Breaking Point [Hardcover]

Martina Navratilova (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 1996

The winningest tennis champion in the world serves up her latest thriller. Jordan Miles, retired tennis pro, is attending one of the grandest parties of the tennis season when a woman's body plunges through the skylight and lands in the koi pool. When Jordan senses a cover-up, this part-time sleuth is determined to get to the bottom of the matter--before someone else is killed.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Navratilova and Nickles lob a winner into the mystery court with the follow-up to The Total Zone. At Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Jordan Myles?former women's tennis champ, now co-founder of the Desert Springs Sports Science Center?witnesses the fatal fall (through a greenhouse roof) of Catherine Richie, the former assistant to promoter Jimmy Bennet. Although Jordan leaves the investigation to the French police, questions about the death and the hoopla building around the Crown Jewel, the richest tournament on the circuit (which Catherine was promoting), nag at her. Jordan isn't surprised to learn that PI and old friend Noel Fisher has been hired by Catherine's family to find out who murdered her, and she resolves to help him. But when he's hospitalized after being nearly beaten to death, she realizes that both of them are in danger and she must find the killer before she becomes a victim herself. Insights into the tennis circuit and sports medicine combined with a taut mystery serve to move this doubles pair up a notch in the rankings. Author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Ex-tennis star Jordan Myles attends a prestigious cocktail party in a Paris greenhouse and comes face to face with murder when a woman crashes through the glass roof. To find the killer, the victim's parents hire Jordan's friend, private investigator Noel Fish. After a beating hospitalizes Noel, Jordan takes on the case. Navratilova's simple formula expands to encompass the world of tennis, commercial sports products, and sports medicine allusions, but the presentation lacks excitement, emotion, and humor. For die-hard fans only.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 292 pages
• Publisher: Villard; 1st edition (January 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679433910
• ISBN-13: 978-0679433910
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,807,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good enough to keep me awake after midnight, June 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Breaking Point (Hardcover)

This is a very good book by my favourite tennisplayer ever, because it was written by Martina I bought the first one. But because it's a good book I bought the other two. Very entertaining and good enough to keep me up after midnight to finish reading the book

2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Sequel to Total Zone, November 2, 2000

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Bruce Jones - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breaking Point (Mass Market Paperback)

Ex-Tennis Pro Jordan Myles is back and she's using her detective skills to investigate the death of young girl who worked for a sleazy sports agent. The action gets muddled with far too many characters (and not enough suspects) to keep track of. Then more people start turning up dead, and Jordan's life is threatened. When she finally figures out whodunit and why, there's no real surprise and the story ends very weakly.

Not even the return appearance of detective Noel Fishburn (aka "The Fish") and Martina's extensive knowledge of the pro tennis could help pull this story off!

3.0 out of 5 stars Breaking Point, March 31, 2000

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Irene Larimer (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breaking Point (Mass Market Paperback)

This was the first book, by Martina Navratilova and Elizabeth Nickles that I had read and I have to say that it was hard going getting into the book but once past those first 50 pages it was an enjoyable read. Easy read, fast paced mystery with lots of action and for those of us who love tennis quite an insight into some of the behind the scene wranglings that we may never have thought of. I enjoyed it and would say that most tennis fans would.