Fool Me Once on Netflix: Release Date, Characters, and More

Their fourth joint project, Fool Me Once, is an adaptation of Coben’s book. Maya (Michelle Keegan) is mourning the loss of her husband, Joe (Richard Armitage), but after installing a nanny cam to look after her baby, she recognizes a guy in her home, her husband, who she had thought was dead.

Based on the Harlan Coben book, Netflix will soon release the eight-part “Fool Me Once” series. Richard Armitage, Michelle Keegan, and Joanna Lumley will play the main characters in the program, which Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions are making.

Keegan portrays Maya Stern, attempting to rebuild her life after her husband, Joe, was brutally murdered (Armitage).

That is until she discovers someone on her nanny cam who is supposed to be deceased, which causes her life to suddenly change. In addition, Maya’s niece and nephew are looking into their mother’s murder, which happened months earlier.

Who are the cast members of Fool Me Once?

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Leading Me astray Michelle Keegan was formerly cast to play Maya Stern. Richard Armitage, who has already acted in two previous Harlan Coben adaptations, The Stranger and Remain Near, plays Maya’s husband, Joe.

In addition, the highly protective mother of Joe, Judith Burkett, Joanna Lumley, will join the cast. Adeel Akhtar, who plays Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce, completes the principal cast.

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What’s the story behind Fool Me Once?

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The film Fool Me Once, based on the same-named book by Harlan Coben, centers on Maya Stern as she mourns the passing of her husband, Joe, only to have him resurface via the nanny cam she installed to watch over her small daughter.

Sami Kierce, a detective sergeant, is in charge of the homicide investigation into Joe’s passing while simultaneously facing his demons. In addition, Maya’s niece and nephew are seeking information about the murder of their mother, which happened a few months earlier.

The series is a “pulse-pounder,” according to Harlan Coben, who also calls it “a disturbing narrative of how secrets and dishonesty have the potential to draw people together while also ripping them apart.”

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When will Fool Me Once be released?

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While Fool Me Once is filmed in Manchester, no release date has been set.

Overview oF The novel by Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben’s book “Fool Me Once” was released in 2016. The narrative of the novel centers on Maya Stern, a former special operations pilot who is currently from PTSD due to her time spent in Iraq. In the book’s opening pages, Maya is shown attending the burial of her late husband, Joe, who was killed in a park while playing with their 2-year-old daughter.

Maya begins visiting a therapist to address her PTSD as she struggles to come to terms with the death of her spouse.

But, things turn odd when Maya witnesses her allegedly deceased husband interacting with their kid on a nanny video. Maya finds herself caught up in a web of deceit and falsehoods as she tries to figure out what she saw’s real meaning.