The military understood that tidbit of pop psychology way before its time. She recently had read one of those self-help articles people always emailed around about 'power poses' and how they were supposed to improve performance. 'Maya maintained her military bearing - head high, spine straight, shoulders back. His bushy eyebrows resembled a late stage of caterpillar metamorphosis, and the hair on the back of his hands could have been the work of a curling iron. He had the kind of face that looked unshaven even immediately after a shave. He was stocky and broad, and his arms seemed too short for his body. '(NYPD homicide detective Roger) Kierce had something of a caveman thing going on. 1 suspect?Ĭoben draws you into the story with his trademarked character descriptions. Suffering from PTSD, this causes Maya serious problems, but she has never been one to back down from adversity and she'll need every bit of her resolve: Guess who is the cops' No. On a nanny cam she sees her 'dead' husband holding her 2-year-old. The cops say her sister and her husband were killed with the same gun. Soon after, Maya's husband is also murdered. After an 'encouraged' discharge following the death of civilians in a firefight near the Syrian-Iraqi border, Maya's sister is tortured and murdered. 'Fool Me Once' hooks you like a Hemingway marlin and no matter how you thrash about, lands you with a shocking thud.ĭeath stalks Army captain and helicopter pilot Maya Stern Burkett. But this is Harlan Coben in his prime - ranked by many as the best popular mystery writer in our current space/time continuum. Soccer-mom/tarnished war hero solves the mystery of her sister's gruesome murder while dispatching bad guys, uncovering her husband's dark family secrets and avoiding cops with help of a whistle-blower extraordinaire who hides out in a strip bar.

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