The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 2 books · 2016 to 2025 · Set in New York

Sami Kierce Books in Order

Sami Kierce is a New York police detective who appears in Fool Me Once and later in his own story.

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Series facts

Books
2
Published
2016 to 2025
First book
Fool Me Once
Latest
Nobody’s Fool (2025)
Setting
Set in New York

The reading order

Every Sami Kierce book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

2 books · Set in New York
  1. 1Fool Me Once2016With Maya SternMaya Stern, a former army helicopter pilot, has installed a nanny camera after the murder of her husband.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Nobody’s Fool2025With Sami KierceTwenty-two years after he fled a terrible scene in Spain, believing his girlfriend dead, private investigator Sami Kierce sees a woman in New York who looks exactly like her.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Fool Me Once and Nobody’s Fool can each be read alone.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Sami Kierce book
BookSami KierceMaya Stern
1 Fool Me OnceMMajorLLead
2 Nobody’s FoolLLead

Characters in the Sami Kierce books

2 characters from Harlan Coben’s chart, with the number of Sami Kierce books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Sami KierceNew York police detective2Fool Me Once 2016
Maya SternFormer special forces helicopter pilot1Fool Me Once 2016