A man with a mysterious past must find a missing teenage girl in this shocking thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away.
Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. Now an adult, he still doesn't know where he comes from, and another child has gone missing.
No one seems to take Naomi Pine's disappearance seriously, not even her father—with one exception. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde—with whom she shares a tragic connection—to use his unique skills to help find Naomi.
Wilde can't ignore an outcast in trouble, but in order to find Naomi he must venture back into the community where he has never fit in, a place 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.
The series
In the woods at the edge of society lives a man who should not exist, a man with no past and no name beyond the one he was given. Raised in isolation, he grew up apart from the world most people take for granted, learning to survive by instinct long before he ever learned to trust. Years later, that same outsider must navigate a modern world filled with secrets, betrayals, and the quiet menace that lurks behind ordinary lives.
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The Wilde series blends psychological suspense with the raw unease of someone who doesn’t quite belong, yet sees more clearly because of it. Each mystery threads together the dangers of the present with the unanswered riddle of his own origins, creating a story where identity, survival, and truth collide. The result is a taut and unsettling journey through suburban facades and hidden dangers, where the line between hunter and hunted shifts without warning.
Dark, propulsive, and unnervingly human, this series captures what makes Harlan Coben’s work so distinctive: characters who feel achingly real, plots that twist when you least expect, and an atmosphere that lingers long after the final page. For readers drawn to thrillers that ask not only who did it but also who are we really, the world of Wilde offers answers that are as unsettling as they are unforgettable.
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