I Will Find You

A fast, funny, emotional thriller with a great narrator and a satisfying final reveal, held back by luck, coincidence and a far-fetched escape. Four out of five. Read it if: you want a fast thriller with short chapters and a wisecracking narrator; you watched or plan to watch the netflix series and want the book; you like harlan coben's twisty, hook-every-chapter style; you enjoy a wrongly convicted hero on the run. Skip it if: the murder of a child is a hard line for you; you need every escape and coincidence to be plausible; you want a slow, realistic procedural; prison violence and guns put you off.

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David Burroughs, serving life for murdering his three year old son, is shown a photograph of a boy of about eight with his son's birthmark. He escapes prison to find out the truth.

No. The copyright page calls it a work of fiction.

In March 2023, by Grand Central Publishing.

Yes. As of November 2026, Netflix is reported to have released an eight episode limited series on June 18, 2026.

About 89,000 words in 38 numbered chapters plus a short epilogue, so most readers finish it in a weekend.