The Innocent - Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben has fast become one of my favourite authors since I discovered his work about a year ago. He writes thrillers that I simply cannot put down, and always I find I am left guessing right until the end, as his plots are full of suspense and twists and turns which make for an engaging read. 'The Innocent' is one of Coben's stand alone novels, and the story centres around Matt Hunter, a generally decent guy, who has successfully got his life back on track after a tragic incident in his youth, which saw him sent to prison after intervening in a fight whilst at college. Matt was trying to diffuse a situation at a college party which gets out of ...  Read the complete review

How long do you have to pay for a simple mistake, and accident? Is it something that will haunt you your entire life? Or will there be a point in time when life will give you a break, tell you that you have suffered enough, let you move on with your life and be happy? Matt Hunter was a young man with a promising future ahead of him. A quiet fellow, he never got into trouble. But one night, at a fraternity party, his friend spills a bit of beer on someone's windbreaker jacket . And this leads to a fight. As Matt is trying to do the right thing by asking the "fighters" to give his friend a break, he finds himself embroiled in a situation that spirals ...  Read the complete review

Harlan Coben has developed a good name fro himself as one of the top crime thriller authors around at the moment. His character Myron Bolitar appears in the majority of his novels, but he has written a few stand alone novels, and I find these to be excellent. The Innocent is one such book, and Coben gives us another damaged character in Matt Hunter, an ex con trying to rebuild his life in the face of adversity. Coben explores a bit of the bad boy element here in The Innocent. Matt Hunter was involved in a nasty accident 4 yeasr previously, a struggle that resulted in someone dying from banging their head against the concrete ground. Four years on, Matt emerges ...  Read the complete review

The Innocent Harlan Coben I have read a couple of Coben's books now and I am still not sure whether I like the author or not. This book leaves me with the same feeling, yet I have another on my shelf waiting. It is certainly not a short story at nearly 440 pages yet it does not quite have the structure and end 'piece' that one would expect with a book of this length. Okay, before I go any further with the analysis, I had better tell you a bit of what it is all about. We have a former all college football (American) star that gets into a stupid fight and serves time for manslaughter. He is basically good, always has ...  Read the complete review

I got this book free from the Thriller Club, and frankly after reading the last one I got free, I didn't hold out much hope that this would be any good. I figured they probably palmed off all the rubbish on people as free gifts and this would be no better, but I couldn't have been more wrong! The story is about Matt Hunter, an ex-con who spent 4 years in prison for what was essentially a tragic accident. After leaving prison he's got his life back on track. He has a good job and a wife who loves him. But now he's being followed. Someone threatens to ruin the 'normal' life Matt's worked so hard to build. He doesn't know who he can trust as he tries to figure ...  Read the complete review