THE BOY FROM THE WOODS

Steven Weber returns to narrate the newest Harlan Coben thriller. The Weber-Coben pairing makes for a super suspenseful listen. When his classmate goes missing, Matthew Crimstein turns to his grandmother, Hester, for help. Hester, a feisty criminal lawyer and TV personality, engages Wilde, a private detective of sorts, who was discovered years ago living on his own as a child in the woods. Weber masterfully gives Hester a big attitude and a strong New York accent. His acting talents also shine in his performance of sulky, awkward teenagers and class bullies. Weber is perfectly in step with the pace of the action, which is interspersed with touching relationship scenes and terrifying depictions of the vulnerability that arises from our reliance on social media for our facts. E.Q. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2020]