Live Wire

#147 in Thriller

Live Wire

Harlan Coben

First published 2009Original language EN

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 1054 ratingsConfidence 26%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#147 of 200 in Thriller ahead of 27% of the category
384
Pages
about 7 h
Reading time
  • NYT bestseller · 3 weeks on the list, peaked at #1

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About the book

Live Wire is a 2011 mystery/thriller novel by American author Harlan Coben. It is the tenth novel in his series featuring a crime solver and sports agent Myron Bolitar. The novel was preceded by Long Lost (2009) and followed by Home (2016).

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Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.7 across 54 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.754 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “Picking up a book in the Myron Bolitar series is like coming home to an old friend. You know the voice, you know what you're going to get and it's part of the appeal. Love the fast pace and the intriguing plot twists and turns.…”

    ★ 4/5anon on Hardcover

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How long is Live Wire?

It has 384 pages — shorter than 60% of the ranked books in Thriller.

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