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Believe Me
by JP Delaney
This is one of those books that gets into your head and messes everything about. You think you know exactly what is going to happen... but you don't! I love it when a story can make you doubt your ability to predict what will happen and that is certainly the case here.
Clare Wright is a British drama student in New York without a green card. She is forced to take the only job she can find in order to earn some cash - working for a firm of divorce lawyers she is tasked with entrapping straying husbands. But when one of her targets in under suspicion for murder, the police want her to help them secure a conviction by luring the suspect into making a confession. Clare then begins to worry that what she is doing is wrong - I mean, for all she knows Patrick Fogler could be innocent. This also forces her to confront the ethical and moral implications around entrapment in general, including her trapping of cheating men. Is it possible that there is more to this this than she is being told? Could the police possibly have an alterior motive for wanting Fogler out of the way?
Delaney is adept at making you question not only yourself but what you are being told throughout the book too. There were some real insights into the acting world and the tricks and techniques they use including how an actor gets into playing a particular role. There is a tonne of misdirection and the narrative is a twisty and fickle beast that can do a 360 in a matter of moments. Delaney's writing was readable and flowed exceptionally well leading you to read and on and on, a few different elements come together and make this an unforgettable read. If you like unreliable narrator's and not having a clue what is going to go down then you will lap this up double quick!
Many thanks to Quercus for an ARC. I was not required to post a review and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
Clare Wright is a British drama student in New York without a green card. She is forced to take the only job she can find in order to earn some cash - working for a firm of divorce lawyers she is tasked with entrapping straying husbands. But when one of her targets in under suspicion for murder, the police want her to help them secure a conviction by luring the suspect into making a confession. Clare then begins to worry that what she is doing is wrong - I mean, for all she knows Patrick Fogler could be innocent. This also forces her to confront the ethical and moral implications around entrapment in general, including her trapping of cheating men. Is it possible that there is more to this this than she is being told? Could the police possibly have an alterior motive for wanting Fogler out of the way?
Delaney is adept at making you question not only yourself but what you are being told throughout the book too. There were some real insights into the acting world and the tricks and techniques they use including how an actor gets into playing a particular role. There is a tonne of misdirection and the narrative is a twisty and fickle beast that can do a 360 in a matter of moments. Delaney's writing was readable and flowed exceptionally well leading you to read and on and on, a few different elements come together and make this an unforgettable read. If you like unreliable narrator's and not having a clue what is going to go down then you will lap this up double quick!
Many thanks to Quercus for an ARC. I was not required to post a review and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.