The Innocent (Paperback)
| Author: Harlan Coben |
| Format: | Paperback |
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"[A] twist-filled triumph" ("Life") from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight-and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he''s an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and the two of them are closing on their dream house. But all it will take is one shocking, inexplicable call from Olivia''s cell phone to shatter Matt''s life a second time... |
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From the Publisher:
"[A] twist-filled triumph" (Life) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight-and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he's an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife, Olivia, is pregnant, and the two of them are closing on their dream house. But all it will take is one shocking, inexplicable call from Olivia's cell phone to shatter Matt's life a second time... |
The apparent infidelity of an ex-con's wife and the death of a nun with a shady past are linked in this standalone thriller by bestselling author Harlan Coben. Fourteen years after Matt Hunter accidentally killed a young man in an attempt to break up a drunken frat party brawl, and nine years after his completed prison term for manslaughter, things have never looked better for him...until he receives a video via his cameraphone showing his pregnant wife Olivia in a motel room with a strange man. Meanwhile, a nun with breast implants dies in a suspicious manner, and circumstantial evidence connects Matt to the murder. Proving Matt's innocence will send both him and his wife on the run to confront the darkest secrets of their pasts.
Praise
"[Coben's] best book to date." 03/07/2005
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