One False Move

#186 in Crime & mystery

One False Move

Harlan Coben

First published 1998Original language EN

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 1061 ratingsConfidence 29%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#186 of 200 in Crime & mystery ahead of 7% of the category
352
Pages
about 6 h
Reading time

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Our view

“One False Move”, the fifth Myron Bolitar novel, is a light, mysterious case for Harlan Coben’s sports agent turned amateur sleuth. Some readers rate it the best of the series up to this point. Readers who have met Myron in the earlier books will get the most out of it.

The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.

About the book

One False Move is a novel by author Harlan Coben. It is the fifth novel in his series of a crime solver and sports agent named Myron Bolitar.

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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 ratingsStart here
    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 ratingsThis book
    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 7.8 across 61 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.861 100%

Frequently asked

How long is One False Move?

It has 352 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.

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