The story explores the dangers of "trial by media" and how public perception can ruin a life before a court ever hears the evidence.
Wendy is convinced of Dan's guilt after child pornography is found on his computer. Though acquitted on a technicality, Dan is shunned by his community and left living on the streets.
Netflix recently released a six-part Spanish-language adaptation titled (originally Atrapados ), produced in Argentina.
The series stars Soledad Villamil as reporter Ema Garay (the adaptation's version of Wendy Tynes) and Alberto Ammann as Leo Mercer (Dan Mercer).
The story centers on , a social worker and basketball coach whose life is destroyed when reporter Wendy Tynes unmasks him as a sexual predator in a televised sting operation.
Like many Coben novels, it peels back the layer of a "perfect" community to reveal long-buried machinations. Other Notable Works Titled "Caught"