The Match
By Harlan Coben

- Release Date: 2022-03-15
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
A shocking genetic match exposes a family's darkest secret in this gripping 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
Reviews
Loved it
5By QslqthqsySuperb story telling againThe match
5By sarafem17Excellent page turnerGood!
5By mrsteeReminds me a bit of the tv show, Tracker. Good read.Amazing
4By HlrwExcellent!!! I’ve barely slept because I was up all night reading this. Definitely a favorite! I was sad when I got to the end. The characters are so relatableToo many personal politics
1By Ajmel499I’ve always like his books but the personal politics leaking into it turned me offThe Match
5By DgrlmpA parable to anyone searching and trying to uncover truth in their lives. Perhaps those answers shine the light on the path to self actualization. Thrilling and poignant storytelling.The Match
5By bevy mayGood readGood Read, But Bewideringly Complicated
4By FastprofI enjoyed this book a lot. But I think the very complicated resolution, including an implausible villain (in that this person could not possibly have the strength to do what the villain does in one instance), softened what could have been a triumphant close.Contrived but still a good read.
4By MakingmesorryireviewedLove Coben’s work. A great writer and storyteller and this one required it all. A complicated story with lots of characters many of whom just go by initials. Interweaving story lines from several perspectives and a little too neat finale. Not Cobin’s best but I still recommend it. He almost pulled it off. Take notes on this one!He gets me every time
5By JethrooutlawHarlen always has a point in the book when you have to look away and say “that SOB did it again” he always has a plot twist that surpasses your intelligence