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Fool Me Once

By: Harlan Coben
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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THE BIGGEST NETFLIX SHOW OF 2024 STARRING MICHELLE KEEGAN, JOANNA LUMLEY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE.


LISTEN TO THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL . . .

You think you know the truth. The truth is you know nothing.

If your husband was murdered.

And you were a witness.

How do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam, back from the dead?

You thought you trusted him.

Now you can't even trust yourself.

Dark secrets and a terrifying hunt for the truth lie at the heart of this gripping thriller by the 'master of the double twist' Harlan Coben ...

'The absolute master' RICHARD OSMAN
'One of the all-time greats' GILLIAN FLYNN
'Never lets you down' LEE CHILD

©2016 Harlan Coben (P)2016 Random House Audiobooks

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excellent book, thriller like no other!

really impressive work of the narrator, so many different voices for each character makes it easy to follow. great storyline till the very end

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the best audiobook

this book is so amazing and i could nOt put it down (i once ended up listening to it for 5 straight hours)

I highly highly recommend!

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kept me engaged the whole time

narrator was decent. some of the writing got a bit annoying, but overall it was an engaging story that I liked forward to listening to.

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funny ending

this story has you hanging on for the strangest ending. was good listening while I did the house work.

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Good listen!

Great story, really enjoyed listening to this, and would recommend to anyone. Just didn't want to stop listening :)

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Make me Cry

Absolutely beautiful story and performance. very emotional, informative, interesting,. Love it very much!
Thank you !

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It’s a must!!

What a story. Fantastic, it is a must read/listen. The story will have you on the edge of your seat the whole way! What a twist too!!

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Excellent

I have been listening to audiobooks for years, probably back when it was a bit dorky. That's what happens when you spend too long in the car....this is one of the best.

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Loved the ending

It was a slow start for me to connect to the main character but as the story progressed and deepened the connection grew. Great twist at the end. I loved the final chapter bringing tears to my eyes. It was a different story line by Harlan and maybe that's why it took a bit to get used to. Writers change writers explore writers surprise. Well worth the read.

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A magnificent thriller

The moment January LaVoy begins reading Harlan Corben’s enthralling new thriller, the opening funeral scene draws you into the darkening world of Maya Burkett, a former Special Ops pilot with PTSD who is now burying her husband.

LaVoy’s soft spoken voice draws out Maya’s angst as she fights to stay strong for her daughter despite all that has happened to her. We soon learn Maya’s sister was also murdered, in a home invasion only four months prior to her husband’s death at the hands of two muggers.

foolmeoncecoverHer memories of war and her recent losses fill Maya’s dreams with nightmare visions of the past. Her trauma is compounded by the harassment of a local police detective who struggles to accept her explanation of events over her husband’s death, and by whistle-blower Corey Rudzinski, a Julian Assange style character who had ended Maya’s military career by releasing evidence that her actions had killed civilians and who continues to hold back on releasing further incriminating evidence against her.

What appears to be a relatively simple story of grief quickly begins weaving itself into a rollercoaster of twists and turns as the police discover the same gun killed both Maya’s husband and sister. A nanny cam, gifted by a friend to help Maya have one less thing to worry about, unexpectedly unveils another impossible truth, and Maya suddenly finds herself questioning her own sanity while becoming embroiled in a conspiracy that’s closer to home than she could ever have imagined.

LaVoy’s reading, nay, re-enactment of the drama is enhanced by her stellar characterisations, with Maya and her cold mother-in-law being particular highlights. Her pacing is excellent and her emotive range lets you feel the grief, the anger, the cold bitterness and the love.

Harlan Coben’s crime thriller is an exemplar of good characterisation, blurring truth and potential fantasy so, like his main character, we’re never quite sure what’s real and what’s not in Maya’s baffling and terrifying world of grief. LaVoy takes us all the way with spellbinding storytelling and just the right touches of light humour to break the tension.

Running approximately 10 hours and 4 minutes, the unabridged audiobook of Fool Me Once is a compulsory and addictive listening experience, difficult to turn off from the moment it starts.

Read my full review and other audiobook reviews under the Entertainment section of glamadelaide dot com dot au.

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