The Match

The gripping new thriller from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of Stay Close and The Stranger . . .* The December 2022 Richard & Judy Book Club pick *'The absolute master' Richard Osman'A helter-skelter of a read!' Lisa Jewell'One of the all-time greats' Gillian Flynn'One of my favourites' John Grisham'At the top of his game' Peter James'Never lets you down' Lee Child'Twisty, well characterised, gently satirical' Jake KerridgeHe 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 . . .'Insanely readable' SUNDAY MIRROR'Coben is a phenomenon' THE TIMES'It really is a page-turning thriller' JAZZ FM'There all kinds of twists and turns ' BBC RADIO 5 LIVE'Typically twisty' THE SUN'The king of tense thrillers is back with a book steeped in jaw-dropping twists.' OK!'Harlan Coben is the king of a killer twist [...] a highly addictive read.' HEAT'A superb twist I really didn't see coming' JACKIE'S READING CORNERReaders love The Match . . .***** 'A compelling read and one I'd highly recommend to those who like an intelligent plot'***** 'It was very entertaining.'***** 'The twists/turns are endless and putting it down was always with much angst.'***** 'He's a master storyteller.'***** 'An easy 5 star review for me. Get a copy of this, strap yourself in and enjoy the ride.'

"It's a classic Coben-style (twisty) story, quite probably already on its way to become a TV series."--AARP, "[Harlan Coben is] the modern master of the hook and twist."--Dan Brown, "Coben is simply one of the all-time greats."--Gillian Flynn, "Coben never, ever lets you down."--Lee Child, "Every time you think Harlan Coben couldn't get any better at uncoiling a whip snake of a page-turner, he comes along with a new novel that somehow surpasses its predecessor."--San Francisco Chronicle

With more than eighty million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben is the worldwide number 1 bestselling author of numerous thrillers, including Run Away, The Boy from the Woods, Win and The Match as well as the multi-award-winning Myron Bolitar series. His books are published in forty-six languages and are bestsellers in more than a dozen countries.Coben is also the creator and executive producer of many television shows, including the Netflix Original dramas Stay Close, The Stranger and Hold Tight, as well as the upcoming Amazon Prime series adaptation of Shelter which is based on Coben's YA novel of the same name.Coben is currently developing 14 projects, including Run Away, with Netflix in the US and internationally.He lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children.

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