Deal Breaker

Deal Breaker

Harlan Coben

First published 1995Original language EN

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 10143 ratingsConfidence 49%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
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.

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Reading order · Myron Bolitar

Full order & progress →
Score per volume12 volumes on a timeline, 1995 to 2024 · Best-rated volume: Home
  1. Deal Breaker
    Deal Breaker1995 · 143 ratingsThis book
    7.67.6 / 10
  2. Drop Shot
    Drop Shot1996 · 85 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  3. Fade Away
    Fade Away1996 · 72 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  4. Back Spin
    Back Spin1997 · 71 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  5. One False Move
    One False Move1998 · 61 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  6. The Final Detail
    The Final Detail1999 · 57 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  7. Darkest Fear
    Darkest Fear2000 · 54 ratings
    7.67.6 / 10
  8. Promise Me
    Promise Me2006 · 61 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  9. Long Lost
    Long Lost2009 · 46 ratings · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  10. Live Wire
    Live Wire2011 · 54 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  11. Home
    Home2016 · 66 ratings
    7.87.8 / 10
  12. Think Twice
    Think Twice2024 · Not ranked yet
    –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.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Google Books8.015 11%
Hardcover7.4128 90%

Frequently asked

How long is Deal Breaker?

It has 384 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Thriller.

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