Wilde has no recollection of the time before he was found in the woods. He remembers surviving anyway he could but not how he ended up being the “modern-day Mowgli” the media referred to him as.

After his rescue, growing up in foster care he’d always wondered about his biological mother and father. How he’d ended up living in the woods. Now, as a forty something man he’d decided to join one of those DNA websites and had come up with a match, someone he believed to be his father. But that wasn’t all, there was another match a possible cousin too. But this cousin, after doing a bit of digging turned out to be missing. With a need to find out more about his family, he decided to look further into this cousins life. But would it lead him on a wild goose chase or would it lead him to finding out more about his family.

This is the second book I’ve read by this author and I loved it as much as the first. I was pulled into Wilde’s story from page one. This author writes books that have you hooked immediately and are full of twists and turns that ultimately lead to somewhere you never expected. As with the previous book I was totally mind blown by the whole book. The characters are all written so well, they’re either really likeable or you can’t quite work them out, and nobody is ever quite as they seem. Another great book that will definitely be vying for the number 1 spot in February for me.

Harlan Coben books are always a guilty pleasure for me and this one certainly didn't disappoint. The story is gripping and clever, and the main characters are, as usual, appealing (if somewhat improbable). A very enjoyable book which I couldn't put down, and I would thoroughly recommend it.

A novel full of suspense. Wilde was abandoned in the woods as a child, but he survived ro adulthood, and he searches for his parents and the reasons they abandoned him, on a DNA website, where he finds a match in Daniel Carter, who he thinks is his father. When he locates him, Sofia, the man's wife, does not react to him, but his father admits he had sexual encounters with different women, at a diner nearby, and so any one of those women could be Wilde's mother. However since the one woman who is probably American abandoned the child in America, he thinks it may well be her. Daniel did not know he had a son. I will not reveal the rest of the plot, because that way I will not be spoiling it for the reader, and the reader is certainly recommended to read it, if they enjoy a good thriller.

The Match is a thrilling entertaining read. Wilde has grown up not knowing who is family are or where he comes from. Found in the mountains of New Jersey when very young and living a feral existence.
A match on a DNA a database puts him in contact with a man matched as his father, Wilde is hoping to have many questions answered.
Not wanting to give any spoilers here we have an absolutely spellbinding, page turning story. With a cast of great supporting characters, people start dying, is a serial killer on the loose or is it more?
I have not read the previous book The Boy in the woods so came into this follow up blind, but I didn’t feel I was missing out, but now I just can’t wait to read Wilde’s story from his beginning.
What a read! A story masterfully written with a cracking plotline and that ending…..terrific
My thanks to netgalley and publishers for the opportunity to review this book honestly.

Wow!!!!!! As usual Harlan Coben didn’t disappoint I devoured this book in one sitting. It was a real rollercoaster of a story.
Wilde the boy from the woods is back and this time he’s looking for answers, this revolves around Wilde looking for his family and he gets caught up in a real twister of a tale.
Hope Wilde returns in another book but we will just have to watch this space
Highly recommended read
A*

I’m always thrilled when there’s a new Harlan Coben book out and I was especially grateful to Netgalley for giving me an advanced copy and this is my honest review.

In this book we see Wilde again who was found in the woods as a child and had apparently been living there for some time. If you haven’t read the first one then this would probably work as a stand-alone but I recommend reading that one first. It was great to see more of Wildes background in this book, one of the things that I love about Harlan Cobens books is the strong characters that he writes and Wilde is no exception. It’s also great to see more Hester Crimstein and I really hope that this series continues. The mystery in the story was great, I didn’t see the end coming at all! All in all this book just hits everything right for me, great story and also great characters.

Slow start but a good read once it got going. The family relationships were a bit confusing.
I liked the ending.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Wilde, who was abandoned in the woods as a young child, has submitted his DNA to a genealogy site to find his family, and he thinks he has found his father, and another more distant relative, but in his quest to meet these people, he finds himself embedded in a pretty big mess.

Harlan Coben has been my #1 author for probably the last 20 years, and I was starting to fear he was losing a step after not loving the first novel with Wilde or the last novel, featuring Win, who I Iove as a supporting character. So when I was so quickly drawn into this novel, I was relieved to know he is back in good form. This one held my attention from start to finish and I was never sure what was going on, or how all of the threads fit together. I really couldn't put this one down. I loved all of the characters and hope we will see more of them in a future novel.

3.5 stars


Typically,the previous book,The boy from the woods is probably the only Coben book I've yet to read.
I'll fix that soon.
This one definitely works well as a stand alone. Wilde is a very interesting character,with a "family" of friends that will hopefully show up again.

DNA is scary stuff, families are scary stuff, mix the two and you're in for an interesting ride.
As always Coben entertains from the first,to the last page.

I was looking forward to read this book since The boy in the woods was one of my favourite books by the author.

It was nice to go back and see how new characters make an interesting appearance and how Wilde has come to peace with all his “nightmares”

In true Harlan Coben style, this story is another one that deserves to be brought to life on screen so even more people can reach the creative way he gives us.

Full of intrigue and interesting characters, long-lost secrets and unexpected twists, The Match is another must-read book for anyone who wants to lose themselves in the best fictional world.

Absolutely brilliant. One of my best reads this year! From page one until the end there is no stopping. Prepare to sit down with this book and not be able to do anything else until you find out the soloution. One of his best ever books. Totally unputdownable!!!!