Claire Wright is the pure definition of a struggling actress. She is making ends meet by working for a legal firm luring husbands into compromising situations for their wives' lawyers. Then Claire meets the one man who does not fall for her trap, Patrick Folger. He just feels different to Claire. But when his wife shows up murdered the same night that Patrick did not fall for her trap, it is clear that there is more going on here than just a messy divorce. The police enlist Claire's help to flesh out the truth. And overnight, Claire has landed the role of a lifetime. Will she be able to make it through this production without blurring the lines between reality and fantasy?
Believe Me was an absolute roller coaster of a ride. It explored a poet that I knew nothing about, Charles Baudelaire. Someone referred to as the "Godfather of Goths." It sent me to "the Google" faster than any book that I have read recently. Claire comes across as a little immature and annoying. But then when she starts to fall for Patrick, it became very clear that she was not prepared for how deep this was going to go. For a while there, I thought that maybe Patrick was the upstanding guy that Claire thought he was. But then it became very clear that Claire was not a reliable narrator. I was absolutely surprised by the big reveal at the end. CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS. It is not often that a book can surprise me with the big reveal. Believe Me did just that.
Bottom Line - Believe Me is dark, edgy, and explores a twisted world that is unknown to most of us. It makes an absolutely fantastic thriller to read when you have a spare moment. Or are quarantined like most of the country.
Details:
- Believe Me by JP Delaney
- Pages: 352
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- Publication Date: 7/24/2018
- Buy it Here!
- Thank you to NetGalley for the book in exchange for a review.
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