Darkest Fear - Harlan Coben

“Darkest Fear” is one of those books that I bought because the story line sounded somewhat appealing and because the book was on sale in a clear-out. Although I had never heard of the author, Harlan Coben was noted to be a best selling author of the novel ‘No second chance’. Consequently I thought that this book would be, at the very least, an average piece of reading. I bought the book and I kept it for several months, before I was finally persuaded by a Ciao review to take it with me on a business trip. I first started this book on the way back from my business trip. My colleague, who was ... more

Well last summer I bought 3 books in a 3 for 2 offer at Waterstones. Unfortunately the two I had read already were mediocre and awful so when I got to my third purchase “Darkest Fear” by Harlan Coben I was not holding out much hope of it being any better. The cover of the book does make it look promising though. A long road through countryside trees all shrouded in mist. Just below the words “Darkest Fear” is written in stark angular and raised type and below that again is the authors name in White “best selling author of “No Second Chance” A best selling author eh? Well for £6.99 for the ... more

Having recently rewritten my first and worst review, I felt it was time to sort this one out. It's somewhat less of a radical re-write this time, but it was still definitely needed. I originally decided to review this book because, although it already had two reviews, the overall rating of 3.5 stars it had before my review was a pretty unfair total in my humble opinion. PLOT This is the first of a series of books featuring Myron Bolitar, so it may be the best place to start, although I don't feel I lost anything by starting on the second or third book in the sequence, except that I pretty much ... more

Without giving away to much of this book in terms of its plot here is the general gist: Struggling to keep his sports agency, MB Sports Reps afloat, Myron Bolitar (lead character) is not thrilled to have a former girlfriend resurface after many years. Sadly, her 13-year-old son desperately needs a bone-marrow transplant from a person who has mysteriously disappeared. The woman asks for Myron's help in locating the missing donor and confides to him that he is the boy's father. Against his better judgment he begins to search for the man who can save the boys life. The plot twists and turns as ... more