The Stranger

By Harlan Coben,

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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES!

A secret destroys a man’s perfect life and sends him on a collision course with a deadly conspiracy in this shocking thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben.

The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot,…

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A stranger approaches Adam Price and tells him that Adam’s wife faked her most recent pregnancy and miscarriage. But as Adam presses for more answers, the stranger won’t tell him anything else, like how he knows this, why he’s telling him, or maybe more importantly, who he even is.

The stranger’s revelation is unsettling, but what I found the most disturbing was how creepy it is to have someone else know so much about you while refusing to divulge anything about themselves.

Harlan Coben has created various series-character books but my favourites are without doubt his stand-alone novels. Of these, I’ve chosen The Stranger as it starts when the ‘stranger’ in the title sidles up to a man in a bar and tells him a secret that will change his life forever. The stranger’s motives do not immediately become apparent until quite late in the book. Coben is always inventive and maintains interest throughout. In the case of his stand-alone novels, I like that he involves ordinary people becoming embroiled in extraordinary circumstances. His characters are believable and relatable and, as he…

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