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The Stranger by Harlan Coben
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The Stranger (edition 2015)

by Harlan Coben

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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES!
A secret destroys a manā??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, or at the grocery store. Their identity is unknown. Their motives are unclear. Their information is undeniable. Then they whisper a few words in your ear and disappear, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world...
Adam Price has a lot to lose: a comfortable marriage to a beautiful woman, two wonderful sons, and all the trappings of the American Dream: a big house, a good job, a seemingly perfect life.
Then he runs into the Stranger. When he learns a devastating secret about his wife, Corinne, he confronts her, and the mirage of perfection disappears as if it never existed at all. Soon Adam finds himself tangled in something far darker than even Corinne's deception, and realizes that if he doesn't make exactly the right moves, the conspiracy heā??s stumbled into will not only ruin livesā??it will 
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Title:The Stranger
Authors:Harlan Coben
Info:Dutton (2015), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 400 pages
Collections:2015, Read but unowned
Rating:****
Tags:Blackmail, Conspiracy, Mystery, New Jersey, Secrets

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The Stranger by Harlan Coben

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A stranger tells Adam that his wife faked a pregnancy. Adam, who felt he and his wife, Corinne were always honest with each other, verifies that the stranger was correct. Adam confronts his wife and she puts him off and says they will talk about it later. Corinne then disappears and Adam thinking she does not want to talk to him, does not get concerned until he learns she missed work, which she rarely does. He then spends his time trying to find Corinne and trying to figure out where she could have gone. ( )
  dara85 | Mar 1, 2024 |
Mystery
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
I watched the Netflix series and then read the book. While each stand on their own, I found the differences striking. The book fleshes out the scenes meticulously and compels the reader to continue turning pages regardless of life's pressure to complete household chores. I thoroughly enjoyed it. ( )
  Lcmcsr | Jan 17, 2024 |
A overall good book not terribly plausible especially towards the end but the author clearly had a good idea, I think he just didnā€™t totally know what to do with the idea.
People are being blackmailed for this they have done on the internet, then people start to get killed. ( )
  zmagic69 | Aug 29, 2023 |
2.5 stars. Not my favorite of Coben's books. There were moments when it was a bit boring. ( )
  CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 |
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Immink, WilCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jansen in de Wal, MartinTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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In loving memory of my cousin
Stephen Reiter

And in celebration of his children
David, Samantha, and Jason
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The stranger didn't shatter Adam's world all at once.
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Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger.
Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.
There is one who remembers the way to your door:
Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.

~T.S. Eliot
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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES!
A secret destroys a manā??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, or at the grocery store. Their identity is unknown. Their motives are unclear. Their information is undeniable. Then they whisper a few words in your ear and disappear, leaving you picking up the pieces of your shattered world...
Adam Price has a lot to lose: a comfortable marriage to a beautiful woman, two wonderful sons, and all the trappings of the American Dream: a big house, a good job, a seemingly perfect life.
Then he runs into the Stranger. When he learns a devastating secret about his wife, Corinne, he confronts her, and the mirage of perfection disappears as if it never existed at all. Soon Adam finds himself tangled in something far darker than even Corinne's deception, and realizes that if he doesn't make exactly the right moves, the conspiracy heā??s stumbled into will not only ruin livesā??it will 

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