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Thriller · 2016 · PG-13

Fool Me Once

by Harlan Coben

Maya Stern's husband was murdered — but her nanny cam shows him playing with their daughter days later

For14+GenreThrillerLength389 pagesRead time~10 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Some

Murders and some thriller violence throughout the investigation

Language

Some

Adult language in Coben's thriller register

Sexual Content

Barely any

Minimal sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

Some drinking

Emotional Intensity

Some

The disorienting psychological experience of not knowing what you saw — and Coben's careful misdirection — creates effective and sustained paranoia

What this book is about

Harlan Coben's psychological thriller follows Maya, a former soldier accused of killing her sister and whose husband is then murdered, who sees her dead husband on her nanny cam playing with their daughter. Coben builds effective suburban paranoia with his characteristic twist plotting. Adult thriller violence and content throughout. For adult readers of psychological thrillers.

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