One night Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight - and ended up a killer. Now nine years later hes an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. His wife Olivia is pregnant and the two of them are closing on their dream house. But all it will take is one shocking inexplicable call from Olivias phone to shatter Matts life a second time... An electrifying thrill ride of a novel that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia The innocent is at once a twisting turning emotionally charged story and a compelling tale of the choices we make and the repercussions that never leave.