The Innocent: Book vs. Series

Oriol Paulo’s The Innocent (2021) adapts Harlan Coben’s 2005 novel. Mateo Vidal’s efforts to rebuild his life after prison unravel when disturbing messages arrive from his wife’s phone.

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About the book and the series
Book
The Innocent cover
Author
Harlan Coben
Year
2005
Pages
528Buy book
Audiobook length
13 hr 28 minGet audiobook
Narrator
Scott Brick

Matt Hunter has built a marriage and a working life after serving time for a killing during a college fight. A disturbing video from his pregnant wife’s phone threatens that stability, and a stranger watching him soon turns up dead. As investigator Loren Muse follows a separate death toward Matt’s suburban home, he discovers how little he knows about the woman with whom he is planning a future.

Series
The Innocent poster
Creator
Jordi Vallejo, Oriol Paulo
Writer
Oriol Paulo, Guillem Clua, Jordi Vallejo
Year
2021
Episode
58 min
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Network
Netflix
Cast
Mario Casas, Aura Garrido, Alexandra Jiménez, José Coronado
Genre
Thriller
IMDb
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Mateo Vidal expects the birth of his child to mark a new beginning after a prison sentence for an accidental killing. Messages from his wife Olivia’s phone send him looking for her, while detective Lorena Ortiz investigates a nun’s apparent suicide. As the two investigations converge, people who have concealed earlier lives find their accounts coming under pressure.

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