Darkest Fear : A Myron Bolitar Novel

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 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.From the.. Life isn't going well for Myron Bolitar. His business is struggling, and hisfather, recently recovered from a heart attack, is facing his own mortality - and forcing Myron to face it too. Then comes another surprise. EmilyDowning, Myron's college sweetheart, reappears in his life withdevastating news: her thirteen-year-old son Jeremy is gravely ill and canbe saved only by a bone-marrow transplant - from a donor who hasvanished without trace. Before Myron can absorb this revelation, Emily hits him with an evenbigger shocker: Jeremy is Myron's son, conceived the night before Emily'swedding to another man. Staggered by the news, Myron plunges into asearch for the missing donor. But for Myron, finding the only person whocan save the boy's life means cracking open a mystery as dark as it isheartbreaking - a mystery that involves a broken family, a brutalkidnapping spree, and a cat-and-mouse game between an ambitiousreporter and the FBI. 7th Myron Bolitar Novel Myron faces the most emotionally shattering case of his career. And it all begins when Myron’s ex-girlfriend tells him he is a father-of a dying 13-year-old boy.