Win is Harlan Coben at his brilliant best. Windsor Horne Lockwood III is ‘old money’, heir apparent to the massive fortune and traditions of the Lockwood family (and best friend of Myron Bolitar, former NBA basketball star, sports agent and some time detective who only appears in this story in Win’s thoughts).
Win is happy with his status in life and the many advantages he enjoys. He lives by his own code of righting wrongs by covertly seeking out bad guys and beating them up by means of his specialised, highly developed skills. When a recluse is found murdered in an upper West Side New York apartment and among the countless objects he has hoarded are a Vermeer painting owned by Win’s family and stolen years before, and a monogrammed suitcase which had belonged to Win, the FBI appear and Win becomes involved in trying to help solve a very old mystery which had once caused much heartache for the Lockwoods.
I would have loved the book for this gem alone: ‘I stand and coolly lean against the fireplace mantle like Sinatra against a lamppost. The word you are looking for is “debonair”.’ The writing is cool, witty and suspenseful in turns and everything a good crime story should be.
Now I am going to re-read some of my Myron Bolitars. I’ve got the Harlan Coben bug good and proper.
5 out of 5 absolutely!
Published by Century
Penguin Random House UK
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