Author： Harlan Coben

Publisher： Dutton； First Edition edition

The Stranger appears out of nowhere， perhaps in a bar， or a parking lot， or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is undeniable. Then he whispers a few words in your ear and disappears， 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 he’s stumbled into will not only ruin lives—it will end them.

在酒吧、停車場(chǎng)或雜貨鋪，陌生人就這么憑空出現(xiàn)了。他的身份無(wú)人知曉，他的動(dòng)機(jī)深不可測(cè)，他的一切都不置可否。他在你耳旁低語(yǔ)幾句后馬上消失，只剩下呆若木雞的你慢慢拼湊你已經(jīng)分崩離析的生活。

亞當(dāng)·普利斯輸不起：他有一個(gè)美麗的妻子，幸福的婚姻，兩個(gè)優(yōu)秀的兒子，以及美國(guó)夢(mèng)的所有附屬品：一所大房子，一份好工作，一個(gè)近乎完美的生活，然而陌生人闖入了他的生活。他先是聽(tīng)到關(guān)于妻子科琳的一個(gè)秘密，這足以讓他崩潰，他質(zhì)問(wèn)妻子，此時(shí)完美的海市蜃樓瞬間崩塌，像是從未存在過(guò)。很快，亞當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)他身陷一個(gè)比科琳的欺騙更加黑暗的深淵之中，而且如果他再不采取行動(dòng)，這場(chǎng)陰謀不只會(huì)毀掉他們的生活，而且要為其畫上句號(hào)。