Darkest Fear
- 352
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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About the book
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
Reading order · Myron Bolitar
Full order & progress →- Deal BreakerStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - Drop Shot
7.67.6 / 10 - Fade Away
7.77.7 / 10 - Back Spin
7.57.5 / 10 - One False Move
7.77.7 / 10 - The Final Detail
7.77.7 / 10 - Darkest FearThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Promise Me
7.77.7 / 10 - Long Lost
–Not ranked yet - Live Wire
7.77.7 / 10 - Home
7.87.8 / 10 - Think TwiceThink Twice–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 54 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 8.0 | 5 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 49 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Darkest Fear?
It has 352 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
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