way out of every tight spot.
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About the book
Deal Breaker is a 1995 thriller novel by Harlan Coben and is the first in his Myron Bolitar series.
Reading order · Myron Bolitar
Full order & progress →- Deal BreakerThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Drop Shot
7.67.6 / 10 - Fade Away
7.77.7 / 10 - Back Spin
7.57.5 / 10 - One False Move
7.77.7 / 10 - The Final Detail
7.77.7 / 10 - Darkest Fear
7.67.6 / 10 - Promise Me
7.77.7 / 10 - Long Lost
–Not ranked yet - Live Wire
7.77.7 / 10 - Home
7.87.8 / 10 - Think TwiceThink Twice–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 143 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 8.0 | 15 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 128 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Deal Breaker?
It has 384 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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