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Violence
Some
Murder and violence tied to the conspiracy being unmasked; some deaths
Language
Some
Moderate language in a Coben thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The information a stranger can deploy that a spouse has been carrying for years, a marriage that turns out to be built on something false, the mechanics of a blackmail scheme that scales
What this book is about
Adam Price is approached by a stranger — a man he's never met — who reveals that his wife Corinne faked a pregnancy. The revelation unravels everything Adam thought he knew about his marriage, and when Corinne disappears before they can talk, Adam begins to understand that the stranger has been doing this to other families too. Harlan Coben's standalone is a tightly engineered suburban thriller about how quickly a life's foundation can shift.
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Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
secrets and lies as central theme
murder investigation
suburban thriller
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