Darkest Fear Harlan Coben,
Publisher: Orion Pub Co
ISBN: 0752856227
DDC: 813
Edition: Hardcover; 2003-01-06
Summary:
Myron Bolitar's father's recent heart attack brings Myron smack into
a midlife encounter with issues of adulthood and mortality. And if
that's not enough to turn his life upside down, the reappearance of
his first serious girlfriend is. The basketball star turned sports
agent, who does a little detecting when business is slow, is saddened
by the news that Emily Downing's 13-year-old son is dying and
desperately needs a bone marrow transplant; even if she did leave him
for the man who destroyed his basketball career, he wouldn't wish
tsuris like that on anyone. And he's not at all interested in getting
involved with Emily again, not even to track down the one mysterious
donor who may be able to save the boy. But when Myron learns that
Jeremy Downing is his own son, conceived the night before Emily and
Greg Downing married, he embarks on a search for someone who
disappeared a lifetime ago. And what he finds leads him to a powerful
family determined to keep an old secret, a disgraced reporter who may
have plagiarized a novel to create a serial killer, a very interested
FBI agent, and a missing child. This is the seventh outing in a
series that's been gaining in popularity since Bolitar's first
appearance, in Harlan Coben's Deal Breaker. Myron's a bit of a baby,
but he's not afraid to get rough when the situation calls for it,
he's eminently likable, and his heart's in the right place. The
fireworks are supplied by his friend and partner, Win, who really
deserves a series of his own, and Esperanza, the lesbian
wrestler-lawyer who has finally talked Myron into making her a
partner in the business. Like Coben's other Bolitar novels, she's
worth every penny. --Jane Adams
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