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 sitting opposite of me, took an interest in what I was reading. I ...  Read the complete review

This book is obviously available with more than one cover art as the copy I've got has a dark green illustration on the front. Looking on Amazon, there is a third cover art variation to the one shown by Dooyoo even. So if you're looking out for this book, be careful to look for the specific title and not just the cover like I sometimes lazily do! If you wanted to buy a copy new online it costs £5.29 from Amazon. You might not be willing to pay that much for it when you've read mine and other people's reviews on it though. This book starts out promisingly enough. For starters, the blurb has a really enthusiastic accreditation underneath it. I should have ...  Read the complete review

Harlan Coben's series of books featuring his main character, Myron Bolitar, have been very popular. When we first read about him in Deal Breaker as a young, charismatic sports agent turned private investigator, we met with a confident character who shone out of the book and gave us a very fresh image of the man in the words. A few books and years on, Darkest Fear examines an area of Myron's past that has come back to haunt him, as well as give him a fresh 'case' to work on. This is a strange combination from Coben, and one that hasn't completely worked for me. Myron Bolitar is a successful and popular sports agent, an ex-basketball star with bad knees ending ...  Read the complete review

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 paperback I’d expect to be reading something from a good ...  Read the complete review