53 pages 1 hour read

Harlan Coben

The Boy from the Woods

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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Part 2, Chapters 21-30Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 2, Chapter 21 Summary

At home, Matthew is eating a snack when Crash appears at his door. The boys used to be close. Crash is upset and crying. He apologizes for hurting Matthew and Naomi, but when Matthew invites him inside, he runs away.

Wilde goes to a hotel bar. A woman approaches him and invites him to her room. As Wilde contemplates his night, Saul appears and attempts to enlist Wilde in his efforts to acquire the tapes. Wilde isn’t interested, but Saul gives him his contact information anyway. Wilde goes up to the woman’s hotel room and spends the night with her.

Part 2, Chapter 22 Summary

The next morning, Wilde wakes up thinking of Laila. His Ecocapsule alarms go off, so he hurries home. On the way, he passes the site where David died, which gives him more complicated feelings. Wilde watches his pod from a distance. Four members of the Maynards’ security team approach, including Gavin. Wilde calls Gavin. Gavin agrees to send away his men if Wilde will come out and let him into the Ecocapsule—another teen has vanished.

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