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 thirteenyearold boy. A surprise visit from an exgirlfriend 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 Fastpaced . . . 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 pageturning pace Darkest Fear is a winner.The Orlando Sentinel show more