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 Darkest Fear byHarlan Coben Delacorte Press 336 pages, 2000 ISBN 0385334338 Reviewed by PJ Nunn Read our author interview Sports agent Myron Bolitar swore off his sideline of private investigation. With a love life that’s at least functional, his dad’s health on the mend, and his faithful partner Esperanza helping him rebuild his business after recent losses, Myron thinks things are going pretty well. He’s even got a couple of hot new potential clients. Amazing how quickly darkness can extinguish the light at the end of the tunnel. Emily, Myron’s former college sweetheart, is not the kind of old flame that evokes fond memories. Nightmares are more likely. When she resurfaces, Myron braces for trouble, but nothing could prepare him for what she dumps in his lap. Her oldest child, Jeremy, has a rare form of anemia and the child will die without a bone-marrow transplant. The National Bone Marrow Donor’s Registry thought they’d found a donor, but then he disappeared. Emily needs Myron to find the missing donor. That’s a compelling enough reason to renege on his promise to Esperanza, but just in case, Emily drops another bombshell. The child, she claims, is Myron’s. Suddenly Myron is thrust into a race against time to save the life of a child he never knew he had. Of course, his friend Win, with his debatable charm and ethics, is there to help. But the stakes are high and regardless of the outcome, none of them will ever be the same. Coben navigates magnificently across the tightwire with DARKEST FEAR - and it’s aptly titled. Questions of priorities, legalities and loyalties are examined from all sides. Emotions run raw and span the spectrum - from unutterable terror to unconditional love. Myron is forced to examine old grievances and new relationships, and to accept the things he cannot change – in others and in himself. Time and again, readers endure the suspense; as leads fall through - the relief; as buried secrets are unearthed - the desperation. The solution to one puzzle merely reveals that there is yet another one to solve. Coben’s masterful talent shines like a beacon in the night, leaving us to wonder what else he has hidden away. |
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