Deal Breaker
Deal Breaker is a 1995 thriller novel by Harlan Coben and is the first in his Myron Bolitar series. Plot. Investigator and sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman whom everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. Suddenly Myron is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail. Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman 's secret and a man's lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business—where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed. Film adaptation. A movie adaptation is in development after the rights to the Myron Bolitar novels was bought by Columbia Pictures. Awards. The novel won the 1996 Anthony Award and received an Edgar award nomination in the "Best Paperback original" category.