"Fool me once" by Harlan Coben - A whodunit!
This book is published by Random house in 2016 and has 352 pages.
Maya, an ex military chopper pilot, is widowed. Her husband, from an uber-rich family, is murdered, shot. But Maya survives. Maya's career is destroyed by a whistle blower earlier. Now she tries to come to terms with her husband's death and take care of her 2 year old daughter. One day she sees her dead husband Joe on the nanny cam.
Is Joe alive? But he was killed, how's that possible? What did the whistle blower have on Maya? Who killed Joe and why?
The story has a decent pace. Readers relate with Maya quickly and remain loyal to her. She is widowed, she is strong, she is capable and she doesn't rest until she finds the truth. Except the truth is not what readers expect. The only support she has is of Shane, her good friend and colleague. The story starts with a bang. Then there are several surprises in the story to keep the audience interested.
Maya is the central character. Bourquets are the rich family with their notions about right and wrong and family name. Keers is the detective. Shane is best friend of Maya. Readers keep wondering if he secretly loves Maya.
The climax is also kinda interesting. You feel sad. But you accept the climax. However, there is a time leap of 25 years after the climax and it appears completely unnecessary. An epilogue would have served better.
It took me more than 3 months to read this book. But blame it on lock down rather than book.
Why did I read this book? It was on hand.
What I didn't like? A bit slow.
What did I like? Readers keep guessing.
Read if you have lot of time in lock down.
