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In his seventh Myron Bolitar thriller, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben brings us his most astonishingand deeply personalnovel yet. And it all begins when Myrons ex tells him hes a father . . . of a dying thirteen-year-old boy. A surprise visit from an ex-girlfriend is unsettling enough. But Emily Downings news brings Myron 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: Jeremy is Myrons son, conceived the night before Emilys wedding to another man. Myron is determined to help him. But finding the missing donor means cracking open a dark mystery that involves a broken family, a brutal kidnapping spree, and the FBI. And as doubts emerge about Jeremys true paternity, a child vanishes, igniting a chain reaction of heartbreaking truth and chilling revelation. Praise for Darkest Fear Suspenseful . . . a slam dunk . . . You race to turn pages.People Fast-paced . . . layered with both tenderness and fun . . . Coben [is] a gifted storyteller.The Denver Post A terrific novel . . . Cobens professionalism is clear from every paragraph in the book.The Boston Globe With its pretzel of a plot and page-turning pace, Darkest Fear is a winner.The Orlando Sentinel