Believe Me, JP Delaney
Believe Me, JP Delaney
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Believe Me

Author: JP Delaney

Narrator: Sally Scott, Matt Reeves, Lorelei King, John Chancer, Eric Meyers

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/24/2018


Synopsis

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 compelling read . . . redefines the concept of an unreliable narrator . . . [a] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme.”—Booklist (starred review)

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?

Read by Sally Scott, with Matt Reeves, Lorelei King, John Chancer, and Eric Meyers

About The Author

The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before and Believe Me, JP Delaney has previously written fiction under other names.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra on July 28, 2018

Believe me when I say, this was not my cup of tea. Claire is a struggling actor looking for work. Her one main obstacle is that she British living in the United States without a green card. This makes getting a job quite difficult and one does need money to survive. She finds a job which will pay her......more

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨ on July 26, 2018

4.5 Mind Blowing Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5 WOW! What a crazy ride this book was! This book sucked me in from the very first page... and after it tossed me around and turned me on my head it spit me back out and left me spinning.... Claire I might need to crown you the most unreliable narrator of them all! Bravo!......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on October 04, 2022

4.25 STARS Does anyone else feel completely refreshed and renewed when they pick up a book and finish it in 24 hours or less? Good, I'm glad to know it's not just me. I had to wait forEEEEEEEVVVVER for this one to come in at the library because I'm starting to review fewer books as arcs to accommodat......more

Goodreads review by Deanna on July 17, 2018

My reviews can also be seen at: [URL not allowed] I enjoyed this author’s previous novel “The Girl Before” and was really looking forward to reading this one too. “Believe Me” was previously published in 2001 under the title “The Decoy”. The author states that: “although buil......more

Goodreads review by Christina on July 25, 2018

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Publishing for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions presented are my own. DELANEY (AUTHOR) Writes Believe Me. EXT. SITTING ON A BEACH READING INSTEAD OF HANGING OUT WITH HER FRIENDS. ME 4.5 knock it out of the freaking park stars!!! Let m......more


Quotes

“A compelling read . . . redefines the concept of an unreliable narrator . . . [a] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme.”Booklist (starred review)

“Fast-paced . . . A solid pick from bestselling author [JP] Delaney 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. The domestic thriller trend is showing no signs of slowing. Buy accordingly.”Library Journal
 
“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

“The author produces a bobsled run’s worth of twists.”Publishers Weekly
 
 “I so enjoyed it—what a twisty, exciting read.”—Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me

Praise for JP Delaney’s The Girl Before
 
“A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.”—Lee Child
 
“The pages fly.”USA Today
 
The Girl Before generates a fast pace.”—The New York Times
 
“Get hooked on this hair-raiser.”Cosmopolitan
 
“[A] must-read.”—New York Post
 
“Almost unbearably suspenseful.”—Joseph Finder
 
“A masterfully crafted spellbinder.”—Booklist (starred review)
 
“Superior psychological suspense.”—The Bookseller
 
“A sexy murder mystery.”InStyle