The Innocent

Unabridged
Author: Harlan Coben
Narrator: Scott Brick
Genres: Fiction
Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks
Date: April 2005
Length: 13 hours, 30 minutes
Ratings:
Formats:
  • CD

Overview

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 fo 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 home town, 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.

Reviews (9)

The Innocent

Written by Anonymous on May 9th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I am a fan of Harlan Corben, and this was a great read. Excellent narrator.

Failed Attempt

Written by Barbara R on November 12th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I forced myself to listen into the 3rd CD and finally gave up. When was the story going to start? While I have enjoyed the Myron Bolitar series, this book was Way over the top on mundane details. Matt's inner musings are boring and insignificant. Details of the the other characters are equally boring. I might try again if someone were to tell me that something happens by the end of CD 3. But maybe not.

The Innocent

Written by Anonymous on October 8th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Excellent Book!! I've listened to most of Harlan Coben's books and have loved every one of them. Recommend it to everybody.

The Innocent

Written by Anonymous from Franconia, NH on November 30th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I love Harlan Coben, he is awesome!!! This was a great book, I really liked it. I haven't decided which one is my favorite yet!!! This one was good and I would recommend it and all his others!!

The Innocent

Written by Anonymous on October 4th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Fabulous! Terrific and compelling story. Scott Brick, the narrator is fabulous. This is definitely worth the listen.

Innocent

Written by Anonymous from Washington, DC on July 1st, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Great story and great narrator. I can hardly wait to take one cd out and put another one in the machine.

Not great

Written by Lisa on April 26th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I've read Harlan Coben before and I have found his books to be great. This one could have been better. I thought it was very boring.

Loved It!

Written by Dede on January 27th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Good listening. Couldn't wait for the next CD's to come. Recommend!

The Innocent

Written by Rebecca Halpern on November 2nd, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

This was the first time I listened to this author. I have read one of his books. I really enjoyed it and could not wait to hear the next outcome. Great narrative

Author Details

Author Details

Coben, Harlan

Winner of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award - the first author to win all three -- New York Times bestseller Harlan Coben's critically-acclaimed novels have been called “poignant and insightful” (Los Angeles Times), “consistently entertaining” (Houston Chronicle), “superb” (Chicago Tribune) and “must reading“ (Philadelphia Inquirer). His most recent novels, TELL NO ONE and GONE FOR GOOD are international bestsellers, appearing on the New York Times, London Times, Publishers Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Booksense and many others. His novels have been People magazine Page-Turners of the Week and a Publishers Weekly Best of the Year pick. Harlan's books are published in more than twenty-two languages.

Since his critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series debuted in 1995, Harlan Coben has won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, was nominated in 2002 for another Edgar. Harlan also won the Anthony Award at the World Mystery Conference, was nominated for another Anthony Award, won the Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America, was nominated for another Shamus, and was twice nominated for the Dilys Award by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. His novel ONE FALSE MOVE earned him the prestigious “Fresh Talent Award”, given annually by Great Britain's largest bookstore chain, W.H. Smith. His short story A Simple Philosophy was nominated in 1999 for the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, and the Agatha Award. TELL NO ONE has been nominated for an Edgar, a Macavity, an Anthony and a Barry Award.

After graduating from Amherst College as political science major, Harlan worked in the travel industry.

McEwan, Ian

Ian McEwan was born on 21 June 1948 in Aldershot, England. He studied at the University of Sussex, where he received a BA degree in English Literature in 1970. He received his MA degree in English Literature at the University of East Anglia.

McEwan's works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim. He won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for his first collection of short stories First Love, Last Rites; the Whitbread Novel Award (1987) and the Prix Fémina Etranger (1993) for The Child in Time; and Germany's Shakespeare Prize in 1999. He has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction numerous times, winning the award for Amsterdam in 1998. His novel Atonement received the WH Smith Literary Award (2002), National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award (2003), Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction (2003), and the Santiago Prize for the European Novel (2004). He was awarded a CBE in 2000. In 2006, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Saturday and his novel On Chesil Beach was named Galaxy Book of the Year at the 2008 British Book Awards where McEwan was also named Reader's Digest Author of the Year.

McEwan lives in London and is currently writing a new novel. His most recently published work is For You, a libretto.