The Innocent is the seventh stand-alone novel by American crime writer Harlan Coben. It was first published in April 2005. The novel was made into a Spanish television miniseries of the same name that was released on Netflix in April 2021. Matt Hunter is a seemingly ordinary man in suburban New Jersey with a pregnant wife, Olivia. His past is not so ordinary. In his late teens, he tried to break up a fight involving his friend, and wound up unintentionally killing the other fighter. While his friends spent time in college, Matt was behind bars serving time for negligent manslaughter. Now, nine years after being released from prison, Matt is a paralegal in his brother's law firm and his life is looking up. However, the past won't seem to go away.
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The Innocent was adapted into a 2021 television series.
