Name: Believe Me
ISBN: 9781984817761

J. P. Delaney

A Novel

Believe Me

Jp Delaney

In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation. A struggling actor, a Brit in America without a green card, Claire needs work and money to survive. Then she gets both. But nothing like she expected. Claire agrees to become a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers. Hired to entrap straying husbands, she must catch them on tape with their seductive propositions. The rules? Never hit on the mark directly. Make it clear you're available, but he has to proposition you, not the other way around. The firm is after evidence, not coercion. The innocent have nothing to hide. Then the game changes. When the wife of one of Claire's targets is violently murdered, the cops are sure the husband is to blame. Desperate to catch him before he kills again, they enlist Claire to lure him into a confession. Claire can do this. She's brilliant at assuming a voice and an identity. For a woman who's mastered the art of manipulation, how difficult could it be to tempt a killer into a trap? But who is the decoy . . . and who is the prey?

Camilla Marie Riksheim

** spoiler alert **
           Not my cup of tea. But I, for some reason, found it hard to put the book down even though I was confused during the whole thing. This book has a little too many plot twists for my liking (which was probably why I was confused during the whole book), and the male main character is into necrophilia.

Sven Test

Always amazed by Delaney's craft, writing, her brain that creates these twisted and enthralling stories that I can't get enough of. This was another win for me and a great start to 2019! I'm just blown away but every single detail of this book, especially once I reached the ending. It definitely fooled me to the very end. This is going on my fave reads of the year already!

Clarie, an out-of-work British actress, pays the rent on her New York City apartment the only way she can: as a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers, hired to entrap straying husbands. When the cops begin investigating one of her targets for murdering his wife-- and potentially others-- they ask her to lure the suspect into a confession. For a woman who's mastered the art of manipulation, how difficult could it be to tempt a killer into a trap? -- adapted from jacket

Charlotte 

A book revolving around a puzzle or game ✔

Arianna scasino

There were so many times I thought I knew what the ending was going to be & I was wrong every time. This book keeps you guessing, such a good read. 

chloe mcpherson

This book was very interesting to read, 
You follow Claire after an incident in the Uk, she goes to New York on a student Visa to get away from her past life and to pursue her acting career. After struggling to find any jobs without a green card Claire is hired by a Law firm specialising in divorces, where when she is wanted, she is to go undercover to get men to confess to cheating on their partners.
One of Claire's subjects soon becomes a murder suspect after his wife is found dead of suspicious causes, The police want Claire to use her acting skills to help lure the husband into a confession, but Claire thinks he is innocent, if he's innocent then who really killed the wife?

This book took me surprise in this one, 
While reading the first third of this book, I had this feeling where I thought I knew what was going to happen, thinking to myself 'This person is the most obvious suspect'.
Then this book did a 180 during the second third of this book, which left me questioning where the storyline was going, some scenes were weird, I was even starting to question Claire because she started acting weird.
Then out of no where it flipped again and suddenly everything made sense and went back to how I originally thought how the storyline was going to go.

Even though I kind of knew who the killer was from the beginning, I enjoyed how the author went about telling the story, and I liked how it made me question the sanity of some characters, It was defiantly a nice little twist.
I don't think many people would enjoy the little twist the book had, but I loved it.

Lauren Attaway

Claire was a fascinating character, and while the story did not initially grip me, once I was hooked I finished the majority of this book in one burst of reading! This dark and twisty tale has been on my recommendation lists since I read that last scene.

Chrissy

2.5 Stars

J.P. Delaney's first novel was the first book i got approved for on Netgalley and i really enjoyed it. This made me very excited to read Believe Me. I went into this completely blind. This is a twisted mind blowing story, constantly changing, extremely unreliable narrator. Every time you think you have the main character figured out something changes. I personally enjoy an unreliable character, it can make a book more interesting. For some reason this time around it did not work for me. I have found this too hard to keep up with and too often changing that i wanted to stop many times, but i did pull through and it was a surprising ending. One last big twist. I am glad that i completed it but in the end i just dont think this was for me.

Sam Kiszonka

Holy fuxxing shitballs!!
What just happened!?

I don’t even know where to begin with this review! 
The characters are dark, unreliable and downright psychopathic! I thought I was getting sick of unreliable narrators, but this book changes everything lol! Legit, there might be one character in this book who is a nice, reliable person. The others are probably all going to hell…
Believe Me follows Claire, an aspiring orphan actor in New York. Originally from the UK Claire is looking for a fresh start, however, without a green card Claire is unable to find work… legal work anyway. 

Claire’s life takes a dark turn as she fights to stay in America and earn her green card. That’s all I am going to say in regards to this dark, twisted, amazing plot! It’s a crazy ass rollercoaster ride of a book and I loved every minute of it. 

A quick word of warning. Do not go into this book hoping to connect and fall in love with the characters, they are all psychopaths lol. This does make for an engrossing and intriguing read. Personally, I enjoyed these characters as they are perfectly horrid people and it was actually a lot of fun taking a peek into their minds. Made me feel nice and sane lol. 

I would like to thank the publisher and the author for providing me with a copy of this book! This has in no way affected my views or opinions of the book or the content of my review.

Emily C Peterson

JP. Delaney

"In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation. One out-of-work British actress pays the rent on her New York City apartment the only way she can: as a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers, hired to entrap straying husbands. When the cops begin investigating one of her targets for murdering his wife--and potentially others--they ask her to lure the suspect into a confession. But with the actress pretending to be someone she isn't, differentiating the decoy from the prey becomes impossible--and deadly"--

Catherine Restrepo

For the first half of the book, I was just okay with it. The second half gets twisty, and ended up liking it.

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THE SENSATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL BEFORE THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Imaginative, unusual, clever and fun' - Sunday Times 'A twisty, exciting read' - Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me 'A dark, sexy mystery' - Metro ********** Claire Wright likes to play other people. A British drama student, in New York without a green card, Claire takes the only job she can get: working for a firm of divorce lawyers, posing as an easy pick-up in hotel bars to entrap straying husbands. When one of her targets becomes the subject of a murder investigation, the police ask Claire to use her acting skills to help lure their suspect into a confession. But right from the start, she has doubts about the part she's being asked to play. Is Patrick Fogler really a killer . . . Or the only decent husband she's ever met? And is there more to this set-up than she's being told? And that's when Claire realises she's playing the deadliest role of her life . . . ********** See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest new name in psychological thrillers: 'DAZZLING' - Lee Child 'ADDICTIVE' - Daily Express 'DEVASTATING' - Daily Mail 'INGENIOUS' - The New York Times 'COMPULSIVE' - Glamour Magazine 'ELEGANT' - Peter James 'SEXY' - Mail on Sunday 'ENTHRALLING' - Woman and Home 'ORIGINAL' - The Times 'RIVETING' - Lisa Gardner 'CREEPY' - Heat 'SATISFYING' - Reader's Digest 'SUPERIOR' - The Bookseller 'MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS' - Sunday Times *And if you loved Believe Me, JP Delaney's sensational new thriller Playing Nice is available to pre-order now*

The twisty and addictive follow-up to the bestselling The Girl Before

Natalie Kulessa 

THE SENSATIONAL NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL BEFORE THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Imaginative, unusual, clever and fun' Sunday Times ********** Claire Wright likes to play other people. A British drama student, in New York without a green card, Claire takes the only job she can get: working for a firm of divorce lawyers, posing as an easy pick-up in hotel bars to entrap straying husbands. When one of her targets becomes the subject of a murder investigation, the police ask Claire to use her acting skills to help lure their suspect into a confession. But right from the start, she has doubts about the part she's being asked to play. Is Patrick Fogler really a killer . . . Or the only decent husband she's ever met? And is there more to this set-up than she's being told? And that's when Claire realises she's playing the deadliest role of her life . . . ********** 'A dark, sexy mystery' Metro See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest new name in psychological thrillers: 'DAZZLING' - Lee Child 'ADDICTIVE' - Daily Express 'DEVASTATING' - Daily Mail 'INGENIOUS' - The New York Times 'COMPULSIVE' - Glamour Magazine 'ELEGANT' - Peter James 'SEXY' - Mail on Sunday 'ENTHRALLING' - Woman and Home 'ORIGINAL' - The Times 'RIVETING' - Lisa Gardner 'CREEPY' - Heat 'SATISFYING' - Reader's Digest 'SUPERIOR' - The Bookseller 'MORE THAN A MATCH FOR PAULA HAWKINS' - Sunday Times

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In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation. “[A] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme.”—Booklist (starred review) Claire Wright is desperate. A British drama student in New York without a green card, she takes the only job she can get: working for a firm of divorce lawyers, posing as an easy pickup in hotel bars to entrap straying husbands. But then the game changes. When one of her targets becomes the suspect in a murder investigation, the police ask Claire to use her acting chops to lure him into a confession. From the start, she questions the part she’s being asked to play: Is Patrick Fogler a killer? Or is there more to this setup than she’s being told? Claire will soon realize she is playing the deadliest role of her life. Praise for Believe Me “For readers who enjoyed the paranoia factor in A. J. Finn’s The Woman in the Window or the unreliable narrator of Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train.”—Library Journal “Produces a bobsled run’s worth of twists.” —Publishers Weekly “An intense, stylish psychological thriller.”—Good Housekeeping “A dark and haunting thriller . . . A superb evocation of conflicted emotions, this never lets you guess what’s coming next.”—Daily Mail “I so enjoyed it—what a twisty, exciting read.”—Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me

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