Live Wire

　　米隆．博利塔曾經是職業籃球員，要不是在重要選秀前膝蓋受傷了，他現在就不會是個律師，也不會和好友──超級有錢公子哥老溫──一起開了經紀公司兼偵探事務所。

　　這回來向知名經紀人米隆．博利塔求助的是前知名網球選手蘇茲，她頂著大肚子來到米隆的辦公室，要他幫忙找失蹤的搖滾明星老公雷克斯，一向將客戶利益視為首要之務的米隆自然馬上答應了。很快地米隆就在一家夜店找到雷克斯，就在他正要苦口婆心勸雷克斯回家時，他看到了失聯多年的弟媳婦琦蒂，他想追上去，可是凱蒂轉眼間就消失了。

　　蘇茲和雷克斯心結的始自一則臉書留言，內容直指蘇茲肚裡孩子的爸爸不是雷克斯，而留言者正是琦蒂。米隆在蘇茲的協助下找到琦蒂的臉書帳號，企圖藉此聯絡上她和弟弟布萊德。就在米隆的追查陷入膠著之際，蘇茲卻因注射海洛因過量死了。所有的證據都無法指證有他殺嫌疑，但米隆就是不相信，堅持繼續追查下去，卻意外發現雷克斯和樂團的另一個成員懷爾與黑道之間，原來有著不可告人的雙重秘密……

　　另一方面，當年琦蒂和布萊德出走，是因為米隆的一句謊言所造成的，米隆始終為此感到內疚。事隔十六年，他衷心希望布萊德一家人再度回歸家族的懷抱。為了找到琦蒂，他必須更深入挖掘琦蒂和雷克斯等人之間的過去。不料當年琦蒂和布萊德的出走背後其實有著不可告人的祕密，不僅與黑道有關，更牽扯到極大的金錢利益與一個醜陋的真相。因此，凡是插手干涉的人，生命都遭到威脅……

　　然而，最美麗的謊言能抵擋得了最醜陋的真相嗎？

　　Is a pretty lie better than the ugly truth?

　　Harlan Coben published his first Myron Bolitar thriller, Deal Breaker, in 1995, introducing a hero that would captivate millions. Over the years we have watched Myron walk a tight rope between sports agent, friend, problem solver and private eye, his big heart quick to defend his client’s interests so fiercely that he can’t help but jump in to save them, no matter the cost.

　　When former tennis star Suzze T and her rock star husband, Lex, encounter an anonymous Facebook post questioning the paternity of their unborn child, Lex runs off, and Suzze - at eight months pregnant - asks Myron to save her marriage, and perhaps her husband’s life. But when he finds Lex, he also finds someone he wasn’t looking for: his sister-in-law, Kitty, who along with Myron’s brother abandoned the Bolitar family long ago.

　　As Myron races to locate his missing brother while their father clings to life, he must face the lies that led to the estrangement - including the ones told by Myron himself. If we thought we knew Myron Bolitar, Coben now proves we didn’t. An electric, stay-up-all night thriller that unfolds at a breakneck pace, Live Wire proves that Harlan Coben still has the ability to shock us anew.

　　★本書中譯版《美麗的謊言》由出版。

作者簡介

哈蘭．科本(Harlan Coben)

　　哈蘭．科本寫過多本暢銷小說，包括榮登《紐約時報》暢銷榜冠軍的《原諒》（Caught）、《永久失蹤》（Long Lost）、《抓緊了》（Hold Tight）。此外，科本曾得過愛倫坡獎、夏姆斯獎及安東尼獎，是唯一一位同時奪得此三項推理大獎的作家。目前與家人定居於紐澤西州

　　Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen previous novels, including Caught, Long Lost, Hold Tight, and Tell No One, as well as the popular Myron Bolitar series. Winner of the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, Coben lives in New Jersey.