His heart is broken. His partner is in jail. And someone is trying to kill him.

Then Myron Bolitar gets some really bad news....

For sports agent Myron Bolitar, it seemed like the perfect vacation. A tropical beach. A warm breeze. A little uncomplicated passion with a woman he barely knows. Myron is almost in heaven when his friend Win shows up with a message that blasts him back to reality: Esperanza is in trouble. It's time to come home.

Now Myron is back in New York, determined to help Esperanza, his best friend and partner, who's been accused of killing one of their clients. But Esperanza isn't talking. Neither is her lawyer. And to prove his friend's innocence, Myron must trace the rise and fall of the victim, a pitcher who had been making a comeback with the Yankees. Suddenly the investigation is leading Myron to places he'd rather not go: into a family's agony, through the city's sexual underground, and to a moment buried on the dark side of a brilliant sports career.... Twelve years ago a young agent named Bolitar tried to help an up-and-coming athlete. It was a fatal mistake—and now Myron will have to pay the price....

哈兰·科本(Harlan Coben)，美国三代总统克林顿、小布什、奥巴马最喜欢的畅销书作家，《达·芬奇密码》作者丹·布朗的伯乐。第一位包揽国际最权威的埃德加·爱伦·坡奖、莎马斯奖和安东尼奖的美国作家，第一位入选图书奥斯卡(英国年度图书奖)的美国人。1995年，他以《Deal Breaker》而走红，赢得评论家和读者的广泛好评。迄今为止，已经连续推出“米隆·波利塔系列小说”(Myron Bolitar series)共十本，并因此获得诸多殊荣。《纽约时报》称赞他的小说是“天才作品”，《洛杉矶时报》认为他的小说“充满洞见”，《休斯顿纪事》指出他的作品“始终给人带来愉悦”。许多报刊一致认为，哈兰·科本的作品是必读书。

目前，科本的作品已经至少以三十二种语言出版，每一部作品都是世界范围的畅销书，从而牢固地确立了他在神秘悬疑小说(Mystery Suspense Fiction)创作领域里的卓著地位。