Darkest Fear (Myron Bolitar, #7)

Myron Bolitars fathers recent heart attack brings Myron smack into a midlife encounter with issues of adulthood and mortality. And if thats 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 Downings 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 wouldnt wish tsuris like that on anyone. And hes 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 thats been gaining in popularity since Bolitars first appearance, in Harlan Cobens Deal Breaker. Myrons a bit of a baby, but hes not afraid to get rough when the situation calls for it, hes eminently likable, and his hearts 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 Cobens other Bolitar novels, shes worth every penny. --Jane Adams

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