Goodness. There are so many twists, turns, and unexpected revelations throughout this story. I love when an author can meld together multiple storylines and also keep the story moving along. So much more I would like to say but I definitely don't want to give away any of the plot. Even though there were several side characters, it was almost more helpful keeping track of some of them due to the use of descriptive character names rather than given names.

There’s not a single book of Coben’s I can say I haven’t enjoyed and been entertained and this is no exception! Once again he brings his humor to the table and writes another roller coaster of a mystery. Thanks for the ARC and enjoyable read!

I’m not sure I’ve yet to read a Harlan Coben book that doesn’t throw me into an emotional rollercoaster. Through alternating timelines you are sucked in with a case that haunts Sami to this day. I loved the emotions this brought up but the ending did leave me wondering if we would be seeing more of Sami in the future? Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book!

Twenty some odd years earlier, Sami Kierce spent a summer trip to Spain where he meets a wonderful girl. After ditching his friends and spending all his time with her, he wakes up one morning to find her dead with a knife in his hands. Fleeing, he returns home to the US and does his best to put the nightmare behind him. Becoming a police officer who runs into trouble and now serves as a private investigator to make some wrongs right, he sees the girl. How can she be alive? What really happened all those years ago?

If you’ve ever read a Coben mystery, you are prepared for twists that keep you on your toes. Nobody’s Fool does not disappoint. Sami is a returning character from Coben’s Fool Me Once, so he may be familiar. He has flaws but that makes him relatable, and you find yourself invested in his life and want to solve the mystery right along with him. And there’s a possibility of a third book following Kierce and I’m ready for it!

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

He does it again.!!! Another heart pounding thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat! Action packed, twisty, and super entertaining.

I love the fast paced writing style that Coban has. But this ending was jaw dropping and I need more now there better be a sequel coming.!!!

Some of it is predictable yes but I don’t care. The last twists are just amazing. The other stuff doesn’t even matter.🤣

My only critique would be more of an explanation about why the perpetrator was the perpetrator.

This book is a great time!!!

Twenty two years later and a night in Spain that ended in bloodshed still haunts Detective Sami Kierce. Told in alternating timelines, Harlan Covan masterfully creates a suspenseful storyline that has the reader piecing together the story just as Kierce himself is. Raw, powerful, and absolutely gripping from start to finish!

Nobody’s Fool is a clever, twisting, action packed mystery with a wicked sense of humor. And I have to say it wasn’t a book I really expected to see considering the last time we saw Sami Kierce was like 8 or 9 years ago in Fool Me Once. And I’ll be honest while I did read that one upon release, I only vaguely remember it and I still haven’t watched the Netflix adaptation that came out last year. What I will say is that I loved this story and Sami is such a great, complex character. I am so thrilled Coben brought him back for another outing. And what a story it is. Taking place a year after the events of Fool Me Once, Sami is now teaching, and one night he sees a woman who can’t possibly be there. Why not? Well a couple of decades ago he woke up next to her dead body! This a mystery he can’t resist. He has to discover the truth. As I said, this a wild, thrilling, and twisty mystery. This is vintage Coben! I’d like to thank Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an eARC of Nobody’s Fool.

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Happy Publication Day to Harlan Coben for Nobody's Fool! Technically the No.2 in the Detective Sami Kierce series, this can easily be read as a stand alone, but Fool Me Once was such a good book I'd recommend that too. Coben is known for his twisty thrillers and Nobody's Fool is no different. We find Sami Kierce teaching when a face from the past shows up in his class, yet he thinks this is impossible. Impossible you say? It's a Coben novel, nothing is impossible. Written in that fast paced and unique style fans adore, this is one thriller not to be missed. Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC!

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing for the widget to read new Harlan Coben! I have loved everything I've read from Mr. Coben so far and this story was no different! As usual, he kept me on the edge of my seat and needing to know how the story would play out!

This is technically number 2 in the Sami Kierce series but I didn't know that before reading and didn't feel like I was missing anything; so this can definitely be read as a standalone.

The very beginning of this completely sucked me in. The instalove between Sami and Anna and then the tragedy was quite an opening! The story unfolds bringing us along as Sami realizes what really happened with Anna. There were some great twists in this that I loved. There were some parts that were harder to read and made me dislike certain characters but it was done in a way that didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story. I read this in a rush needing to know how it would play out.

The mystery kept me reading this in a rush but I also really loved (most of) the characters! They were a big driving force of this storyline for me.

There is a lot packed into Nobody's Fool. There may be too much. If you have read Harlan Coben before you have expectations of twists, turns, and more twists and turns. It's an enticing drama filled rollercoaster, just like you'd expect but, is there too much? I got bogged down in everything and couldn't keep it all straight. That may be a me problem so I'm still recommending you give it a try, especially if like Harlan Coben!

Twenty-two years ago, Sami Kierce woke up in Spain covered in blood, holding a knife with a dead girl beside him. Remembering nothing, Sami does the right thing and goes to the police, but when the police want to talk to him again, his father urges him to return to the US. Today Sami is a private investigator and married with a baby. Trying to make ends meet, Sami teaches a class to a group of wannabe sleuths. When a woman pokes her head into his class one night, he recognizes her immediately, it’s hard to get the face of a dead woman out of your head, even if it’s been twenty-two years! Perplexed, Sami follows her ending up at a heavily secured site, not showing on any map. What in the world is going on? With the help of his sleuths, he’s soon to find out. Coming face to face with his past has Sami looking at his future. Written in the style of his Myron Bolitar series, this was a very fun read with a group of charming characters along with the baddies. Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

This is the second book in the Sami Kierce series but easily could be read as a stand alone as I have not read the previous book. This has a good pace, good plot and keeps the reader engaged and flipping the pages, be prepared to stay up late reading and being exhausted in the morning. Sami Kierce, a disgraced ex-policeman, who is trying to make ends meet and support his wife and infant son by teaching classes in criminology for would be amateur detectives. Even though Sami is no longer a detective his instincts and ability to analyze seemingly unrelated facts are still amazing. Sami also teaches as a side job with ciminology students that have no problem working around the system to come up with details and putting themselves at a potential risk, but they are able to come up with leads that others might not follow up on. He might have fallen from grace within the police department but he is still a good guy and the relationships he keeps are solid. I love the dynamic he has with his wife, his former police force partner and his unlikely group of delinquent criminology students. This story takes us back through a lot of history and mystery in Sami’s younger life. There is a lot of investigative work, painful memories, grief and loss. Some of the twists were predictable but the twist at the end really got me and left me with more questions. Thank you to NetGalley, the author and Grand Central Publishing - looking forward to another Harlan Coben book.

Loved this new book by Harlan Coben! Suspenseful, sinuously twisty as a snake, full of misdirection and shocking surprises, it's certainly one of his best. It's a whodunnit that keeps leading you in different directions; even the end was a surprise.

The story is this: young Sami, a premed student, goes on a summer vacation with a group of friends. While in Spain, he meets this girl, Anna. When his friends move on to the next step in the journey, Sami stays behind. Then one morning he wakes up to find Anna in bed, covered in blood, seemingly dead, and a knife in his hand. He freaks out (as any good college student would do) and leaves the country. Many years later, much of them filled with mistakes that leave him working as a 2 bit investigator and teaching a class in investigation, he thinks he sees Anna. How could that be, she's dead, isn't she? Or is she? The investigation part of the story is the best part; Sami has to know what's going on, whether it's really Anna, and he engages his sharpest students as they work to figure things out. Toss in a very wealthy family, who wants to help (or do they?) and a cast of shady characters (or are they?) and you won't be able to put the book down until all is revealed (or is it?). Really fun read, great for vacation, on the airplane, or at the beach. Don't miss this book!

Wow! This was twisty and turny! I was never sure who was who, but it was exciting and kept you reading for sure! I really liked the characters, especially Sami and Molly! Marty was really cool too. Anna, not so much, but a good character none the less. Loved his students!
Highly recommend!

Joan Huston

This is an intriguing mystery with some exciting and unpredictable twists and turns. Unlike in some mysteries, character development is not sacrificed to plot development. The characters in the story are so skillfully developed that their actions are believable even when they are not necessarily morally or legally right. There are only one or two characters who are just pure evil while most have shades to their character making them more relatable and helping draw the reader into the story.

"Nobody’s Fool" by Harlan Coben is an absolute masterpiece that deserves every bit of a 5-star rating. From the moment I delved into the pages, I was captivated by Coben’s unique ability to weave a tale filled with family secrets and unexpected twists. The story centers around a sharp-witted private investigator whose charm and intellect guide us through a labyrinth of intrigue and suspense.

Coben's writing is brilliantly witty, providing not just a gripping mystery but also moments of humor that lighten the intensity of the unfolding drama. The characters are richly developed, each with their own secrets that add layers of complexity to the narrative.

The story unravels seamlessly, keeping you guessing until the very last page. Coben’s knack for crafting a mystery filled with heart-stopping surprises and clever dialogue makes "Nobody’s Fool" a must-read. It’s a book that not only keeps you on the edge of your seat but also leaves you pondering long after you’ve turned the last page. Highly recommended for anyone who loves a mystery with depth and wit!

HOLY SHII++++ this kept me on my toes. Idk if i’ve read anything by this author before but I am so glad I read this book. My mind is still??? Also the ending omg. Anyway 10/10 for this book. I did not read book 1 prior to this since this was an ARC from Net Galley and I would say you can definitely read this without book 1 and understand what’s going on.

Happy Publish Day Nobody's Fool!! Harlan Coben does it again with another excellent mystery, this time circling back to Detective Sami Kierce. However, this novel reads fine as a stand alone! In Nobody's Fool, Kierce is an ex-cop and current private investigator with a big secret from 22 years ago. That secret is about the come and haunt him. The girl he thought he murdered suddenly shows up in his classroom, and he has no choice but to pursue her. What follows is a twisty adventure to get to the bottom of what really happened 22 years ago.

I enjoyed how Coben broke the 4th wall in this novel and the twists and turns throughout kept me turning the pages late into the night. A solid 4/ stars from me!

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I noticed Nobody's Fool was the second in the Sami Kierce series so I decided to read Fool Me Once first. I found this very confusing since there was no character called Sami Kierce. There was a Roger Kierce and he was a minor, background sort of character. So I was surprised now to read Nobody's Fool with Sami being the main character and the point of view for the story.

We are now about 20-25 years later. Sami is married to Molly and has a baby son, Henry. He was thrown off the police force after the events in Fool Me Once. In the meantime, he had a fiance who was murdered. He also is being sued for various things. He works as an investigator for a law firm in trade for his legal bills. He also teaches a class in criminology.

The class really are his friends and help him work cases by tracking down information or surveilling people. I really enjoy them as they are colorful characters interested in solving puzzles from grannies, to influencers, a former hedge fund manager, and other oddballs.

The story alternates between the past when he met a woman named Anna on a trip after college and thought maybe he killed her when high on drugs. It turns out she is Victoria Belmond who is a wealthy heiress who was missing for 11 years. The other big plot line is the his fiance's murderer gets his conviction vacated and is out of prison. Sami still believes he killed her.

Everything he is investigating happened about 20 years ago but it ties in to things happening today. With the help of his students he collects good information and moves closer to the truth. Sami works it out in the end.

The start seemed slow to me, maybe because I was distracted over the Roger / Sami. Or maybe it was because Sami, in general, was not a very compelling character for me. I enjoyed the first book more. I think you could read this without having read Fool Me Once.

As usual, Harlan Coben keeps the story moving in this one with clever storytelling and plenty of action and surprises. I felt like I should have been less surprised by the twists and reveals of this story, but that's a mark of how clever Coben is in how he writes his books.