Review: Boy From The Woods By Harlan Coben #NetGalley

The Boy From The Woods 

In the shocking new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away, a man whose past is shrouded in mystery must find a missing teenage girl before her disappearance brings about disastrous consequences for her community . . . and the world.

The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself.  Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. After the police concluded an exhaustive hunt for the child’s family, which was never found, he was turned over to the foster system.

Now, thirty years later, Wilde still doesn’t know where he comes from, and he’s back living in the woods on the outskirts of town, content to be an outcast, comfortable only outdoors, preferably alone, and with few deep connections to other people.

When a local girl goes missing, famous TV lawyer Hester Crimstein–with whom Wilde shares a tragic connection–asks him to use his unique skills to help find her. Meanwhile, a group of ex-military security experts arrive in town, and when another teen disappears, the case’s impact expands far beyond the borders of the peaceful suburb. Wilde must return to the community where he has never fit in, and where the powerful are protected even when they harbor secrets that could destroy the lives of millions . . . secrets that Wilde must uncover before it’s too late.

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Harlan Coben

With over 70 million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times author of thirty one novels including RUN AWAY, FOOL ME ONCE, TELL NO ONE, NO SECOND CHANCE and the renowned Myron Bolitar series. His books are published in 43 languages around the globe.

Harlan is the creator and executive producer for the Netflix television dramas SAFE starring Michael C. Hall, Audrey Fleurot and Amanda Abbington, THE FIVE starring Tom Cullen and OT Fagbenle and THE STRANGER, based on his novel, for Netflix starring Richard Armitage, Siobhan Finneran, Jennifer Saunders and Stephen Rea. Harlan was also showrunner and executive producer for two French TV mini-series, UNE CHANCE DE TROP (NO SECOND CHANCE) with Alexandra Lamy and JUST UN REGARD (JUST ONE LOOK) with Virginie Ledoyen. KEINE ZWEIT CHANCE, also based on Harlan’s novel, aired in Germany on Sat1.

Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben

Review by Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews 

First, I want to thank Harlan Coben, Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.

Harlan Coben once again wrote an incredible must read book with The Boy From The Woods!!! Each book this man writes gets better and better and this one is no exception. He hooks you right from the first page and does not loose your attention at all through the book. I couldn’t put it down til I knew what happened to Niaomi. 

I have been a fan of Harlan’s for many years as he was the one that got me hooked in this genre. Out of all the books I have read from him this is one of my favorites. 

Like all of his books the story lines are filled with a lot of twists, turns, incredibly interesting characters (especially Wilde), intense suspense, an amazing storyline that will leave you speechless at the end. 

This book deals with bullying, adoption, missing people, a challenge game, not a great home life.

Harlan did an incredible job of keeping me on my toes wondering what happened to Niaomi! I was just fascinated by all the stories that went into that one main story. Just something about a missing person story that I seem to be always drawn to. 

My favorite character in the whole book had to be Wilde. He was such a unique character and a little off the wall. Unlike any other character Harlan has ever written about. However, he was such an important character in this book.