Review: The Match

The Match by Harlan Coben
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wilde has no real family.  He has people who have been role models to him, but since he was found as a small boy living in the woods alone, he doesn’t know where he came from.  He was ok with that or so he thought.  Wilde has just gotten a close match on a DNA website for his father.  He decides to meet his father and learns that he didn’t know anything about Wilde.  Wilde chooses to extend his DNA research and uncovers truths no one is expecting.  There is also a community of online doxxers whose main goal is to expose anonymous trolls and it seems that they are being targeted by a serial killer.   What is the connection between these doxxers and Wilde?

The Match is the second book in the Wilde series.  This sequel’s timeline follows closely behind the events from the first book, but the mystery here can be enjoyed without that first storyline.  Coben does mention some of the earlier events, but they are more to fill in gaps that will help readers.  The overarching mystery is weaved into the mystery of Wilde’s childhood and readers will enjoy trying to decide where the story will go next.  The Match is a good mystery with a satisfying ending. 

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