"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. A man who never reads lives only once." Jojen - A Dance With Dragons
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Finished: The Boy From the Woods (Coben) A nice page-turner from my favorite mystery/who-done-it author! The boy is actually a man all grown up now called Wilde. He doesn't remember how he was left in the woods or by whom, but he spends a few years of his young childhood living off the land while also befriending the son of one of Coben's other recurring book characters, defense lawyer, Hester Crimestein. Wilde is now a person who can be called on to help find people or solve mysteries. (I have a feeling Coben is going to do another book with this character!) Wilde is contacted by Hester's grandson, Matthew, the son of the now deceased boyhood friend, when a friend of his at school, Naomi, goes missing. Naomi is not a popular girl and is mercilessly bullied by the popular crowd. Matthew feels guilty for standing by and not intervening. While figuring out what has happened to Naomi, Wilde comes upon a much larger scandal involving a fanatical politician with murder in his past, and the wealthy parents of one of the bullies who are trying to cover the tracks of their own involvement in that long ago murder. A pretty good read to take my mind off these stressful times! I hope Coben DOES do another book with Wilde. He's a great character! (And, of course, he solves all the mysteries lol.)
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