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Believe Me

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

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Believe Me

By: JP Delaney
Narrated by: Eric Meyers, John Chancer, Lorelei King, Matt Reeves, Sally Scott
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In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation

One aspiring actress from the UK pays for her acting class in New York the only way she can: as a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers, hired to entrap straying husbands. When the police begin investigating one of her targets for murdering his wife - and potentially others - they ask her to help lure the suspect into a confession.

But with the actress pretending to be someone she's not, differentiating the decoy from the prey becomes impossible - and deadly.

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See what everyone is saying about JP Delaney, the hottest new name in psychological thrillers:

'An outstanding debut that is more than a match for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train' Sunday Times
Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller (Lee Child)
Slick, sexy, suspenseful and smart (Mail on Sunday)

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Critic reviews

I so enjoyed it - what a twisty exciting read
Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller
Snares you like a tractor beam... a dark, sexy mystery
Outstanding... more than a match for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train
A compelling read . . . Redefines the concept of an unreliable narrator . . . [A] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme
Slick, sexy, suspenseful and smart
I was instantly gripped and held captivated by the pace and elegant writing. I devoured it in two straight sittings
A deeply addictive literary thriller that deserves to be one of this year's biggest successes
A compulsive, sexy thriller that's set to soar
A guaranteed best-seller
Ingenious
Plotting of the kind that keeps satisfyingly wrong-footing the reader... intensely cinematic
A stylish, twisty psychological thriller
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If 'The Girl Before' were a clean delineated Rothko, then 'Believe Me' is a frenetic Jackson Pollock.
There is so much going on in this book, that until the end, you're never quite sure what to believe, or who. Which I suppose is the point! A jolly well made point too :)
Whilst the plot is pretty implausible, it's still a very exciting story that I just couldn't stop listening to. Having worked in psychological profiling before, I found the parts based upon behavioural analysis good fun. I very much look forward to more by JP Delaney.
First class narration from all involved, crazy, twisty story, poor audio editing. There are at least 3 whole sections of chapters that are duplicated during the recording. Whilst it is something that can be overlooked, it does take you out of the story somewhat while you figure out what's gone wrong. I do hope that Audible fix their recording and re-upload it for future listeners.
Please do not allow the recording oversight to deter you from purchasing this book.

Don't perform, act.

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I’m half way through and trying to hard to enjoy it. But it’s very boring. I really want to like it but feel like just skipping to the end

Not so good

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First of all I have to say the cast, especially the main actress are excellent. I was totally absorbed in the characters and the story, it is brilliant the way it twists and turns and keeps you guessing.

Probably the best psychological thriller I’ve listened to.

Unpredictable and brilliant

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it is a very strange unrealistic story with very annoying accents. Not as good as The Girl Next Door.

strange

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A cleverly constructed novel which explores extreme human characteristics some of which are repellant to a lot of people. I was fascinated in a ghoulish way which I found disturbing. The author is obviously very talented but I hope the next book of hers that I read does not end with a feeling that I had been somewhere I did not want to go.

Very dark

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