Fool Me Once

by Harlan Coben

First published 2016

Maya returns home from military service as a former special ops pilot, trying to rebuild her life as a widow and mother. Her husband Joe died brutally just two weeks ago. While at work, she checks the nanny cam feed from her home and sees something that stops her cold. Her two year old daughter plays happily in the living room with Joe, the man Maya buried fourteen days earlier. The image forces Maya to question whether her eyes tell her the truth, even when she wants desperately to believe what she sees. To understand what happened to Joe and why he appears alive on her camera, Maya must dig into secrets she has kept buried. Her own deceptions and those of her dead husband intertwine in ways that will force her to confront not just Joe's hidden life, but the truth about herself and the choices that brought her to this moment.

Genres: mystery, contemporary, thriller, action

Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful

Tropes: secrets, unreliable-narrator

387 pages · Hardcover · Dutton

Content warnings: death

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