Sami Kierce is visiting Spain with friends when he meets Anna. He is captivated, but when he wakes up next to her, she is dead, and he is holding a knife. How does he manage to avoid being arrested? That will be revealed.
25 years pass, and Sami sees Anna sitting in the back of a class he is teaching. He is not the type of person to just look away. But he gets more than he bargained for once he discovers more about Anna. What actually happened all those years ago?
Add in the fact that the man, Tad Grayson, who murdered Sami’s fiancée Nicole many years ago is released from prison on a technicality. Sami is determined to put Tad back where he belongs.
Two unrelated events with one common denominator, Sami. This is my new favorite Harlan Cohen book. He juggled both plots so well, there were a lot of character moments that cracked me up, and by the end I knew who was guilty, and who was innocent. It ends with not a cliffhanger, but the door will potentially open again on a future mystery.

Wow! Harlan Coben knocks this one out of the park! I totally enjoyed Fool Me Once and this was a great follow up. But can be read as a stand-alone. This book was action packed and I had no idea who to trust or why to trust. Fantastic characters kept me burning the midnight oil. Brilliant storytelling. Highly recommend.
Thank you NetGalley, Harlan Coben and Grand Central Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

4 stars

I don't remember reading the first book with Sami Kierce but I saw the Netflix series last year so the details were fresh.

Entertaining read. I liked Sami's students.

4.5 stars. I really enjoyed this book! It had a great twist at the end and the story kept me invested! I took away 0.5 stars because I felt I’d didn’t make sense for Victoria’s father to hire Sami to investigate something he already knew the answer was to. Perhaps I missed something but this felt like a plot hole to me.

Harlen Coben does not disappoint. I would give this 3.5 stars. The storyline was good, the characters were interesting. It was not my favorite book he has written, but it would make a great mini series.

I have yet to be disappointed by a Harlan Coben novel!

Sami Kierce is beyond shocked when he sees Anna show up at his piecemeal crime class. A ghost? An apparition? It seems impossible that this woman would show up in his life again after he fled 23 years prior. Soon Kierce is sucked deep into investigating his past, that has come crashing back to his present.

The thing about a Coben novel is that there are too many moving parts to create a solid synopsis without giving away too much.
When you pick up a Harlan Coben novel you know:
1. It’s going to be fast paced.
2. You’ll have a lot of questions that will keep you reading.
3. There will very twists and turns you didn’t see coming.
4. There will be multiple plot lines to keep you guessing.
5. You won’t be able to put the book down once you start.

Nobody’s Fool is no exception, just another great book by a fabulous storyteller!

The book was well-paced, and it was enjoyable to find out more about Sami Kierce and what brought him to the point he was at. The supporting cast really shined in this one, particularly Kierce's class full of what turn out to be extremely capable amateur detectives. The two cases are both twisty and intricate, and their intersection surprised me, which is cool, since I read enough of these kinds of books that I can be a bit hard to surprise.

Harlan Coben does it again! The twists and turns in this will leave you breathless. Sami is such a complex character that has been through SO much, but yet he is still trying to bring justice and always do the right thing. This book was the perfect follow up to Fool Me Once, we spent time with familiar characters and met new ones. The ending was phenomenal as always! Looking forward to HOPEFULLY the next installment of Sami Kierce. Thanks for much for the ARC!

Thanks to Net Galley and Grand Central Publishing for the early copy of this!

Harlan Coben simply doesn’t miss. Nobody’s Fool is a great, exciting read that has you needing answers and constantly changing your mind. Twists all along the way but the journey creates a world that could be its own four or five book series. Really fun read.

Omg what a great read. I was truly caught off guard by the plot twist. The humor mixed in was lol funny. This would make a great movie or series.

Another classic Coben, "who really did what"?
Have fun figuring it out.
Sami Kierce, a PI, is on the hunt to find a woman who suddenly reappeared after a 22 year absence from his life. And, to really shake things up, he believed he had killed her during his backpacking trip across Europe after college, all those years ago. When she shows up in a class he is teaching, and then runs out, he sets out to unravel the mystery of what really happened in that hotel room.
And in the hunt with him are his group of amateur sleuths, from his class, straight out of the pages
of a Nancy Drew novel.
Slow moving at times but keeps you tuned in as the missing pieces to the puzzle start moving across the board.
And puzzle it is in a way that only HC can cone up with.
Sit back, and enjoy the mystery.
You're in for a really good read.

I'd gotten away from Harlan Coben's books for a bit, for no particular reason. I am so glad I was given the chance to read Nobody's Fool, because it is far and away my favorite book of his. I carried this around with me until I was done.

Sami Kierce is a new father, happily married, and his past comes back to haunt him when he sees a girl he thought he'd killed years earlier. He had no memory other than waking up after a night of drugs and drink with a knife in his hand, surrounded by blood.

Decards have passed, he was made to leave the police force, and he is teaching night classes when he sees her. This starts the chase into his past, his current, and what finding the truth might mean.

This book is a solid five!

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for a digital ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

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Thanks to Netgalley for this early release. Loved this fast paced book. It grabbed me fairly quickly and kept my interest throughout. Very interesting twists. Can't wait to go back and read others in the series.

Many thanks to Harlan Coben, Grand Central Publishing, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this novel. Coben is a master of the smart, well-written, engaging thriller, and Nobody’s Fool is no exception. I had trouble putting this down and read it very quickly to the end. It is well-plotted, entertaining, funny, and also touching in parts. Highly recommend!

I love Harlan Coben books! I think this is my favorite so far. I could not put it down. Sami Kierce's past has come back to haunt him. While backpacking in Spain after college graduation Sami wakes up next to a dead , bloody girl with a knife in his hand. He had no memory of what happened. Now, in 2025, he is a disgraced ex New York detective. He's teaching night classes on investigation and recognizes her face in the crowd. She runs and he follows her. He has to find her to unlock clues to his own past. Should those secrets stay buried or not? Thanks to @NetGalley for the ARC of this book. I loved it!

This was a really good book! There was a lot of build up, confusion, and secrets that were waiting to be uncovered as you keep reading this book. There were so many twists and turns, and it really kept you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

5⭐️s! - Wowza! This was all the stars. Deliciously entertaining from start to finish, and then left with a jaw-dropping ending. Calling all thriller fans, this one comes out in March and a put on your TBR!

When I got this ARC, I couldn’t believe it and SO excited! Harlan Coben is one of my favorite authors, so it had my full and undivided attention. Coben is such a master story teller with relatable characters, layered plots, and action packed mystery.

In this one, Sami, is our main character and we are all routing for him and his race against time to solve the mystery. Can we talk about those classmate characters? They were wildly entertaining! The Debbie & Raymond duo, Lenny with his tech gadgets, Golfer Gary and can’t forget those Pink Panthers - loved that all of them were genuine and devoted to helping Sami.

Coben unfolds twists throughout the book but holds his cards super close to reveal the fireworks finale. I’m still thinking wow, that was something!
Loved the reference to Hercule Poirot too - so fun!

This is a must read and highly recommend!!

Expected release: 3/25/25

✨Special thanks to NetGalley & Grand Central Publishing for this complimentary digital advanced copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.

I eagerly await any new work from the author and this one doesn't disappoint. Calls Coben with tight plot, plenty of twists and a thriller in his classic style. Even though this is a second in the series, it can be enjoyed as a stand alone work.

Now we wait for the next one!

He’s a favorite and rightly so.. another blockbuster best seller. Clever, brilliant, riveting, addictive and engrossing. I loved every minute. The plot is so unusual and one of a kind clever… I could not out it down. Read it 8n two sittings. His new Pakistani ex cop, disgraced deprivation eye is a welcome addition to his protagonists. There is surely a sequel in the works.. and if not there should be. I cannot wait, thanks a hundred times for the pre release edition so I could thoroughly enjoy the read. BRAVO,

I was so excited to read the new Harlan Coben book that I spent the whole day reading it. There is a reason this author is a best seller. This book was fabulous. Sami is no longer a detective but he has the skills. So when he is offered big money to find a truth the only caveat is that he can't tell anyone what he finds out. A girl has been missing for many years. Then is discovered live and returned to her family. Is she truly the missing girl or the girl Sami thinks he killed in Spain? So many twists and turns. Loved the class students that help him do the research. Raymond with is underwear on the outside of his jeans had me laughing.