THE INNOCENT

One slip was all it took to rob Matt Hunter of the life he had so well mapped out. 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. Emerging an older and wiser person, he finds a job to be proud of and a beautiful girl who agrees to marry him, but now someone is following him, threatening everything he has worked so hard for. And Matt can't trust anyone, least of all those he loves. Elegant, pacy and with tons of tension, this is a dark and gripping thriller from the master. 439pp in reprint of the 2005 original, this is an electrifying New Jersey-based thriller which plays games with notions of innocence and guilt and has satisfyingly realistic descriptions.