Wilde

Harlan Coben

Decades after a boy is discovered living alone in the woods with no memory of his past, Wilde remains an outsider whose instinct for survival has never faded. When a troubled teenage girl disappears from her school, he joins famed defense attorney Hester Crimstein in a search that grows more urgent—and more dangerous—after another student vanishes. As bullying, privilege, buried secrets, ransom demands, and unsettling conspiracy theories collide, Wilde must uncover the truth before the disappearances trigger devastating consequences. A tense, atmospheric thriller, the novel explores identity, isolation, family, and the hidden dangers lurking beneath an affluent community’s polished surface.

Harlan Coben

A DNA match on an ancestry website brings Wilde closer than ever to the truth about the childhood he cannot remember—and leads him to a father who never knew he existed. When Wilde begins searching for a distant relative whose life has unraveled amid reality television, online fame, and vicious social-media harassment, the investigation draws him into a dangerous world of anonymous trolls, doxxers, and concealed identities. As a disappearance and a presumed suicide reveal darker secrets, Wilde must determine how far people will go to protect the lives they have constructed online. Fast-paced and twist-filled, this suspenseful thriller explores family, identity, digital cruelty, and the enduring mystery of Wilde’s origins.