Darkest Fear

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Life isn't going well for Myron Bolitar. His business is struggling, and his father, recently recovered from a heart attack, is facing his own mortality - and forcing Myron to face it too. Then Emily Downing, Myron's college sweetheart, reappears in his life with devastating news: her thirteen-year-old son Jeremy is gravely ill and can be saved only by a bone-marrow transplant - from a donor who has vanished without trace.

Before Myron can absorb this revelation, Emily hits him with an even bigger shocker: Jeremy is Myron's son, conceived the night before Emily's wedding to another man. Staggered by the news, Myron plunges into a search for the missing donor. But for Myron, finding the only person who can save the boy's life means cracking open a mystery that involves a broken family, a brutal kidnapping spree, and a cat-and-mouse game between an ambitious reporter and the FBI.

Reviews

Coben's genius - and his most frustrating trick - is that he makes it all seem so obvious, then kicks your legs away before the end * FHM *
This is the first of the highly-regarded Bolitar books I've read and now I understand what the fuss is all about. Coben's narrative voice in this novel is fresh and surprising, equally at home with sentiment and satire. The twists in the plot are superb * MORNING STAR *
It is to the author's credit that although Myron is an immensely likeable and sympathetic character, he is just as convincing when he turns nasty * DAILY MAIL *
[Coben is] a highly original writer, with a handful of brilliant characters at his disposal . . . Hilarious and bursting with suspense, Darkest Fear is also an exceptionally moving novel * WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY *
[Coben] demonstrates his ability to take a story to a new level of originality, intrigue and surprise . . . Riveting stuff, with some of the sharpest dialogue you'll read in a thriller. In this case, the hype is an understatement - this is in a class of its own * DAILY RECORD *
The novel rattles along at a breakneck pace and as usual the dialogue crackles with sparkling one-liners. Coben is on top form here . . . All his characters leap off the page and I was truly disappointed by the fact that eventually this terrific novel had to end * ENIGMA *
Intelligent and gripping this is a real white-knuckle read of a thriller * DAILY MAIL *
Bolitar is a glorious character * GUARDIAN *
For years, readers of American crime thrillers have been rating Harlan Coben as one of the most sheerly entertaining and accomplished writers in the genre * DAILY EXPRESS *
This is the business... This book will keep you up * THE TIMES *
Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist - luring you in on the first page, only to shock you on the last * Dan Brown *

Author Bio

Harlan Coben is an international No.1 bestselling thriller author. He is the winner of the EDGAR, SHAMUS and ANTHONY AWARDS - the first to receive all three. His books are published in over 40 languages, with more than 47 million copies in print worldwide. www.harlancoben.com