Why read Win?

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From the #1 bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix series The Stranger, Gone For Good and The Innocent comes a riveting new thriller, starring the new hero Windsor Horne Lockwood III - or Win, as he is known to his (few) friends ...
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2 authors picked Win as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Paul Gitsham

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Windsor Horne Lockwood III is quite simply one of the best characters I’ve read in years.

Lovers of Harlan Coben’s Myron Bolitar series will already be familiar with his incredibly wealthy, psychopathic best friend. It was always obvious that there was much more to Win than what we saw in those stories and so a spin-off was perhaps inevitable. But this is more than just an attempt to expand an already successful franchise.

Win is complex, flawed, admirable, and arguably despicable in equal measure. Told in first-person, Win is remarkably honest and self-reflective and like all the best anti-heroes leaves…

From Paul's 3 favorite reads in 2023.

M.W. Craven

Author

Windsor Horne Lockwood III, otherwise known as Win, is Myron Bolitar’s psychotic sidekick in Coben’s long-running series. Win is pure antihero.

He and Myron have been best friends since they roomed together at college. Win is from ‘old money’ and doesn’t try to hide it, he runs Lock-Horne Investments & Security, and is an expert in martial arts and weapons. Other than Myron and Myron’s business partner, Esperanza, and maybe half a dozen others, he has no emotional attachment to humans.

Despite his psychopathy, Win is a very funny character, and his loyalty to his few friends is absolute. Win…

From M.W.'s list on sidekicks in crime fiction.