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The Innocent

From the Number One bestselling creator of the hit Netflix series Missing You

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The Innocent

By: Harlan Coben
Narrated by: Tim Machin
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 'A book to read in one gulp' TELEGRAPH

'Elegance, pace and loads of tension' GUARDIAN

'One of the most sheerly entertaining and accomplished writers in the genre' DAILY EXPRESS

Matt Hunter's life has already been blown apart once. A fight, a friend in trouble, and the dull crack of someone's skull on the concrete cost him four years in jail, and a small sliver of his soul.

When Matt got out he set about rebuilding his life. He carved himself a job as a lawyer and fell in love with a beautiful woman. The break in the road seemed only to have made him a stronger person.

But now someone is following him, and Matt realises that his new existence is under threat. Suddenly Matt can't trust anybody - least of all those he loves...

Read by Tim Machin

(p) 2005 Orion Publishing Group©2005 Harlan Coben Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Mystery

Critic reviews

Dark, twisted and gripping
One of America's top thriller writers. This is his best book yet
Harlan Coben always has a good tale to tell, and he knows how to present it with elegance, pace and loads of tension
Harlan Coben has made his intentions clear: he wants to fool his readers. And he makes a good job of doing so in The Innocent . . . The enjoyably intricate plot takes several turns before we are fooled for the last time and the villains and motive are revealed. A book to read in one gulp
For years, readers of American crime thrillers have been rating Harlan Coben as one of the most sheerly entertaining and accomplished writers in the genre . . . The Innocent has everything that Coben admirers turn to his books for. For a start, there's the tortuous narrative that springs a non-stop series of surprises on the reader. Then there's that scabrously witty dialogue. And best of all, the teeming cast of characters. And boy, it is a vintage batch here
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The story is convoluted and unrealistic. I didn’t see a lot of the twists coming but that is because they were so unlikely.

But worst of all was the narration. So many of them were awful but in particular Inspector Lauren is played by George from Seinfeld, the Mother Superior of the Catholic school is Agnes Brown (Mrs Brown’s Boys). I’ve never heard, or been aware of a narrator's breathing before, and yes, I understand that even voice actors need to breathe, but occasionally Machin takes a good long breath before launching into his next sentence.

Desperate accents and unbelievable (not the good kind) plot

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This is a great book to listen to, I have listen to other of his books and it really enjoyable

Good book

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Good story with some Twist and turns I didn't expect, like the Way it was read too

Good listen

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The narrator made the book seem very boring so did not finish it .not one of Harlan Coben best books I’m afraid to say.

Poor narration

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