The Match

Wilde, Book 2

By: Harlan Coben

Narrated by: Steven Weber

One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2022

From the creator of the #1 hit Netflix series Stay Close comes a gripping thriller in which Wilde follows a tip that may finally reveal the truth behind his abandonment—only to end up in the sights of a ruthless killer.

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?

©2022 Harlan Coben. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“This audiobook is an edge-of-your-seat gripper. …narrator Steven Weber is a wizard at making [the team] vivid to you with regional accents, attitude, and verve.… It's very skillful, very high-octane fun.”—AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner

“The topical follow-up to Coben’s best-selling The Boy from the Woods addresses reality shows, DNA searches, cyberbullying, and social media influencers in a suspenseful novel guaranteed to be a hit.”―Library Journal (Starred Review)

“Harlan Coben's puzzle-box mysteries have inspired numerous Netflix series, and his latest book, The Match, seems poised to follow suit.”―Popsugar

Great

Great story with a modern twist. Nice work. Recommend. A bit hard to follow at times. I’m still not sure how Wilde is related to Peter. Hopefully Google can explain it to me.

Riveting and it was absolutely awesome I listened

the story line was well written
the narratior was great easy to understand
I will watch for more books read by him

Lots of Twists and Turns

Love this series. Hope there are more to come. What a storyline. Love Wilde and Hester are wonderful characters.

Harlen Coben is too in love with his writing.

Coben's books are excellently written, but are overly laden with twists & turns in their plots and too long by half - overblown with the love of his own voice. He should lock himself in a garret and read all 72 of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin novels, novellas & short stories to learn the right balance of characterizations, plot twists & brilliant tight storytelling. Either that or find a good editor who will keep a tighter rein on his long-winded prolixity.

Wonderful narrator

I will listen to anything Steven Webber orates. He has an incredible voice plus he makes all of the different characters easy to follow. Bravo.