Darkest Fear

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Edgar Award-winner Harlan Coben brings us his most astonishing - and deeply personal - novel yet. And it all begins when Myron Bolitar’s ex tells him he’s a father… of a dying thirteen-year-old boy.

Myron never saw it coming. A surprise visit from an ex-girlfriend is unsettling enough. But Emily Downing’s news brings him to his knees. Her son Jeremy is dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant - from a donor who has vanished without a trace. Then comes the real shocker: The boy is Myron’s son, conceived the night before her wedding to another man.

Staggered by the news, Myron plunges into a search for the missing donor. But finding him means cracking open a dark mystery that involves a broken family, a brutal kidnapping spree, and the FBI. Somewhere in the sordid mess is the donor who disappeared. And as doubts emerge about Jeremy’s true paternity, a child vanishes, igniting a chain reaction of heartbreaking truth and chilling revelation.

Praise for Darkest Fear

A slam dunk… You race to turn the pages… both suspenseful and often surprisingly funny. - People

Terrific. - Boston Globe

A winner. - Orlando Sentinel

Fast-paced… layered with both tenderness and fun… Coben [is] a gifted storyteller. - Denver Post