Harlan Coben is evil. If you ever bought something
online that you’re not proud of, or maybe have an online secret that you don’t
want to admit or would prefer to keep under cover then the latest from Harlan
Coben, The Stranger will send a chill
up your spine.
Welcome to the information age thriller ala Coben.
Leading a seemingly vanilla suburban life, attorney Adam Price and his family get
plunged headlong into life and death tale when a mysterious stranger tips him
off to his wife’s bizarre deception; in which she faked a pregnancy with the
aid of an online prank website.
What starts out as a group of supposed do-gooders
trying to “right wrongs” quickly escalates to blackmail and worse. Coben spins
another masterful tale that will keep you guessing right to the end. Like all
good mysteries, the story has elements of reality that make the story more
believable and given the recent spate of high profile data breaches, identity
theft and online privacy intrusions, The
Stranger packs a realistic bite.
Coben adds a dose of reality with ultracompetitive suburban
sports parents, the unemployment impact of the economic downturn, and banks
foreclosing on upside down homes.
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