Nobody’s Fool (Harlan Coben)

The publisher’s summary:

A year after the devastating events that took place in Fool Me Once, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce’s college days comes back to haunt him. Present day is hard enough for Kierce, but his past isn’t through with him yet…
Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He begins to scream – and then he runs.
Twenty two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who’s working off his debts by teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom. Anna. It’s unmistakably her. But as soon as he makes eye contact with her, she bolts.
For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment since that terrible day.
His investigation will bring him face-to-face with his past. Soon he discovers that some secrets should stay buried…

My reading review:

Harlan Coben is such an amazing storyteller! This book is another page-turner and I can already look forward to seeing the series, as I am sure the story is so good, it deserves one.
I liked the link between this story and Fool Me Once, as well as the return of Sami Kierce …and his past. Sami is trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Victoria Belmond, or is it Anna, the young girl he met in Spain in his youth? Who is Anna? Who is Victoria? What happened? And where does the murder of his wife Nicole fit into all this? Harlan Coben takes us through a maze of events and details, popping through the pages and taking the reader along various paths. There is a bit of a nagging feeling starting to develop through the book about who might be behind all this, but why? It all comes together at the end in a brilliant finish.
Sami is helped by the wannabe detectives who attend his detective class. I really enjoyed these characters. All have a bit of a past, strange habits and personalities, but they become very good at investigating to help Sami in his quest for the truth. In fact, I thought this might be the start of a couple more stories of this detective club. Who knows.
I really enjoyed this book, its witty style and this amazing talent Harlan Coben has of coming up with incredible scenarios. I definitely recommend this story and I cannot wait for the next one!

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone | Century for giving me the opportunity to review this book. All opinions are my own.