Title:	Nobody’s Fool
	Author:	Harlan Coben
	Published:	March 25, 2025, Grand Central Publishing
	No. of Pages:	344
	Cover Price:	$21.00 Hardcover, $14.99 Kindle

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The second installment in the Detective Sami Kierce, Nobody’s Fool, by bestselling author Harlan Coben finds Sami remembering his time in Spain after graduating college and going on to medical school, when he fell in love with Anna and woke up covered in blood next to her dead body. Because he had been taking drugs and drinking heavily, he wasn’t sure if he killed her, but on the advice of his father, caught the next plane home. That was 22 years before, and while teaching a detective class at the local college, she comes after class and when he sees her, he tracks her to her residence where he is beat up. Apparently, she is actually an heiress who was kidnapped 25 years before and the case was never solved. He uses the students in his class to help him solve the mystery.

Coben is a favorite author and I pick up his books immediately when they come out and devour them. I haven’t actually read a Harlan Coben novel that I didn’t like. However, some are better than others, and Sami Kierce isn’t my favorite protagonist, and I’d rather read his other series. Fortunately, this novel does have Coben’s signature dry humor, and an interesting storyline with plenty of twists and turns. Although it is a good read, it isn’t Coben’s best, and some of the scenarios are less than believable.

All told, readers may like Kierce. Coben’s excellent storytelling abilities are definitely here, but the book doesn’t grab like some of his others. However, it’s better than most and the story and constant building suspense will grab readers and keep them on the edge. As most fans, I will look forward to the next installment.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.