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A review by never4get
Trust Me When I Lie by Benjamin Stevenson
3.0
Benjamin Stevenson has a great capacity for descriptive writing and conjures up the Australian landscape particularly well. His characters were deeply drawn. This is a complex novel. TV producer, Jack Quick produced a series about a convicted murderer, Curtis Wade, in which he picked apart the evidence for the conviction. As a result, there was a retrial and Curtis walked free. However, Jack starts to have doubts about this. He goes back to the small town, where he is made decidedly unwelcome. The Wade vineyard sits alongside the expensive winery of Andrew Freeman. Andrew used to be police sergeant in the town and wields a lot of influence.
The first murder attributed to Curtis was of Eliza Dacey, a backpacker/fruit picker, whose naked body was found on his property with two severed fingers in her mouth.
After he is released from prison there is another murder - Alexis, who had been his defence lawyer. Jack does not believe the two murders are related, but many people do and want Curtis back in prison.
Curtis has a sister, Lauren, who was a young teenager when Eliza was murdered. She tries to encourage Jack to work with her to work out what really happened.
There's a back-story with Jack's family and his brother Liam and mental health issues that affect Jack as a result of an accident he suffered.
I did enjoy this book, and the ending was a surprise, but it was very convoluted.
The first murder attributed to Curtis was of Eliza Dacey, a backpacker/fruit picker, whose naked body was found on his property with two severed fingers in her mouth.
After he is released from prison there is another murder - Alexis, who had been his defence lawyer. Jack does not believe the two murders are related, but many people do and want Curtis back in prison.
Curtis has a sister, Lauren, who was a young teenager when Eliza was murdered. She tries to encourage Jack to work with her to work out what really happened.
There's a back-story with Jack's family and his brother Liam and mental health issues that affect Jack as a result of an accident he suffered.
I did enjoy this book, and the ending was a surprise, but it was very convoluted.