If you are a Harlan
Coben fan obviously you will not want to miss this book.
If you perhaps do not
know Coben’s work too well but are a fan of mystery thrillers in general, I
would heartily recommend this book as an exciting compelling read. Review by
Keith Millar)
In my humble opinion Harlan Coben is the pre-eminent thriller writer of the day.
His latest offering from Penguin Random House, Fool Me Once, is perfect proof of this.
It is fast moving, exciting, inventive and with more twists and turns than a mountain road. It is very difficult to put it down once you get started.
It is extraordinary that Coben keeps doing it. With some 35 novels and the excellent Martin Bolitar series to his name, you would think the well would dry up at some point. But he seems to keep going - and thank goodness for that.
Nine of his books have been adapted as Netflix series. That Includes this one, starring the lovely Michelle Keegan in the lead role and the incomparable Joanna Lumley is her arch adversary. Sure fire binge viewing.
It is difficult to offer a synopsis of the story as it keeps shifting and to describe too much would result in too many spoilers.
Suffice it to say that the central character Maya Stern is having a rather hard time of it. She has been discharged as a helicopter pilot from the army where an error in judgement led to the death of civilians.
Her sister has been killed in a home invasion and her husband was shot to death in a mugging in a park.
Her husband’s family, wealthy owners of a Pharmaceutical Company, have never really accepted her, believing she is below their station in life.
The matriarch of the family Judith Burkettt, played with evil intent in the TV series by Joanna Lumley, never misses an opportunity to make life difficult for Mya.
And to top it all off the police are still suspicious about the circumstances surrounding Maya’s Husband’s Death.
Quite a plot to start with? But that is not all. Plenty more intrigues come to light as Maya sets out to solve the mystery.
If you are a Harlan Coben fan obviously you will not want to miss this book.
If you perhaps do not know Coben’s work too well but are a fan of mystery thrillers in general, I would heartily recommend this book as an exciting compelling read.
Fool Me Once is published by Penguin Random House UK. The ISBN is 978-1-804-94720-3. The recommended retail price is R270.
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