Harlan Coben: The Match (USA 2023)

From the Publisher:
Wilde has never known anything about his childhood. Abandoned in the woods as a young boy, his mind a blank slate, he's long thought the Pandora's Box of his past was better left unopened.
Until now.

A DNA match on an online ancestry database gives Wilde the opening he never knew he wanted: the chance to meet his father. But finding the man brings up more questions than answers. So Wilde reaches out to his last lead on the database, a second cousin and infamous reality TV star who vanishes as suddenly as Wilde walked out of the woods decades ago.

Was his cousin's downfall a long time coming? Or was he the victim of a conspiracy as cunning as it is complex? Wilde must save the only family he has left before the door to the truth closes forever.

Harlan Coben: The Match. Two mysteries. A shocking genetic connection. Sometimes the biggest fires start with... The Match.A Novel. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781538739785 (February, 2023), 400 p., $8.99.

Harlan Coben: The Match (USA 2023)

From the Publisher:
A shocking genetic match exposes a family's darkest secret in this gripping #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from the creator of the #1 hit Netflix series Stay Close

After months away, Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he's known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints of modern life.

Suddenly, a DNA match on an online ancestry database brings Wilde closer to his past than he's ever dreamed, and finally gives Wilde the opening he needs to track down his father. But meeting the man brings up more questions than answers. So Wilde reaches out to his last, most desperate lead, a second cousin who disappears as quickly as he resurfaces, having experienced an epic fall from grace that can only be described as a waking nightmare.

Was his cousin's downfall a long time coming? Or was he the victim of a conspiracy as cunning as it is complex? And how does it all connect to the man once known as The Stranger, a treacherous fugitive with a growing following whose mission and methods have only turned more dangerous with time?

Named a Best Book by USA Today • Wall Street Journal • Publishers Weekly

Harlan Coben: The Match. A Novel. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781538748299 (February, 2023), 343 p., $17.99.

Harlan Coben: The Match (UK 2022)

From the Publisher:
He is known as Wilde, the boy from the woods.
Discovered living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey, he has grown up knowing nothing of his parents, and even less about his own identity.

Until now.

When a match on a DNA database puts him on the trail of a close relative - the only family member he has ever known - Wilde thinks he might be about to solve the mystery of who he really is.

Only this relation disappears as quickly as he's resurfaced. Undaunted, Wilde continues his research, becoming caught up in a secret community committed to exposing anonymous online trolls.

Then one by one, people start to die, and it soon becomes clear that a serial killer is targeting this secret community.

And that the next victim could be Wilde himself...

Harlan Coben: The Match. You've been living a lie. But the truth could kill you. Penguin, ISBN: 9781529157802 (December, 2022), 480 p., £8.99.

Harlan Coben: The Match (UK 2022)

From the Publisher:
He is known as Wilde, the boy from the woods.
Discovered living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey, he has grown up knowing nothing of his parents, and even less about his own identity.

Until now.

When a match on a DNA database puts him on the trail of a close relative - the only family member he has ever known - Wilde thinks he might be about to solve the mystery of who he really is.

Only this relation disappears as quickly as he's resurfaced. Undaunted, Wilde continues his research, becoming caught up in a secret community committed to exposing anonymous online trolls.

Then one by one, people start to die, and it soon becomes clear that a serial killer is targeting this secret community.

And that the next victim could be Wilde himself

Harlan Coben: The Match. You've been living a lie. But the truth could kill you. Century, ISBN: 9781529135480 (March, 2022), 343 p., £20.00, eBook £9.99.

Harlan Coben: The Match (USA 2022)

From the Publisher:
Named a Best Book by USA Today • Wall Street Journal • Publishers Weekly
A shocking genetic match exposes a family's darkest secret in this gripping new thriller from the creator of the #1 hit Netflix series Stay Close.

After months away, Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he's known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints of modern life.

Suddenly, a DNA match on an online ancestry database brings Wilde closer to his past than he's ever dreamed, and finally gives Wilde the opening he needs to track down his father. But meeting the man brings up more questions than answers. So Wilde reaches out to his last, most desperate lead, a second cousin who disappears as quickly as he resurfaces, having experienced an epic fall from grace that can only be described as a waking nightmare.

Was his cousin's downfall a long time coming? Or was he the victim of a conspiracy as cunning as it is complex? And how does it all connect to the man once known as The Stranger, a treacherous fugitive with a growing following whose mission and methods have only turned more dangerous with time?

Harlan Coben: The Match. A Novel. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781538748282 (March, 2022), 343 p., $29.00, eBook $14.99.