Fool Me Once
In short
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben is a 2016 suspense thriller novel about a widowed former special ops pilot who spots her murdered husband on her child's nanny cam. Readers get a fast-paced, high-stakes mystery centered on hidden secrets, psychological trauma, and a desperate search for the truth.
- Author
- Harlan Coben
- First published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9780525955092
- Genres
- Fiction, Mystery & Horror
About the book
A widowed veteran gets the shock of her life in this impossible-to-put-down thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger.
In the course of eight consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, millions of readers have discovered Harlan Coben’s page-turning thrillers, filled with his trademark edge-of-your-seat suspense and gut-wrenching emotion. In Fool Me Once, Coben once again outdoes himself....
Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya’s husband, Joe―who was brutally murdered two weeks earlier. The provocative question at the heart of the mystery: Can you believe everything you see with your own eyes, even when you desperately want to? To find the answer, Maya must finally come to terms with deep secrets and deceit in her own past before she can face the unbelievable truth about her husband―and herself.
Who it's for
This book is ideal for fans of fast-paced psychological thrillers, murder mysteries, and stories involving military veterans or dark family secrets.
Key themes
- Secrets and deceit
- Grief and post-traumatic stress
- Trust and illusion
- Investigating a murder
Questions about Fool Me Once
What is Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben about?
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben follows Maya, a former special ops pilot whose husband Joe was brutally murdered. Two weeks after his death, she sees footage on her nanny camera showing her two-year-old daughter playing with her supposedly dead husband, forcing her to investigate deep secrets from her past and present.
Who wrote Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben?
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben was written by Harlan Coben, a bestselling thriller author known for suspenseful mystery novels.
How long is Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben?
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben is 416 pages long in its print edition.
Who is Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben for?
It is written for adult readers who enjoy edge-of-your-seat suspense, plot twists, and crime mysteries involving complex pasts and psychological tension.
