哈蘭·科本(Harlan Coben)，美國三代總統剋林頓、小布什、奧巴馬最喜歡的暢銷書作傢，《達·芬奇密碼》作者丹·布朗的伯樂。第一位包攬國際最權威的埃德加·愛倫·坡奬、莎馬斯奬和安東尼奬的美國作傢，第一位入選圖書奧斯卡(英國年度圖書奬)的美國人。1995年，他以《Deal Breaker》而走紅，贏得評論傢和讀者的廣泛好評。迄今為止，已經連續推齣“米隆·波利塔係列小說”(Myron Bolitar series)共十本，並因此獲得諸多殊榮。《紐約時報》稱贊他的小說是“天纔作品”，《洛杉磯時報》認為他的小說“充滿洞見”，《休斯頓紀事》指齣他的作品“始終給人帶來愉悅”。許多報刊一緻認為，哈蘭·科本的作品是必讀書。

目前，科本的作品已經至少以三十二種語言齣版，每一部作品都是世界範圍的暢銷書，從而牢固地確立瞭他在神秘懸疑小說(Mystery Suspense Fiction)創作領域裏的卓著地位。

In this classic sixth novel in the award-winning Myron Bolitar series, # 1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben delivers a riveting, powerhouse thriller featuring one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in all of suspense fiction. Here is a twisting mystery of betrayal, family secrets, and murder filled with the sly humor, dead-on dialogue, and unforgettable characters that have made Harlan Coben one of today’s must-read suspense authors.

For Myron Bolitar, sports agent and reluctant sleuth, it was a long-needed vacation. A tropical beach. A warm breeze. A little uncomplicated passion with a woman he hardly knows. But, most of all, a chance to clear his head after the death of a close friend.

It almost works—until his fiercely loyal, if sometimes morally challenged, friend Win shows up with a message that blasts Myron back to New York…and reality. Esperanza, Myron’s best friend and partner at MB Sportsrep, has been arrested for the murder of a client, a fallen baseball star attempting a comeback.

Myron is determined to prove Esperanza’s innocence. But she isn’t speaking. And neither is her lawyer, except to say that Myron would do best to keep his distance, lest he hurt her case. Only Myron is already too close to the case to back away. For twelve years ago a young agent tried to help an up-and-coming athlete. It was a fatal mistake—and now Myron may have to pay the price.

To solve a case as bizarre as it is difficult, Myron will be obliged to view it from the strangest angles: a transsexual nightclub, a baseball owner with a long-lost daughter, a dubious drug test, an impossible murder scene, and a computer disk with the image of a disintegrating girl. But most bizarre of all is that as he tries to unearth, Myron’s own investigation points to only one other suspect: himself…as this spellbinding novel twists, jolts, and careens towards its dazzling finish.