Nobody's Fool was a read that I could not put down. There were so many shady characters that I almost had a hard time keeping up. I loved the students in the sleuthing class. I give this five stars.

Excellent! This detective thriller was well written, detailed and kept me wanting more. I loved the way the details unfolded, revealing yet another twist to the story. The end tied it all together in ways I wasn't expecting.

This book starts off so chaotic. I do think that it all comes together nicely at the end with so interesting twists and turns. I don't love the main character Sami Kierce - I just thought he was unlikeable. I did enjoy the other supporting character - most specifically his "class" of "private investigators". They really brought levity and humor into the overarching story.
Based on this - I would reach for Harlan Coben again.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

just finished Nobody’s fool by @harlancoben another great one. So many twists and turns I could not guess what was going to happen next. I can’t wait for you all to read that one! I didn’t want to finish it but cannot wait until the next book!

I have come to expect greatness from Harlan Coben. My expectations are always probably a little too high. Yet he exceeded them with this book. It is twisty and turvy and intriguing from the first page. I read it in one sitting because I could not stop despite midnight coming and going. This is more a mystery than a thriller, though there are thriller elements too. The story kept me engaged and wanting to know more throughout. There was no boring section or lull in the story. It was great from the first page to the last. I highly recommend!

One of things I love about Harlan Coben’s characters are their humanness- mistakes, warts and all. Sami Kierce is a completely flawed guy. That doesn’t make him a bad person, just someone who is capable of screwing up and does over and over again. While he is digging his way up from a self imposed fall to the bottom, he is trying to sort out an old love affair that has the potential to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately he rarely does the rational thing and you can guess how this is going to play out. He is going to chase it down and. it going too turn back and chase him and those he cares about.

This is a brilliantly plotted mystery which keeps pivoting and twisting in the most interesting fashion. There is typical Coben humor and smart dialog. None of the characters are perfect except for being perfectly drawn and detailed for their purpose. The reveal shows how deeply Coben has tasked himself and his characters with a difficult inward introspection, and maybe a just rationalization. It raises a lot of questions that begs an opinion - it’s up to the reader to decide or look away.

Coben once again demonstrates that he is at the top of his game and the top of the heap of the mystery/thriller writers. Five golden stars and many thanks to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for a copy.

My first Harlan Coben book and not my last!!

This is the 2nd in a series but I did not read the first and it read beautifully as a standalone.

I loved Coben's writing style. Great pace, great plot! Great character building but not to the point of feeling slow or wordy. So many times I found myself gasping at the end of chapters. The chapters were not super long - which I love! A good amount of whitty banter between characters that had me laughing out loud.

I did not anticipate or predict the twists or conclusion. It kept me on my toes and I felt it wrapped up well! Absolutely recommend for lovers of mysteries/thrillers and detective series.

Thanks to NetGalley, Grand Central Publishing, and Harlan Coben for the ARC and chance to give my honest opinion!

This was my first Harlan Coben! But after watching so many of his books become Netflix series, I needed to read one! This was the perfect one since I knew a bit of back story of it. I really liked it!

Coben strikes again this is a definite hit 💯💯💯💯💯

A man's past rears it's ugly head, a woman once thought dead suddenly appears in his class, when he gives chase, she disappears behind a heavily fortified mansion. Not to mention the man he put away for his late fiancée murder has been released on a technicality due to a botched case. Are they connected? Only time will tell.

Coben is a master when it comes to winding up a story so good, that when he springs all the surprises on, you don't know which way to look!!!!!!!

Thanks to NetGalley and Grand central publishing for this ARC. Humbled and grateful 🙏🏾

"NOBODY'S FOOL" out Mar 25th 2025

Solid 5 stars!!!!!

Harlan Coben manages to astound with his latest novel "Nobody's Fool", an edge of your seat gripping thriller that will have you guessing til the very end. I can comfortably say this is one of my favorites by him so far and that's saying something! An easy 5 out of 5 stars, make sure to add this to your 2025 read list!

As a young man, Sami Kierce, went to Spain along with members of the school’s lacrosse team. They had planned to travel together until Sami met Anna Marigold in a discotheque. The two hit it off, and spent a week together, until one morning Sami wakes up with her dead body beside him and him holding a bloody knife. It’s twenty-two years later and Sami is married to Molly with a young son. Having been kicked off the police force, he picks up work where he can to support his family. One of those jobs is teaching a night class in criminology called “Sherlock”. One night, Anna briefly pops into his class.
An exciting thriller about a missing heiress. There are two story lines and the author does an excellent job of weaving them together. Sami Kierce is a great protagonist. He’s not without his flaws, yet he’s a caring family man with a strong sense of right and wrong. I loved the way he brought his students into his investigation too. Sarcastic humor had me smiling and laughing a few times. Skillful pacing, a suspenseful plot, and a main character whom I really liked made this an engrossing and entertaining story.
4.5 stars

I can't believe I had never picked up a Harlan Coben book before reading this, but this definitely won't be my last. Great character development and twists! Sami is a somewhat disgraced former police officer now working as a private investigator. When someone he thought had died many years before, possibly at his hand, shows up out of the blue he must race to find out what happened. This was a book I didn't want to put down!

Harlan Coben never fails to deliver. This story slowly wraps the reader into the story wherein the main character, a former policeman dismissed from the force sees a women he believes he murdered in bed with him while on vacation years before on holiday. This coupled with his haven seen a women he believes is her but also might be a woman missing for years.
A clever and compelling read.
Thanks to the author for this and all past works as well as to publisher and NetGalley.

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC.

Harlan Coben has been a favorite author of mine for years. Once again, he has created characters you can relate to & care about. The story sucks you in from the beginning and takes you through a rollercoaster of a story that is gripping and full of twists. As usual, Mr. Coben does not disappoint!

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Hurricane Warning! This book sweeps you up in a storm of twists, leaving no safe harbor for the reader. Expect unpredictable gusts of suspense, waves of chaos, and a final revelation that hits like a rogue tide.

📖 The Book’s Voyage:
Sami Kierce’s life has been adrift since a backpacking trip to Spain turned into his worst nightmare—waking up next to his girlfriend’s lifeless body, with no memory of what happened. Now, twenty-two years later, he’s an exhausted private investigator, teaching sleuthing classes on the side when Anna—the woman he thought was dead—walks into his classroom. And then? She disappears.
What follows is a breakneck chase through the murky waters of memory, deception, and a past that refuses to stay buried. Coben masterfully steers readers through a twisting mystery that seems utterly impossible—until Kierce, sharp as ever, finds his way to the truth.

⚓ Final Docking Thoughts:
This was an absolute thrill ride—fast-paced, high-stakes, and completely immersive. I devoured it like a sailor lost at sea, finally spotting land. Nobody’s Fool is perfect for readers who love their mysteries tangled, their stakes high, and their endings oh-so-satisfying.

🌊 Would I sail these waters again? Absolutely. Coben proves once again why he’s the captain of the twisty thriller genre.

This is a Harlan Coben book, of course I enjoyed every page of it. That could be my entire review, honestly. Seriously, if you like quick, thriller, twisty reads, Coben books always deliver. This one is no exception to that rule.

First off, I haven't watched the Netflix series for the start of Sami Kierce's story and didn't feel like I was missing anything major. His backstory was filled in where it was needed from that series. As a new main character, I really liked Sami's point of view. He's different from other Coben MCs and it always amazes me that he can make these deep characters that are all so different. Sami is a ex-cop, not by choice, and is now teaching a class about private investigation. He's had a rough life and that definitely plays into his personality a lot. When he was a young adult, he had spent some time in Spain with a girl, Anna, who died, who he possibly killed. Or so he believes until she shows up at his class one day.

It is so hard to write a review for a Harlan Coben book without any spoilers so I'll try to be vague. Sami's investigation into Anna and his backstory is a good ride. There's not as many twists but lots of blanks that need filled in. But once the twists start, they just twist and twist some more. It has a few "but wait, there's more" moments and my jaw was on the floor at the end. I do hope we get more of Sami Kierce in books, I love his inner voice and how he just wants the truth of things.

I’m always up for a fast-paced mystery, and after hearing so many good things about Harlan Coben, I couldn’t resist requesting an ARC of his latest book, Nobody’s Fool. This book definitely lived up to the hype! It was not only fast-paced but kept me on my toes, with twists and turns that kept me guessing until the very end.

The story follows ex-detective Sami Kierce, who wakes up in Spain next to his fling, Anna, only to find her fatally stabbed and surrounded by blood. Fleeing the country, he tries to put the past behind him—until Anna reappears years later at a criminology class Sami is teaching. With the help of his students, Sami embarks on a mission to uncover the truth behind a decades-old mystery, all while working tirelessly to figure out what really happened to Anna.

I was hooked from start to finish, and this book has definitely made me eager to explore more of Coben’s mysteries in the future! Thank you Grand Central Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC!

Wow! Coben is at his best from the get go. Lose the thread at your own risk. The story twists and turns with full blown characters and plot which at first seems a little far fetched but threads together at the end, At times the characters and evolving plot evokes Raymond Chandler and film noir. Without any ifs and buts will recommend.

Sami Kierce from Fool Me Once is back in the new novel from Harlan Coben - Nobody's Fool.

"While he was backpacking as a young college student, Sami fell in love and got involved with a young woman. And now after twenty years she's shown up in the night class in NYC that he teaches. But that can't be right. Last time he saw her, he woke up next to her holding a knife and covered in blood - her blood. He left and never went back. What's going on?"

You can always count on Coben to add a lot of layers and misdirects. You can never be sure what is really going on and what's the truth. So many surprises and twists in this story. You might gues one or two but there are plenty of "Wait - what?!?" moments.

Coben does it again with another wild story. Be sure to add this to your summer beach reading list.

Exactly what yous expect from the author - likeable characters, witty banter, and a fast paced twisty mystery. Ending left open for future installments, which is am sure I would read.