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  • The Innocent

  • By: Harlan Coben
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (4,703 ratings)

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The Innocent

By: Harlan Coben
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

Some mistakes can change your life forever. For Matt Hunter, that mistake came in one terrible moment when his attempt to help a friend and stop a fight resulted in an accidental death. Matt was convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison. Time that his peers spent in college, Matt endured behind bars.

Now, nine years after his release from prison, his innocence long forgotten, he's an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. With his wife Olivia pregnant, and the two of them closing on a house in his hometown, things are looking up. Until the day Matt gets a shocking, inexplicable video call from Olivia's phone. And in an instant, the unraveling begins.

A mysterious man who begins tailing Matt turns up dead. A beloved nun is murdered. And local and federal authorities, including homicide investigator Loren Muse, a childhood schoolmate of Matt's with a troubled past of her own, see all signs pointing to a former criminal with one murder already under his belt...Matt Hunter. Unwilling to lose everything for a second time, Matt and Olivia are forced outside the law in a desperate attempt to save their future together.

An electrifying thrill ride of a novel that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia, The Innocent is at once a twisting, turning, emotionally-charged story and a compelling tale of the choices we make and the repercussions that never leave us.

©2005 Harlan Coben (P)2005 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"What Coben does best is take readers into his characters’ hearts and minds. His protagonists are just common folks, minding their own business when - bam! - they are drawn into a terrifying world of sordid crimes and mayhem.” (USA Today)

“Modern suburbia unravels in this latest puzzler from Coben...Don’t make the mistake of not reading it!” (Library Journal)

"Jaw-dropping plot twists...Fans of rose-tinted nightmares [will] gasp their way through Matt’s free fall, scared and happy as kids on a roller coaster.” (Kirkus Reviews)

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Good read

Really enjoyed this book. It has some good plot twists but nothing that was unbelievable. Harlan Coben and Scott Brick are a perfect match. Thanks for the best book I’ve heard in months.

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Good boot nice twists

It was a good book with nice twists. Well read. A few technical issues but over all I would recommend a listen.

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Excellent

A great story by a great storyteller…. Will keep you invested and involved till the e end

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Coben knocks another out of the park

This guy is certainly in the the right (write?) line of work.
I'd like to see an MRI of his brain.

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Great Innocents

Great story line, wonderful character development. Harlem outdid himself again. looking forward to the next.

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Great book!

I didn’t want to stop listening! It kept my attention the entire time. Highly recommend.

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Loved it

I love all the twists and turns he writes into his stories. Turns you don’t see coming.

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Great plot with many interesting twists

Well developed story line !!Could hardly put it down!!! It was a pleasure to read each chapter.

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Keeps you guessing

Does a good job of keeping you engaged and guessing. Thought it needed a little better editing in parts but not egregious.

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Twisty, turny Thriller!

Great listen. like all of Harlen Coben novels there are twists that keep you on your toes. Wear a neck brace!

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