![]() ![]() Suddenly the peaceful life he has rebuilt is under threat and Hunter finds himself on the run with no-one to trust.” Before he can discover the reason for the message he finds that he is being followed by a violent mobster and pursued by a local cop. However, as I noted in my review of The Innocent for C anberra Times on below, things begin to go wrong for Hunter again when he receives “a seemingly compromising video message on his mobile phone from his wife. The suburb that he lives in is showing wear, but he and his pregnant wife are in the process of moving to a better location. Since then he has turned his life around and now has a job that he can be proud of, and a beautiful wife. The central character is Matt Hunter, an ordinary guy who made a mistake years ago that led to him being imprisoned for four years. ![]() ![]() The Innocent came out in 2005 and had what was then becoming to be a typical Coben plot of old secrets and unexpected twists. It proved to be very successful, and Coben followed it up with Gone For Good, No Second Chance and Just One Look, all of which were set in familiar suburban locations and featured characters you could relate to. Utilising an typical suburban location, Coben inserted his everyday characters into a clever, gripping plot, which pitted them against extra-ordinary villains and a wicked mystery. Harlan had enjoyed reasonable success with his Myron Bolitar books, but it was the twisty stand alone novel, Tell No One (2001), which really pushed his career along. ![]() The Innocent by Harlan Coben (Orion, 2005) ![]()
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