Jessica Culver

Jessica Culver is a fictional character created by Harlen Coben in his Myron Bolitar series.

Jessica is Myron's ex-girlfriend. Jessica met Myron one month before his accident, which led him to quit basketball forever. Jessica then stood by Myron through thick and thin. But as stated by her later, she left suffocated by Myron who always leaned on her for support. She cheated on Myron with a guy named Doug before the start of the series, and left Myron soon afterward. Though they still harbor feelings for each other, they do not get in contact for 4 years after their breakup.

Jessica comes back into Myron's life, while investigating her sister, Kathy and her dad's murder in the first novel Deal Breaker. Though she stays in Myron life she refuses to commit to him by getting married to him. This led eventually to a permanent break up.

She is a well known author and is known as the "sex symbol of literature".

As Myron had gone through a bad phase during their first break up she is hated by Myron's close friend Esperanza Diaz. Diaz refers to her as "The Bitch."