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Matt Hunter made a mistake when he was 20 years old and paid for it with a four-year stint in prison that left him with a determination never to be locked up again. Finally, his life is back on the promising track he was taking before he accidentally killed a man: He has a good job, a newly pregnant wife he adores, and is about to close on the home of their dreams. Then he gets a couple of bizarre photos on his cell phone that seem to show his wife in a compromising position with a black-haired stranger. But before he can sort out who sent the anonymous pictures and why, he's running from the law--especially from the cop who was his best friend in grade school, and a sharp young detective who's stepped right into the middle of an FBI investigation spurred by the discovery that a dead nun who wasn't who she claimed to be is somehow mixed up in Matt and Olivia Hunter's life. Coben deftly wields a complicated plot involving a missing stripper, a dead gangster, an incriminating videotape, and a couple of agents who aren't quite who they seem to be, while Hunter manages to hold onto his faith in Olivia despite her clouded past and uncertain future. Like all Coben's protagonists, (including the hero of his popular series starring sports agent turned detective Myron Bolitar) Hunter is a nice, middle-class New Jersey boy who's still the innocent of the title, despite the miscarriage of justice that sent him to prison. Or was it? That's the moral question at the heart of this tightly constructed thriller, which will no doubt shoot directly to the top of the bestseller list, and deservedly so. --Jane Adams Amazon.com Exclusive Content <a name="coben-essay"> A Bit of Bolitar: An Exclusive Essay by Harlan Coben <img border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/authors/coben_harlan.t.jpg" align="left"> Beloved series character Myron Bolitar appears in a new short story included with Harlan Coben's latest thriller, The Innocent. In this <a border="0" href="/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/562592/ref=hc_bk_2/${0}">Amazon.com exclusive essay, Coben shares his thoughts on Bolitar's return.

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2 1 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 03 12:59:14 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 13:05:21 -0700 2007 Harlan Coben after spotting it in a used bookstore and literally not being able to put it down during the ten minutes I was in there. I was with someone who clearly wanted to leave, and I didn't want to leave the book, so I bought it. I usually hate adult books and this real...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 27 01:35:19 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 01:41:23 -0700 2008
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Nine years ago Matt went to prison for manslaughter, convicted for an accidental death that occurred when...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:18:08 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:40:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat May 02 19:12:23 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 19:33:47 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 19:12:23 -0700 2009 Harlan Coben confuses me, and not in necessarily a good way. I was concurrently reading two of his books Drop Shot, one of a series of books revolving around sports agent Myron Bolitar and The Innocent one of his random books of violence and mayhem. I personally am having a hard time finishing The Innocent...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 15 22:01:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 22:06:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 18:51:02 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 19:02:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 04:07:38 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 04:41:46 -0700 2009 My only real complaint is that there are moments when it lapses into second person. I can see the merits of this as a litera...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Mar 20 06:31:35 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 02:16:24 -0700 2009
From back cover:

"One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight - and ended up a killer. Now, nine years late...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 16:19:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 04:59:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 09:52:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 09:52:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Mar 15 08:33:18 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 08:33:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 25 19:19:07 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:21:54 -0700 2008
*The Innocent* is a fast-paced thriller that'll make you read through fast and before you know it, you're done.

Matt Hunter has paid for his crime, which was really an accident. A young college man was killed during their brawl. With tryin...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Sep 03 07:51:44 -0700 2007 Sat May 31 09:31:47 -0700 2008 Coben, Harlan – Standalone
Dutton, 2005 – Hardcover
Matt Hunter is an ex-con whose life seems to be coming together. He has a wife he adores, a baby on the way and is about to buy a home in his old hometown. So why, on his cell phone, does ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 07:17:43 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 07:21:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 21:54:21 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 21:58:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 12:55:27 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 06:26:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 16:42:26 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 16:46:56 -0700 2009 more...]]>