paperbackmorning 's review for:

Nobody's Fool by Harlan Coben

3.5

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This book kept me hooked from the very beginning partially because it was doing SO much.  A murdered fiancé, a murdered summer fling, a disgraced police detective. The main storyline with the Belmond family’s missing daughter was executed flawlessly and I’m eager to see how Coben will proceed, since he made it pretty clear in the last pages that the story isn’t over. I loved the way Kierce used his students as an investigative team- that could be fun as more of a focus in the next book. However, the author was juggling a few too many plot lines for it to be as effective a conclusion as I always hope for in a thriller. The other mystery involving Kierce’s murdered fiancé felt extraneous to the story. One other gripe I have is that while it’s not absolutely necessary to have read Fool Me Once to understand this book, the context for the Burkett family that comes from Fool Me Once would have been helpful. Overall, a really fun, fast-paced, and suspenseful thriller with a really likable protagonist.

Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for the early reading opportunity. All opinions are my own.