The Match
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Harlan Coben
In this gripping new thriller from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of The Stranger, Wilde follows a tip that he hopes will finally solve the mystery of his abandonment, but instead sends him straight into the arms of a serial killer. As a young child, Wilde was found living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey. He has grown up knowing nothing of his family, and even less about his own identity. He is known simply as Wilde, the boy from the woods. But when a match at an online ancestry database puts him on the trail of a close relative - the first family member he has ever known - he thinks he might be about to solve the mystery of who he really is. Only this relation disappears as quickly as he's resurfaced, having experienced an epic fall from grace that can only be described as a waking nightmare. Undaunted, 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. Then one by one these doxxers start to die, and it soon becomes clear that a serial killer is targeting this secret community - and that his next victim might be Wilde himself ...
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Author
Harlan Coben
Pages
480
Publisher
Cornerstone
Published Date
2022-03-17
ISBN
1529156785 9781529156782
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"More of a ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2. I enjoyed it, but the first half was a bit slow and the ending wasn’t very well done."
Paige B
"7.5/10"
Shannon N.
"I love the characters of Hester Crimstein and Wilde. Loved this book."
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Erika Gutierrez
"Coben's books are stellar: well-written, authentic characters, intricate plots, lots of tension that pushes you along to the (always!) unusual and thrilling end."
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Shayla McBride
"It’s so good! Enjoy!"
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Karen Crozier
"Listen, I know this is a thriller/mystery series for dads, but I had a lot of fun. It was a bit ham-handed as it tried to exist as a standalone book separate from the other one (like, you can read this without reading the first one, but you'll probably like the characters a lot more if you read the first book) so much of the dynamics between them was repeatedly explained, but honestly, it wasn't so bad! I really REALLY enjoyed the DNA science angle. It constantly kept me guessing and I haven't read a book like that before. I didn't even find the doxing plotline to be cringeworthy, either, which is a real achievement for a novel to appropriately handle the internet. I did feel like it leaned a little heavy into cAnCeL cUlTuRe which makes my skin crawl, but I recognize I am not the target demographic for this book. All-in-all, it was fun to read, and truly surprising to me. I had a good time!<br/><br/>Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free eARC in exchange for an honest review."
kelsey