The Match Harlan Coben

THE MATCH HARLAN COBEN

Hardback Published By Century 17th March 2022

Wilde returns in the riveting new thriller from the modern master of the genre.

Thirty five years ago, when young Wilde was first discovered living alone in the woods, doctors estimated his age to be between six and eight years old. He had no memory of parents or caregivers or any life other than scrounging around to survive in those mountains alone. That little boy stayed alive by breaking into empty cabins and summer home, raiding the refrigerators and pantries. Sometimes he slept in empty homes or in tents he’d stolen from garages mostly, if the weather was cooperative, young Wilde like to sleep outside under the star.

He still did.

Known simply as Wilde, the boy from the woods grew up not knowing of any family members, distant or otherwise. When a match on an online ancestry database puts him on the trail of a close relative, he thinks that he may be very near to revealing the truth about his origins. But the discovery links Wilde with a present day disappearance and presumed suicide that is much more than it first appears.

Undated, Wilde continues his research on DNA websites where he becomes caught up in a community of doxxers, a secret group committed to exposing anonymous online trolls.

One by one the do CD-R’s start to die, and it soon becomes clear that a serial Killer is targeting this secret community. And his next victim might be Wilde himself.

MY REVIEW

I am a huge fan of Harlan Coben. I have just finished watching his last two TV series, Stay Close, and The Stranger. I have also read quite a few of his books, and highly recommended watching Harlan Coben’s TV series and his books, as in my eyes he is one the top best selling authors for thrillers.

Here is a list of all the books by Harlan Coben, have you read any of them or watched the TV series.

• Play Dead
• Miracle Cure Deal Breaker
• Drop Shot
• Fade Away
• Back Spin
• One False Move The Final Detail
• Darkest Fear
• Tell No One Gone for Good
• No Second Chance
• Just One Look The Innocent Promise Me
• The Woods Hold Tight
• Long Lost
• Caught
• Live Wire Shelter
• Stay Close
• Seconds Away
• Six Years
• Missing You
• Found
• The Stranger Fool Me Once
• Home
• Don’t Let Go
• Run Away
• The Boy from the Woods
• Win

I would like to thank century books for sending me a proof paperback copy

Praise for Harlan Coben

Coben is one of the all time greats: Gillian Flynn

One of the world’s finest thriller writers: Peter James Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook and twist Dan Brown.

About Harlan Coben

With over 70 million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times author of thirty one novels including RUN AWAY, FOOL ME ONCE, TELL NO ONE, NO SECOND CHANCE and the renowned Myron Bolitar series. His books are published in 43 languages around the globe.

He is the creator and executive producer of several Netflix television dramas including THE STRANGER , SAFE, THE FIVE, and THE WOODS, STAY CLOSE is the latest gripping drama starring Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage, Eddie Izzard and Sarah Parish.

In his first books, Harlan Coben immersed himself in the exploits of sports agent Myron Bolitar, Critics loved the series saying. “You race to turn pages both suspenseful and often surprisingly funny” (people) . After seven books Harlan Coben wanted to try something different. “I came up with a great idea that simply would not work for Myron” says Coben. The result was the acclaimed New York Times bestseller TELL NO ONE, which became the most decorated thriller of the year.

Winner of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award, he is the first author to win all three. Coben has received an eclectic variety of honours from all over the world. In Paris, he was awarded the prestigious Vermeil Medal of Honours for contributions to culture and society by the Mayor of Paris. He has won the EI Premio del Novela Negra RBA in Spain, the Grand Prix de Lectrices in France, and the CWA/ITV3 Bestseller Dagger for favourite crime novelist in the UK. On the other end of the spectrum, Little League Baseball inducted Harlan Coben into their Hall of Excellence in 2013, and Harlan is also a member of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame from his playing days at Amherst College.

Harlan was born in Newark, New Jersey. He still lives in New Jersey with his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben MD, a paediatrician, and their four children.

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