While Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once seems slow to pick up steam, it delivers classic Coben entertainment with its usual twists and turns. Unlike most of his novels, this one is told almost entirely form a single point of view, that of a female ex-Army helicopter pilot, Maya Stern, who is compelled to find out who murdered her sister and her husband. Maya is a character not all that much different than other Coben characters, her gender not necessarily providing insight, but does make for a useful plot device. She is of course struggling with PTSD.
Aside from the usual heavy handed maudlin parts typical of Coben, and a few sections that seem to stretch credulity, this is a fun read. If you haven’t given him a try, I highly recommend it. Coben’s books are consistently good easy reading entertainment. Probably why he’s an internationally best-selling author.
