The Boy From the Woods
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 6 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“The Boy From the Woods” pairs a missing-girl thriller with two strong leads: Wilde, found living wild as a child, and the lawyer Hester Crimstein. A girl disappears, hardly anyone but Hester worries, and she asks Wilde to find her. The characters draw praise; the resolution seems flat to some readers, and others take a long time to get into the story and to believe in the pair’s motives.
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About the book
He had been living a feral existence, with no memory of how he got there or even who he is. Everyone just calls him Wilde. Now a former soldier and security expert, he lives off the grid, shunned by the community - until they need him. A child has gone missing. With her family suspecting she's just playing a disappearing game, nobody seems concerned except for criminal attorney Hester Crimstein. She contacts Wilde, asking him to use his unique skills to find the girl. But even he can find no trace of her. One day passes, then a second, then a third. On the fourth, a human finger shows up in the mail. And now Wilde knows this is no game. It's a race against time to save the girl's life - and expose the town's dark trove of secrets... Also featuring the character of Wilde: The Match - OUT NOW _ 'The absolute master' RICHARD OSMAN 'A helter-skelter of a read!' LISA JEWELL 'One of the all-time greats' GILLIAN FLYNN 'One of my favourites' JOHN GRISHAM 'At the top of his game' PETER JAMES 'Never lets you down' LEE CHILD 'Insanely readable' SUNDAY MIRROR 'Coben is a phenomenon' THE TIMES Harlan Coben, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 141 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 5 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 136 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Boy From the Woods?
It has 416 pages — longer than 51% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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